scientist working on and surrounded by bug specimens

Living in a Bug’s World

In a time of unprecedented environmental change, a small and determined brigade of Carnegie Museum bug scientists is redefining the power and urgency of museum collections. Now, as the team’s intrepid leader prepares for retirement, the hunt goes on.

A Warhol painting of fingers on piano keys with words written on them

The Invention of Andy Warhol

Pre-Mad Men, Andy Warhol took Madison Avenue by storm with his unconventional and wildly successful illustrations for mass-market advertising, setting the stage for his rise as Pop pioneer.

The artist facing to face with a replica of himself made from lego bricks.

A Life in Lego

How a corporate lawyer-turned-artist transformed a favorite childhood toy into sought-after artwork, inspiring countless kids to rethink what is art and who can make it.

Portrait of Nicole Heller standing in front of Andy Warhol's Endangered Species paintings

Face Time: Nicole Heller

Nicole Heller used to spend her days on hands and knees trying to tease apart the secret world of Argentine ants—an invasive insect that has risen to worldwide prominence thanks

News Worthy

Meet Andy CarnegieBot, your guide to summer adventure June 9 marks the start of the 2018 Summer Adventure at all four Carnegie Museums. As members visit the museums, attend specially

Portrait of Stephen Paul Canton at the Carnegie Science Center

How I Fell in Love with Science

More than 2,000 area students participate in STEM competitions each year through Carnegie Science Center. For some, it ignites a lifelong passion for science.

Directors’ Note

On one very cold day last January, after nearly a decade of planning, we took our first hard-hat tour of Carnegie Science Center’s new expansion, the PPG SCIENCE PAVILION™—what now

President’s Note

This issue celebrates two proud, distinctive, and interlinked American traditions: a strong, cultural sector and an active culture of philanthropy to support it. Philanthropists, after all, are simply private citizens

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.

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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.

News Worthy

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.