Spring 2024
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Honoring the Dead and the Living
Carnegie Museum of Natural History steps up efforts to return to descendant communities the human remains that are in its care.
Cover Story
Carnegie Museum of Natural History steps up efforts to return to descendant communities the human remains that are in its care.
The stories of Carnegie Museums volunteers are as varied as they are. They’re all giving back in ways they hadn’t expected—and the museums wouldn’t be the same without them.
Carnegie Museum of Art’s Neighborhood Museum supports refugee families as they make their new home here.
The most significant renovation in Carnegie Music Hall’s 128-year history brings the beloved performance space into the 21st century.
A citywide contest explores how art is a pathway to a more equitable Pittsburgh.
Carnegie Science Center prepares for the Great American Eclipse this April.
In conversation with an arts educator at The Andy Warhol Museum.
Edith ‘Toto’ Fisher will be remembered most for the example she set for supporting—and leading—the museums she loved.
The surnames carved into the grave markers that sprout from the hillside of Bethel Park’s St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery trend toward Eastern European. Pachuta. Benedik. Mihalik. Zolock. Slota. And then, a few feet in front of a companion grave marker for Slovakian immigrants Andrew and Julia Warhola is the burial site for … Continued
In brief, what’s new around the museums.
When Julia Warhola, mother of Andy Warhol, received her naturalization document on April 9, 1942, at age 49, she never could have imagined it would one day be exhibited in a museum. Now displayed on The Andy Warhol Museum’s top floor, it’s an artifact of the most important person in the Pop artist’s life. She … Continued
Earlier this year, we celebrated a history-making $65 million gift from Dan and Carole Kamin that will not only change the name of the Science Center—to the Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Science Center—but also mark an exciting new chapter for science-based learning on the North Shore. In his remarks to our staff and … Continued
Photo: Becky Thurner
Visitors to Carnegie Science Center can be transported back 112 years to one of the world’s most famous shipwrecks through TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition. This immersive exhibition, which concludes April 15, tells the poignant stories of passengers and crew, features artifacts recovered from the shipwreck, and even includes an “iceberg” that visitors can touch to get a sense of the frigid conditions that survivors faced.