Fair Visual Storage and Gallery Located on the second floor of the Queens Museum, this exhibit displays memorabilia from both the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs. This exhibit has a long term connection with Queens Museum because both events were held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, and the museum building is the only remnant structure surviving from both celebrations. The online catalog contains over 10,000 items in total from both fairs. A scale model of the 1964 New York World's Fair site, including all of its buildings and pavilions, is located in the exhibit gallery. It is protected under a clear plastic dome, allowing a close examination of the model, in which each significant structure is labeled with a small flag. Education and outreach Community relations Each year, through exhibitions and programs the Queens Museum serves about 200,000 visitors. Attendance is drawn from Queens, the other NYC boroughs and Nassau County as well as international visitors. Museum audiences are distinguished by the diversity of visitors, reflecting the variety of ethnicities living in the borough. Over the last 20 years, a demographic shift has transformed Queens into the most culturally diverse county in the nation, according to the 2000 census: 37% of the population is White, 25% Latino, 20% African-American, and 18% Asian. There are roughly 138 languages spoken in Queens, and more than half of the households are run by people born outside of the United States. Programs The Queens Museum's learning programs annually engages over adults and children. The museum offers visitors a range of film screenings, dance performances, musical experiences, and public dialogues to provide a point of entry for understanding exhibitions, in addition to making some spaces in the museum available for rental by outside groups. Public events The Public Events Department at the Queens Museum was founded in 2002, and is said to have resulted in increased attendance at the museum. Controversy The museum was widely criticized in 2017 for cancelling its agreement to rent space for a party celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Independence of the State of Israel citing objections raised by “Palestinian friends of the museum”. The museum director at the time, Laura Raicovich, who had called the party a “political event”, is the co-editor of Assuming Boycott: Resistance, Agency and Cultural Production. (OR Books, 2017 ), a book advocating the boycott of Israel. The cancellation of the event was condemned by many