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Carnegie Fall 2026 magazine cover: helmeted driver in a race car amid vivid green motion blur, with bold text, “Start Your Engines!”

Fall 2026

Cover Story
The Need for Speed
By Chris Fleisher
Kamin Science Center’s Science of Speed, Powered by Lenovo, combines the science of going fast with the thrill of on-track racing. Drivers, start your engines!

Featured Stories

Two people crouch in a hallway as a woman uses a cane to point at the floor, carefully inspecting the space in a serious black-and-white scene.

Reel Revival

By Justin Hopper
Carnegie Museum of Art’s Film Series mines a rich archive and carries forward the avant-garde tradition of the museum’s film programming.
Young person with dark hair operating a professional video camera on a city street during daytime.

Shaping Pittsburgh’s Next Generation of Creatives 

By Aakanksha Agarwal
At The Andy Warhol Museum, paid fellowships provide a path to become a filmmaker or digital content creator.
Hopeful green sustainability infographic with a globe, wind turbines, solar panels, CO2 emissions, leaves, recycling symbols, and an electric vehicle.

Tackling Climate Change, Inside and Out

By Holden Slattery
How Carnegie Museums is taking on the global climate crisis through research, public engagement, and improving its own buildings.

Also in this Issue

Close-up of a reddish-brown spider with long jointed legs and a large textured tan abdomen, resting in a clear glass dish.

Crawling from the collections

By Jason Bittel
Two amateur spider enthusiasts at Carnegie Museum of Natural History discovered a new species hidden within its archive of arachnids—and named it for John Denver.
A woman gestures while explaining rows of bread and pastries on trays in a bakery storage rack, creating an informative, behind-the-scenes mood.

Behind the Scenes at the Museum

By Aakanksha Agarwal
New tours offer the public rare access to the Museum of Natural History’s scientists, specimens, and conservation work that underpin the exhibitions.
Smiling woman with glasses and braided hair poses in a green animal-print shirt before a colorful red, blue, and white quilt.

Q+A: Amy Covell-Murthy

By Chris Fleisher  
In conversation with the collection manager of archaeology at Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Friends playfully examine a large white balloon with magnifying glasses; a smiling woman in yellow glasses and shirt appears curious.

All Together ... We Enlighten 

By Chris Fleisher
A philanthropic leader wants to support STEM opportunities for kids in Pittsburgh.
Six-wheeled planetary rover with a boxy scientific payload drives across reddish, rocky terrain, evoking exploration on Mars.

Closer Look: Search for Life

A new perspective on familiar offerings at Carnegie Museums.
Illustration of feathered prehistoric dinosaurs battling midair: a large brown predator lunges at smaller birds, wings spread amid green foliage.

Seen + Heard: Fall 2026

In brief, what’s new around the museums.
Sepia historic photograph of an early race car marked 31, surrounded by formally dressed men, cyclists, and a crowd with umbrellas.

Five Things: Fall 2026

Art and science news you can use.
A portrait of Museum president Steven Knapp

President's Note: Fall 2026

A message from Steven Knapp.
Vintage Carnegie Magazine, October 1973, displayed with open books, photographs, clippings, and a framed portrait in a nostalgic archival collage.

From the Archives: An interview with Sally Dixon

Items from the magazine’s century of archives.
A diverse audience sits in a circle for a discussion inside a grand neoclassical hall, surrounded by columns, balconies, and marble floors.

Big Picture

Since its launch in 2022, Mindful Museum has made Wednesday mornings at Carnegie Museum of Art the place to be for hundreds of visitors aged 55+ to enjoy yoga, artmaking, art tours, and guided meditations before the museum opens. Mindful Museum participants receive early entry into Carnegie Museum of Art at 9 a.m., discounted coffee and a pastry at Café Carnegie, and $5 parking.

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