The 1964-65 New York World’s Fair and Flushing Meadows Park

With Lloyd Trufelman

Join us for a virtual walk throughout Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, site of the 1939 and 1964 New York World’s Fairs. Inspired by the map plan of theoriginal fairgrounds, the tour will include such sights as the Queens Museum (formerly NYC Pavilion), Philip Johnson’s NY State Pavilion, the Unisphere (exact site of the Trylon and Perisphere), Port Authority Heliport, the Westinghouse Time Capsule, and the Hall of Science. Join guide Lloyd Trufelman for a tour of these sites, along with assorted statues, fountains, former pavilion locations and various other fragments.

All tours are Eastern Time and run about 60 to 90 minutes.

Registration is now closed.

Sunday, December 13
11:00 AM

Virtual Tour

Tickets:
Member: $15
Non-member: $25

The New York State Pavilion. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Jim Henderson. Modifications: photo cropped.