1939 New York World's Fair

1939 New York City
Poster by Joseph Binder
Overview
BIE-class	Universal exposition
Category	Second category General Exposition
Name	New York World's Fair
Motto	The World of Tomorrow
Area	1,202 acres (486 hectares)
Organized by	Grover Whalen
Participant(s)
Countries	33
Location
Country	United States
City	New York City
Venue	Flushing Meadows–Corona Park
Coordinates	40°44′39″N 73°50′40″W / 40.74417°N 73.84444°W / 40.74417; -73.84444
Timeline
Opening	April 30, 1939 (1939-04-30)[1]
Closure	October 27, 1940 (1940-10-27)
Universal expositions
Previous	Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris
Next	Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince in Port-au-Prince
Specialized Expositions
Previous	Second International Aeronautic Exhibition (1938) in Helsinki
Next	International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing (1947) in Paris
Simultaneous
Universal	Golden Gate International Exposition
Specialized	Exposition internationale de l'eau in Liège

The 1939–1940 New York World's Fair was a world's fair held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. It was the second-most expensive American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St. Louis's Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. Many countries around the world participated in it, and over 44 million people attended its exhibits in two seasons.^[2] It was the first exposition to be based on the future, with an opening slogan of "Dawn of a New Day", and it allowed all visitors to take a look at "the world of tomorrow".

When World War II began four months into the 1939 World's Fair, many exhibits were affected, especially those on display in the pavilions of countries under Axis occupation. After the close of the fair in 1940, many exhibits were demolished or removed, though some buildings were retained for the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair, held at the same site.