Fall 2025 Archives - Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

Three smiling individuals hold colorful art pieces against a purple backdrop. The art includes vibrant flowers, butterflies, and pigeons. Energetic and creative atmosphere.

Printmaking with Purpose

By Aakanksha Agarwal

Through screenprinting, The Warhol empowers youth to explore identity, expression, and community action.

People in a museum admire landscape paintings. A central figure sits, viewing a green field painting, while a family takes a photo. The scene is lively and engaged.

A Path Forward

By Chris Fleisher

One donor wants to expand access to the therapeutic effects of visiting the Carnegie Museums.

A row of aged, leather-bound books with faded, handwritten titles and ornate designs on their spines. The scene conveys a sense of history and antiquity.

Five Things: Fall 2025

Art and science news you can use.

A woman in a red sweater sits on a ladder, holding a tray with preserved birds in a museum storage room lined with wooden drawers, exuding a scholarly ambiance.

Seen+Heard: Fall 2025

In brief, what’s new around the museums.

A group of uniformed military band members pose smiling with instruments under vintage Coca-Cola and drugstore signs. The mood is cheerful and proud.

‘Who can better talk about us than us?’

By B. Denise Hawkins

A pioneering exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Art explores a rich archive of Black photojournalism in mid-20th century America.

Open magazine displaying an article titled "Mimicry in Nature" with a small black-and-white photo of a man. Dense text fills both pages, conveying an academic tone.

From the Archives: Mimicry in Nature

By William J. Holland, Former Director (1898-1922) and Curator of Carnegie Museum

Items from the magazine’s 98-year-old archives.

President’s Note: Fall 2025

A message from Steven Knapp.

A detailed statuette of a bearded man in a long, fur-trimmed coat, holding a green walking stick. He wears a hat, exuding a rustic, thoughtful presence.

A Closer Look: The Fingerprints of God

By Autumn Barrows

A new perspective on familiar offerings at Carnegie Museums.

A woman in a plaid blazer smiles in front of a colorful mural depicting molecular structures. The background is vibrant and abstract, creating a cheerful atmosphere.

Q+A: Shannon Gaussa

By Aakanksha Agarwal

In conversation with the Associate Director of Learning and Engagement at Carnegie Science Center.

A diverse group of people stands around a table with architectural models and photos. A person speaks enthusiastically, engaging the attentive group.

Nurturing Empowerment

By Amy Whipple

Carnegie Museum of Art’s Empowered Educators lifts teachers up by bringing them together.

Two people examine an open archival box with historical documents, pointing and discussing the contents together.

Mining History

by Ben Seal

The conservation of thousands of letters written in the Museum of Natural History’s infancy reveals new chapters in the story of one of the world’s great museums.

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Connecting People and Science When It Most Matters

Story By Chris Fleisher and Corinne Whiting

Already a trusted resource for science learning, the Science Center aims to be a real-time information source on topics affecting us all.

A group of people work together outdoors, carefully arranging stones on the ground under a sunny sky, amidst lush greenery.

Mending Land, Healing Culture

By Chris Fleisher

A Hawaiian land steward brings the story of indigenous fishpond restoration to Carnegie Museum of Natural History as part of the R.W. Moriarty Science Seminars.