Out of the Ashes
A traveling exhibition now at Carnegie Science Center tells the fascinating story of the lost city of Pompeii.
Closer Look: A Tour de force of Color
A new perspective on familiar offerings at Carnegie Museums.
In the foreground is one of 30 large-scale sculptures by the late Polish artist Igor Mitoraj that rest among the ruins at Pompeii.
Photo: Nick Night/ Unsplash
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Marisol & Warhol, Reunited
By placing Marisol’s work in dialogue with Andy Warhol’s, a new exhibition reclaims her influence as a leading figure of the Pop art movement.
Excavations of an Artist
Beltzhoover native and one-time museum “art kid” Sharif Bey returns to his childhood museums to mine the collections that helped shape his creative identity.
On Creating and Defining Ourselves
Two Black women in conversation about making art and making a life in Pittsburgh.
Call of the Wild
How Childs Frick, son of Pittsburgh industrialist Henry Clay Frick, provided the foundation for Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s world-class collection of African mammals.
The Greatest Giant-Sized Fish Stories
Freshwater rivers and lakes are home to nearly half of all the fish species on Earth—including some 600-pound giants that could soon fade into legend.
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Q+A: Taiji Nelson
In conversation with the senior program manager of Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Climate and Rural Systems Partnership.
Climate Change in Our Backyard
Carnegie Museum of Natural History researchers are on the front lines of climate science, tracking the complex changes unfolding right here in western Pennsylvania.
Big Picture
Fall is an exciting and busy time for our avian researchers at Powdermill Nature Reserve, Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s environmental research center in Rector Pennsylvania. As birds migrate south, thousands fly through Powdermill, where they are identified, banded, and studied before they continue their long journey to their winter nesting grounds.
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Marcus Harshaw
Marcus Harshaw is senior director of museum experiences, a new position at Carnegie Science Center. When people ask him what that entails, he says, “I oversee all the fun stuff”—a long list that includes permanent and traveling exhibitions, The Rangos Giant Cinema, Highmark SportsWorks®, the USS Requin (SS 481) submarine, the Miniature Railroad & Village®, and Buhl Planetarium. Harshaw’s path to the fun stuff wasn’t a straight one. He managed a pizza chain before attending college for education. Then he started a career based on his childhood love: museums. He’s held senior learning and community engagement posts at the Cincinnati Museum Center, the Indiana Historical Society, and the Kaleideum science center in North Carolina.
