Chicago Detours is offering the "1893 World's Fair Tour for Families" daily during Spring Break through Saturday, April 20th. This 2-hour, mostly indoor downtown walking tour welcomes guests of all ages to learn how and why the 1893 World's Fair captures imaginations more than any other event in Chicago's history.
In between tour commentary, the guide will lead you in interactive, educational games, including a visual scavenger hunt with historic clues. Along with guide commentary, your guide will show you on shared iPads material from archives and photographs that illuminate these festivities. You’ll even get a chance to ride in a human-operated elevator, one of the last left in the city.
This downtown tour visits some of the few remaining and spectacular buildings from the time of the World’s Fair. The fairgrounds themselves were south of downtown, where today very little remains intact from the fair. You can best see the impact of the fair right in downtown Chicago. Here the architecture and landscape still show the World’s Fair imprint even today.
Did you read the Devil in the White City book? Either way this tour will take your understanding of the World’s Columbian Exposition to the next level. And for the record, the tour does not delve into the sensationalist serial killer part of the story as we want to focus on the dramatic changes happening to American culture around the turn of the century.
We recommend bringing kids ages 6 and up. This tour is designed to appeal to both kids and adults. Tour groups are limited to 14, and so space is very limited for this limited run special event which is normally only available to Student Groups. We hope to see you there!
Step outside of our welcoming and comfortable community at 444 Social Luxury Apartments in Lincolnshire, Illinois for the day! This event is coming to town on Wednesday, and it promises to be a wonderful time!
Event Time/Date:
Wednesday, April 17, 2019—11:00 AM
Event Venue Location:
Congress Plaza Hotel
520 South Michigan Street
Chicago, Illinois 60605