World’s Fair Site near the Unisphere, Queens

The Queens Museum displays important contemporary art and hosts educational programs, but it is best known for its Panorama of New York City, a giant scale model of the city (at a scale of 1200:1) built for the 1964–1965 World’s Fair. The Panorama, updated every few years, shows nearly 1,000,000 buildings in New York City. The museum is housed in a building from the 1939 World’s Fair, which also took place in Flushing Meadows/Corona Park.