One donor fell so hard for Powdermill Nature Reserve that she’s spent decades helping to propel it forward.
Connectedness
We are for and of each other.
The Brave New World of Botany
Carnegie Museum botanists are using a centuries-old plant collection to provide novel insights into the globe’s most pressing environmental issues.
First Look: Just Our Types
A glimpse at something new, novel, or rarely seen at Carnegie Museums.
Q+A: Maria Renzelli
In conversation with the caretaker of the USS Requin.
Rare Finds
A member asks: What’s the rarest mineral in Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems?
Wild & Wonderful
National Geographic published its first wildlife photograph—a reindeer—in 1903, and it’s been connecting its readers to the great outdoors ever since.
“We’re living the climate change right now.”
Rural communities in western Pennsylvania are suffering the effects of increasingly extreme weather and other consequences of a warming world. Carnegie Museum of Natural History hopes to help connect those seeking solutions.
Director’s Note: Winter 2019
A message from Eric Dorfman
Bird Brains and Concussions
Scientists know that scores of birds die after colliding with windows. But what happens to those birds that strike a window and fly away?
For the Love of Science
Carnegie Museum of Natural History educators use pop culture, art, and really cool frogs to help kids connect with science.
Field Lessons
Whether she’s in the rainforests of Malaysian Borneo or the city parks of Pittsburgh, tropical ecologist Jennifer Sheridan is living her best life, and she wants young people to have the same opportunity. Where to start? Just pick up a frog.
A Submarine for Pittsburgh
A member asks: How did the Science Center end up with a submarine, and how did it get here?
Given to Giving
A museum “fangirl” turns the corner to also becoming a museum donor.
Sights Unseen: Bugs at Work
Inside the collections at Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Objects of Wonder
The central characters in Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s early collections story might surprise you.
Anatomy of a Genius
Da Vinci The Exhibition makes a case for the wandering mind. Being insatiably curious about absolutely everything is what defined Leonardo da Vinci.
First Look
A glimpse at something new, novel, or rarely seen at Carnegie Museums.
Putting Science In Full View
How a visit to the museum became a life lesson in supporting what you love, at any age.
Beyond the Scales
Mysterious and even feared, reptiles are some of nature’s most misunderstood animals. A new exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Natural History gives these fascinating creatures a much-deserved close-up, revealing their complexity, resourcefulness, and beauty.
Director’s Note
The world is changing rapidly. There seems to be concerning news everywhere: mass poverty in the developing world, an increasingly divisive political climate here at home, and a multitude of
Two Scientists Walk into a Bar
What happens next is music to the ears of the Science Center’s roving band of friendly science geeks.
Why Birds Matter
One hundred years ago this past July, not long after the last of the once-plentiful passenger pigeons vanished from the skies, a cornerstone wildlife protection law passed in the U.S.,
Where Have all the Trees Gone?
Tree coverage in Allegheny County is disappearing at an alarming rate, says Tree Pittsburgh. Experts weigh in on why it matters and the course ahead.
Four Museums. One Membership.
Carnegie Museum of Art
412-622-3131
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
412-622-3131
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Kamin Science Center
412-237-3400
One Allegheny Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
The Andy Warhol Museum
412-237-8300
117 Sandusky Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5890
