This event is in the past.It took place on March 8, 2026 at Queens Historical Society.
Literature Talk
Literature TalkThe inside story of how power brokers Robert Moses and Cardinal Spellman convinced the Vatican to loan Michelangelo's Pietà to the 1964 World's Fair. Historian Ruth D. Nelson unpacks the diplomatic maneuvering, pavilion design, and Pope Paul VI's historic 1965 New York visit.
Local history lecture
Art heist that wasn't
Dutch colonial venue
Tips
🌳weeping beech descendant on grounds
🅿️limited parking available on-site
$10
Our Lady of the World’s Fair book signing and lecture
Flushing
Literature TalkLiterature TalkThe inside story of how power brokers Robert Moses and Cardinal Spellman convinced the Vatican to loan Michelangelo's Pietà to the 1964 World's Fair. Historian Ruth D. Nelson unpacks the diplomatic maneuvering, pavilion design, and Pope Paul VI's historic 1965 New York visit.
Local history lecture
Art heist that wasn't
Dutch colonial venue
Tips
🌳weeping beech descendant on grounds
🅿️limited parking available on-site
$10
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