Carnegie Magazine Archives - Page 16 of 22 - Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

Portrait of Carnegie Museums' president, Steve Knapp

President’s Note: Summer 2020

A message from Steven Knapp

A telephone in the shape of a large pair of red lips.

Objects of Our Affection: TeleQuest Hot Lips telephone

Carnegie Museums is home to some of the most significant collections in the world. Here we showcase some of the most compelling objects.

A man removing a bird from a net used to catch birds for banding.

In Service of Science

By Julie Hannon

One donor fell so hard for Powdermill Nature Reserve that she’s spent decades helping to propel it forward.

A teen and a mentor working on a project.

Learning, Together

By Kate Benz

Carnegie Science Center pairs local high schoolers with STEM professionals in a program designed to teach both new skills.

Portrait ohoto fo Elizabeth Tufts Brown standing in art storage area.

History’s Keeper

By Julie Hannon

For more than two decades, Elizabeth Tufts Brown has stewarded the fascinating and sometimes unwieldy archives of Carnegie Museum of Art.

Illustration of 2 human figures connecting in various ways.

Connectedness

By Stephen J. Tonsor, the Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Interim Director, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

We are for and of each other.

Small crowd gathered outside Studio Dee, WHOD radio station

At Home with Teenie

By Julie Hannon

Pittsburgh and the work of its preeminent photojournalist go prime time in the Scaife Galleries.

A woman outside looking at a plant and a man standing next to her writing in a notebookk.

The Brave New World of Botany

By Jason Bittel

Carnegie Museum botanists are using a centuries-old plant collection to provide novel insights into the globe’s most pressing environmental issues.

A battle scene of a downed airplane with soldiers nearby

War at a Side-glance

By Elizabeth Hoover

Artist An-My Lê, who lived through the Vietnam War, focuses her lens on the intricacies of armed conflict.

A Feminine Force

By Cristina Rouvalis

Women and femmes, integral in the making of Andy Warhol, take center stage.

The shoulders and helmet of a diver suite

Seen + Heard: Spring 2020

In brief, what’s new around the museums.

First Look: Just Our Types

By Staff

A glimpse at something new, novel, or rarely seen at Carnegie Museums.

An illustration of a women sitting peacefully among plants

Five Things: Spring 2020

By Staff

Art and science news you can use.

Several drawers stacked in a haphazard way

Objects of Our Affection: You Can’t Lay Down Your Memories

By Staff

Carnegie Museums is home to some of the most significant collections in the world. Here we showcase some of the most compelling objects.

Two teenage girls walking in a gallery at the Andy Warhol museum

Spreading the Gospel of Warhol

By Staff

Volunteer leaders help give the public a fresh look at the artist and his museum.

A view of a sphere on the roof of Carnegie Museum

Sights Unseen: The Armillary Sphere

By Staff

An exclamation point, of sorts, atop one of the region’s grandest cultural landmarks.

A view of an art gallery with a wooden sphere in the foreground

The World We Made

By Barbara Klein

Ten Pittsburgh-area artists grapple with personal consequences of climate change.

A portrait of a woman with glasses and an anchor patterned scarf

Q+A: Maria Renzelli

By Cristina Rouvalis

In conversation with the caretaker of the USS Requin.

President’s Note: Spring 2020

A message from Steven Knapp

Rare Finds

A member asks: What’s the rarest mineral in Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems?

People viewing an exhibit in the art museum.

Sharing Carnegie Museums with Everyone

By Julie Hannon

Their travels have made them appreciate all they have at home in the four Carnegie Museums—and how important it is that more people see themselves in the museums.

A landscape of Sandhill Cranes with lightening flashing over a river.

Wild & Wonderful

By Julie Hannon

National Geographic published its first wildlife photograph—a reindeer—in 1903, and it’s been connecting its readers to the great outdoors ever since.