News Worthy Summer 2017

High-flying changes on the North Shore They’ve stood atop Carnegie Science Center’s iconic building since the year 2000: 12-foot-high letters that clearly demarcate the popular North Shore attraction. Their removal

A poison dart frog

Nature’s Garden of Good and Evil

Poison’s role in nature, legend, and human health is complex—from defense to lethal-weapon-turned-lifesaving treatment.

Young female electrical engineer working on teh ground crew of a solar powered plane

Engineering the Future

Pittsburgh’s legacy of engineering excellence is far from a thing of the past. The region’s big thinkers continue to find solutions to big problems.

scrapbook with photos of old movie stars

Starstruck

Part of Andy Warhol’s Pop-art genius is rooted in his boyhood fascination with movie stars, the springboard for a lifelong infatuation with fame and celebrity culture.

a sculpture of a man throwing a stone and a engraving of a man talking to two women

Meaningful Beauty

These art collectors get great satisfaction building their collections—and giving them away.

photograph of the solar eclipse

The Great American Eclipse

August 21 marks a rare opportunity to witness one of nature’s most dazzling spectacles: the first total eclipse of the sun to sweep the country in nearly a century.

A family posing at anaturalization ceremony tthe U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office man is holding an american flag and a baby standing in front of a flag

Out of Many, One

What’s it like to be an immigrant in today’s Pittsburgh? Their journeys reflect a broader American story.

A detail of a painting depicting people and animals

Order & Chaos

Carnegie Museum of Art mines its significant holdings from 1750–1850, revealing artists’ visions of a Western world caught between rational order and chaotic abandon.

Painting of a valley with train tracks running beneath a bridge, there are houses on the hillsides and a boiler plant with a smoke stack on one side

Pittsburgh’s Painter

John Kane helped build industrial Pittsburgh. Then, as a complete unknown, his work was accepted into the 1927 Carnegie International, making him the first self-taught artist to be recognized by the American art establishment. His muse: his adopted city.

Ian Gallagher holds a print of his late father, Peter.

Healing Through Art

A partnership between The Warhol and Highmark Caring Place gives grieving kids a chance to make new memories to last a lifetime.

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A dinosaur dream come true It was the length of a school bus and lived in what’s now modern-day Egypt. And it’s giving paleontologists rare insight into a time and

A portrait of Liz Whitewolf

Face Time: Liz Whitewolf

[media-credit name=”Photo: Joshua Franzos” alignnone size-full] Photo: Joshua Franzos [/media-credit] When self-described “maker” Liz Whitewolf learned that her daughters wanted loft beds, she didn’t take them shopping. Instead she helped

Director’s Note

[media-credit name=”Photo: Abby Warhola” alignnone size-full] Photo: Abby Warhola [/media-credit] Over the past year, we’ve talked a lot at The Andy Warhol Museum about how, as an institution dedicated to

Green silhouette Illustration of trees and birds

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.

Tour Your Future participant Dallas Mercurio gets an up-close look at a model of a human heart during an interactive tour at Allegheny General Hospital.

Tour Your Future

Carnegie Science Center partners with local workplaces to inspire young women to expand their vision of their life’s work.

Artist standing in front of large wooden sculptures

Thinking in the Round

For decades, Pittsburgh sculptor Thaddeus Mosley has been circling the wood to find the art within. And this year, a dream of sorts comes true as he joins the ranks of artists he’s always admired as part of the 2018 Carnegie International.

Collection manager Susan McLaren standing among drawers of bats. She's holding a box with a large flying fox bat.

To Preserve and Protect

Behind the scenes with the cultural caretakers of Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s one-of-a-kind collections.

Photograph of a woman standing on the steps of an old house. The parts of the house are falling apart, and the area is overgrown with plants.

The People Are the Light

How one Pittsburgh-based artist formed a creative community to bring light to the vacant spaces in Homewood.

preschool child working on a puzzle

Inspiring The Earliest Learners

Children are natural-born scientists but need rich learning environments, prepared teachers, and engaged families to feed their natural curiosity. Carnegie Science Center is leading the way.

two scientists examining an animal skull at a table

What’s a Coryphodon?

A Carnegie Museum of Natural History anatomist is leading a major new study aimed at telling a new, more informed story of long-lost mammals and humans’ evolutionary past.

Woman showing 2 other women items on a table

The Unforgettable DODO

An immersive theater production featuring actors, scientists, and the expanse of Carnegie Museums’ historic Oakland building, Bricolage’s DODO set a whole new standard.

Ingrid Schaffner standing in a gallery of carnegie Museum of art

Face Time: Ingrid Schaffner

Once a year, curator Ingrid Schaffner delivers a lecture titled What Is Contemporary? She begins with a declaration: “I will never answer this, so come back next year.” Then she

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Technological sleuthing Since Carnegie Museum of Art acquired the Teenie Harris Archive in 2001, its caretakers have been working feverishly to identify the people and places captured in as many

President’s Note

Photo: Joshua Franzos Nothing does my heart quite as much good as seeing children in the museums. School groups, little ones in strollers, babies in their parents’ arms—the noise and