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A group of teens posing for a tik-tok video
Spring 2023

Being Social

By Barbara Klein
A lifeline for museums during the COVID lockdown, social media is becoming even more essential to reaching new audiences now.
A portrait of Steve Knapp
Uncategorized Winter 2022

President’s Note: Winter 2022

A message from Steven Knapp
A gray and red colored mineral
Winter 2022

Objects of Our Affection: Cinnabar

Carnegie Museums is home to some of the most significant collections in the world. Here we showcase some of the most compelling objects.
A male palm cockatoo
Winter 2022

Five Things: Winter2022

Art and science news you can use.
Artists in the World
Winter 2022

Seen+Heard: Winter2022

In brief, what’s new around the museums.
an installation view of a Warhol exhibit
Winter 2022

The first influencer?

By Cristina Rouvalis
By featuring his high-profile friends through his various media projects, Andy Warhol anticipated much of today’s online culture.
A Black teenager drawing in the art museum
Winter 2022

Connecting Through Art

By Chris Fleisher
Through greater access and representation, one couple hopes to bring art alive for more young people of color.
A collage of a photo, a notebook and a box of notebooks
Winter 2022

The Mystery Of The Little Black Books

By Donald Gilliland
The missing travelog of Gordon Bailey Washburn makes its way back to the museum he led more than 70 years ago.
A miniature model of a graveyard and chapel
Winter 2022

Modeling the undead

By Barbara Klein
An iconic chapel from a horror cinema classic now haunts the Miniature Railroad & Village.
Seniors participating in chair yoga
Winter 2022

Senior-centered

By Barbara Klein
The Museum of Art is forging deeper connections with older visitors through weekly yoga, drawing, art paths, and more.
A detail of a holiday card by Andy Warhol
Winter 2022

Closer Look: Season’s Greetings from Andy Warhol

By Chris Fleisher
A new perspective on familiar offerings at Carnegie Museums.
A portrait of Gretchen Baker
Winter 2022

Q+A: Gretchen Baker

By Chris Fleisher
In conversation with the Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Director of Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Two human head silouettes facing each other with puzzle pieces inset on them
Winter 2022

Succeeding together

By Chris Fleisher
Perry Traditional Academy is working to become one of Pittsburgh’s top-performing high schools. Carnegie Science Center is helping the North Side high school reach its goal.
Winter 2022

A Weighty Conversation

By Marylynne Pitz
The 58th Carnegie International explores the unvarnished histories of social movements.
Nyjah Cephas looking at the leaves on a tree
Winter 2022

Diversity in nature

By Amy Whipple
Naturalist educators partner with Carnegie Museums to create a more welcoming environment for people of color to explore the outdoors.
Portrait of Steve Knapp
Fall 2022

President’s Note: Fall 2022

A message from Steve Knapp
miniature model of an ice ball vendor
Fall 2022

Objects of Our Affection: Gus & Yia Yia’s ice ball cart

Carnegie Museums is home to some of the most significant collections in the world. Here we showcase some of the most compelling objects.
2 young men assembling a light fixture
Fall 2022

A Great Equalizer

By Chris Fleisher
A love of technology has been at the center of one donor’s personal and professional life. Now, he supports The Warhol’s efforts to impart digital media skills to a new generation.
Portrait of Nicole Dezelon
Fall 2022

Freedom to Learn

By Chris Fleisher
Nicole Dezelon’s work to engage students outside the classroom is getting a boost with The Warhol’s Pop District.
a transparent figure of a tardigrade
Fall 2022

Closer Look: Hope and Despair

By Chris Fleisher
A new perspective on familiar offerings at Carnegie Museums.
a mobile phone with an image of Warhol's painting of Marilyn Monroe
Fall 2022

Five Things: Fall 2022

Art and science news you can use.
Portrait of Daniel horenstein
Fall 2022

Q+A: Daniel Horenstein

By Jennifer Davis
In conversation with the manager of the Buhl Planetarium & Observatory.
illustration of a dinosaur
Fall 2022

Seen+Heard: Fall 2022

In brief, what’s new around the museums.
2 women working on an ancient egyptian boat
Fall 2022

Dissecting 4,000 Years of History

By Chris Fleisher
Museum staff get a rare opportunity to take a closer look at an ancient Egyptian funerary boat.