# Canonical recap data for World's Columbian Exposition Opens (1893)
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canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1893/columbian-exposition"
title: World's Columbian Exposition Opens
subtitle: Chicago's "White City" world's fair introduces the Ferris wheel and showcases technological progress to 27 million visitors worldwide.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1893-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1893
decade: 1890
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 1 to October 30, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representi
summaryLong: The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 1 to October 30, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing the voyage that Columbus took to the New World. Chicago won the right to host the fair over several competing cities, including New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis. The exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on American architecture, the arts, American industrial optimism, and Chicago's image.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Looking_West_From_Peristyle%2C_Court_of_Honor_and_Grand_Basin%2C_1893.jpg/1280px-Looking_West_From_Peristyle%2C_Court_of_Honor_and_Grand_Basin%2C_1893.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "World's Columbian Exposition"
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_Columbian_Exposition"
  title: World's Columbian Exposition
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- festival
metaDescription: The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 1 to October 30, 1893, to celebrate the 40
wikidataQid: Q285406
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  capturedAt: 2026-07-04
  label: World's Columbian Exposition
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_Columbian_Exposition"
