Bringing Ancient Egypt Alive
An expert in ancient wood has joined the Museum of Natural History to preserve a 4,000-year-old funerary boat and other artifacts
Tag: Behind the Scenes
Custodians of Collections
A younger generation of researchers manage Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s historic libraries of artifacts and specimens.
The Mystery Of The Little Black Books
The missing travelog of Gordon Bailey Washburn makes its way back to the museum he led more than 70 years ago.
125 Years: A History in Objects Continues
Andy Warhol’s dental molds and the spark for hair-raising science. Artwork anyone can borrow and a dapper dinosaur with its own accessories. A celebration of 125 years of Carnegie Museums continues through the remarkable stories of pieces of museum history.
Notes from the Front Lines
The visitor services leaders at the four museums reflect on a year like no other.
125 Years: A History in Objects
Soot-covered eastern towhees and a basketball-shooting robot. Victorian muses and Andy Warhol’s guard dog. A celebration of 125 years of Carnegie Museums continues through stories of museum objects.
125 Years. 125 Objects. 125 Stories.
A Pennsylvania wildflower and a pedestal fan. A school bus and a shot of homemade lightning. And the dinosaur and one of the first paintings that started it all. To mark 125 years, we’re telling the tales of 125 objects—starting with these 25. Over the next year, ours will be a story, not the story of Carnegie Museums, which begs the question: What would you include?
Closer Look: An ever-expanding palace of culture
A glimpse at something new, novel, or rarely seen at Carnegie Museums.
The Museum Volunteer
As diverse as their ages, interests, and talents, Carnegie Museums volunteers fill a variety of roles.
The Caretakers
From conservators to custodians, a small and nimble team of museum staff kept Carnegie Museums’ treasures—and each other—safe during the extended COVID-19 closure.