Beyond the World's Fair: New York Hall of Science & Corona Tour

Event Highlights:

• Inside the Great Hall: Step inside NYSCI’s soaring Great Hall, an undulating wall of cobalt blue glass built for the 1964/65 World’s Fair.
• Rocket Park: Get up close to space age rockets, an authentic Mercury space capsule, and World’s Fair-era exhibits that link midcentury discovery to the techn in your pocket today.
• Overlooked Relics of the World’s Fair: Explore fairground sites most visitors skip, from a geodesic dome aviary to a time capsule meant to stay buried for 5,000 years.
• A Quirky Corona House: Step outside the park to find a World’s Fair homage that even longtime locals walk right past.
• From Valley of Ashes to World Stage: Learn how the ash dumps of The Great Gatsby became one of New York’s most ambitious urban landscapes, and how it is still evolving today.

🎟️ Ticket includes admission to the New York Hall of Science and a 10% discount at the museum gift shop and onsite cafe, Butterbeans!

About this Tour:

This tour of Flushing Meadows Corona Park and the New York Hall of Science goes beyond the standard World’s Fair walk!

As we explore the former fairgrounds and surrounding neighborhood of Corona, Queens, you’ll uncover overlooked remnants of the 1964/65 Wold’s Fair, from a geodesic dome aviary and a celestial statue, to a futuristic buried time capsule.

Moving outside the park, we’ll explore how the neighborhood was influenced by the two global fairs that came to town as well as natural forces that continue to impact life in Queens. We’ll also point out a quirky homage to the lost Trylon and Perisphere on an otherwise unassuming residential block.

The tour ends with a special visit inside The New York Hall of Science where we’ll gaze up at the glowing mosaic walls of the Great Hall, see mid-century science exhibits, and get up close to early space age artifacts.