Queens Museum - Queens, NY
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The Queens Museum building, built for the 1939 Worlds Fair, was originally called the New York City Building.
Waymark Code: WMYP2T
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2018
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Taken from Wikipedia, "The Queens Museum, formerly the Queens Museum of Art, is an art museum and educational center located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the borough of Queens in New York City, United States. The museum is housed in the New York City Building, which was built for the 1939 New York World's Fair, and which then hosted the United Nations General Assembly from 1946 to 1950. The museum itself was founded in 1972, and has among its permanent exhibitions, the Panorama of the City of New York, a room-sized scale model of the five boroughs originally built for the 1964 New York World's Fair, and repeatedly updated since then. It also has a large archive of artifacts from both World's Fairs, a selection of which is on display."
Original Name of Structure (during fair): New York City Building
Current Name of Structure: Queens Musuem
Fair Name: 1939 New York World's Fair
Location: Queens, New York, USA
Year of Fair: 1939
Theme of Fair: The World of Tomorrow
Website Proof: [Web Link]
Architect/Designer: Not listed
Website Reference: Not listed
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