D23 Goes to the World’s Fair – Queens, NY

D23 Members are invited to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the commencement of the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair… in the very location where it was held! The Queens Museum used to be the New York City Building, where the famed 1964-1965 World’s Fair—which featured four Disney attractions: Ford’s Magic Skyway, it’s a small world, Carousel of Progress, and Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln—took place.

Join D23 as we visit the Queens Museum’s World’s Fair Collection exhibit, featuring Disney-related items. Plus, take a look into their visible storage and enjoy a welcome presentation showcasing some Disney favorites in the collection, and watch a screening of the television show Disneyland Goes to the World’s Fair (1964).

This event includes:

• A welcome conversation with Lynn Maliszewski, Assistant Director of Archives & Collections at Queens Museum


• A screening of the television show Disneyland Goes to the World’s Fair (1964)


• Access to the museum’s World’s Fair Collection exhibit, plus a look into their visible storage


• A D23 event gift

Join us for one of three (3) event times for “D23 Goes to the World’s Fair.” 

• Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. ET– Screening-first itinerary
  
  
  
  • 12 p.m. ET: Check-in begins.
  
  
  • 12:30 p.m. ET: Doors to the theater open; seating begins.
  
  
  • 12:45 p.m. ET: Welcome presentation from the Queens Museum in the theater. Check-in closes promptly at this time; no late arrivals will be admitted.
  
  
  • 1 p.m. ET:  Screening of Disneyland Goes to the World’s Fair
  
  
  • 2 p.m. ET:  Screening concludes; access to the visible storage, Panorama display, and World’s Fair 60th exhibit begins.
  
  
  
  

• Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 1 p.m. ET – Exhibit-first itinerary
  
  
  
  • 12:45 p.m. ET: Check-in begins.
  
  
  • 1 p.m. ET: Welcome and introduction to the World’s Fair 60th exhibit with Lynn Maliszewski on the first floor. Access to visible storage, Panorama display, and World’s Fair 60th exhibit follows.
  
  
  • 2:15 p.m. ET: Doors to the theater open. Check-in closes promptly at this time; no late arrivals will be admitted.
  
  
  • 2:30 p.m. ET: Screening of Disneyland Goes to the World’s Fair
  
  
  • 3:30 p.m. ET: Screening concludes.
  
  
  
  

• Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. ET – Exhibit-first itinerary
  
  
  
  • 2 p.m. ET: Check-in begins. 
  
  
  • 2:30 p.m. ET: Welcome and introduction to the World’s Fair 60th exhibit with Lynn Maliszewski on the first floor. Access to visible storage, Panorama display, and World’s Fair 60th exhibit follows.
  
  
  • 3:45 p.m. ET: Doors to the theater open. Check-in closes promptly at this time; no late arrivals will be admitted.
  
  
  • 4 p.m. ET Screening of Disneyland Goes to the World’s Fair begins. 
  
  
  • 5 p.m. ET: Screening concludes.
  
  
  
  

We look forward to seeing you there and enjoying some great moments together!

ABOUT QUEENS MUSEUM

Founded in 1972, the Queens Museum is located in the nation’s most culturally diverse county, on the grounds of the 1939-40 and 1964-65 New York World’s Fairs, and in a building that formerly housed the United Nations from 1946 to 1950. The Museum owns more than 10,000 objects related to those two iconic expositions. The World’s Fair Visible Storage was inaugurated after the Museum’s renovation in 2013, and features over 900 objects from the larger collection. It provides an opportunity for students, scholars, and the general public to view items formerly off-limits to the public.

Lynn Maliszewski, Assistant Director of Archives & Collections, was hired in August 2020. She cares for and manages objects related to the 1939-40 and 1964-65 New York World’s Fairs; the Museum’s art collection; and our institutional history. Before joining the Museum she was an associate director at Callicoon Fine Arts. She has worked in an archival capacity at Andrea Rosen Gallery, Primary Information, and Printed Matter, all in New York City. Maliszewski is an experienced editor and has written for BOMB and The Brooklyn Rail, among others, with an emphasis on artists’ books and archival projects.

Disneyland Goes to the World’s Fair (1964)

A television show that aired on May 17, 1964, it offered a look at the history of world’s fairs and was followed by a preview of Disney attractions at the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair. In the special, Walt Disney explains Audio-Animatronics^®, the new Disney process that helps bring inanimate objects to life. This show is unrated.

NOTES

• D23 Gold Members may reserve a ticket for themselves and up to three (3) guests.


• D23 General Members may reserve a ticket for themselves and up to one (1) guest.


• Each attendee must have a ticket in their possession for entry.


• There are a limited number of tickets available. D23 Members must log in by using their D23 Member account information when reserving tickets.


• All guests under age 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to attend this D23 event and will require an event ticket for admission.


• D23 Members who do not bring their membership card and tickets may not be admitted to the event. Membership card may be a physical card or a digital membership card found in the D23 App.


• Video or audio recording of any kind will not be permitted during the screening.


• The Queens Museum has an on-site café offering coffee, tea, and snacks available for an additional purchase. Guests can also enjoy the museum’s gift shop.


• Please check the MTA website for the latest updates about changes to subway service. Please allot 15 minutes for the walk from either subway station to the Museum. There are two entrances to the Museum—one facing the park and the other facing Grand Central Parkway.


• The Museum offers free parking, but space is limited. We encourage the use of public transportation whenever possible.


• Guests will be required to follow the Code of Conduct set forth by the Queens Museum.

Any ticketed Members or their guests who do not personally attend the event, forfeit their place, as well as all experiences, benefits, and gifts associated with the event. D23 Members must be present or guests will not gain admittance to the event.

All D23 events are subject to change without notice. All ticket sales are final. There are strictly no cancellations or refunds regardless of reason (including, without limitation, due to illness, change in travel plans, etc.) and tickets are not transferable.

PLEASE BE ADVISED – Permission to Film/Photograph/Record: Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. (“Disney”), and its affiliates, vendors, contractors, agents and/or assigns (together, “Producer”), may be taking photos, filming and/or making other recordings during the event you will be attending. By entering the premises for the event, for yourself and on behalf of any children accompanying you, you: (i) irrevocably consent to and authorize Producer to photograph you, make audio and/or video recordings of you in whatever medium, and use such photographs and recordings for all purposes (including advertising and promotions) in all media, now known or hereafter devised, worldwide, in perpetuity, and in any language without notice, attribution, permission or payment; and (ii) acknowledge all such photographs and/or recordings will be the sole property of Disney.