Spring Break 1893 World’s Fair Walking Tour for Families
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Special for spring break 2018, the 1893 World's Fair Tour for Families digs into how and why the World's Columbian Exposition still captures imaginations more than 120 years later. We regularly offer a version of this 1893 World's Fair Tour for adults in which we stop in bars. Special for spring break, we will not go into the bars. Instead, the tour focuses on the educational games and architectural explorations for our three limited runs that we are offering. This mostly indoor walking tour digs into how and why the 1893 World’s Fair captures our imaginations more than any other event in Chicago history.
Youth and their families will explore downtown buildings that all tie in with the history of the World's Columbian Exposition. In between tour commentary, the guide will lead you in interactive, educational games, including a visual scavenger hunt with historical 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.
Walking Tour Highlights
Tour Meeting Spot
Stories and Ideas
All ages welcome
1893 World’s Fair Tour Includes:Professional tour guide commentaryShared iPads with historic photosTwo small snacksGame prizes and gifts
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Our Philosophy
We believe that the primary role of a tour guide is to educate, so we create an interactive group dynamic and share educational tools and new perspectives for you to connect with the architecture of Chicago.
We are committed to responsible travel, so our tour company uses green practices and immerse you in a truly local experience.
We know that history is best told with a creative approach, so we use different media, like historic quotes, old photographs, and documentary film clips, to stimulate your imagination and present various perspectives.
We believe that a city like Chicago is more than “highlights,” so we share forgotten stories about both famous city landmarks and lesser-known attractions.
We understand that business is about building community, so our tour company likes to connect with tour operators, conventions, destination management companies, non-profits, community groups, senior groups, universities, cultural organizations, and Chicago businesses.
We treat all our tour guests like a new friend, because we believe in the importance of hospitality, and we love when tour guests have chosen to tour Chicago with a small business.