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» This article is about an organization that operates museums. For the foundation which supports scientific research, refer to the Carnegie Institution of Washington. For the center of higher learning which is now a part of Carnegie Mellon University, refer to Carnegie Institute of Technology.
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Culture of Pittsburgh
The
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh are operated by the
Carnegie Institute and are located in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Institute also runs the
Three Rivers Arts Festival.
Andy Warhol Museum
Opened on
May 15,
1994, the
Andy Warhol Museum is the largest museum in the world dedicated to one artist. The museum's collection includes over 4,000 Warhol art works in all
media -
paintings,
drawings,
prints,
photographs,
sculptures, and
installation; the entire
Andy Warhol Video Collection, 228 four minute
Screen Tests, and 45 other films by Warhol; and extensive archives, most notably Warhol's
Time Capsules. While dedicated to Andy Warhol, the museum also hosts many exhibits by artists who push the boundaries of art, just as Warhol did.
Carnegie Museum of Art
When
Andrew Carnegie envisioned a museum collection consisting of the "Old Masters of tomorrow", the Carnegie Museum of Art became, arguably, the first museum of
modern art in the United States. Founded in
1895, today it continues Carnegie's love of
contemporary art by staging the
Carnegie International every few years. The
marble Hall of Sculpture replicates the interior of the
Parthenon. The
Hall of Architecture contains the largest collection of
plaster casts of architectural masterpieces in America and one of the three largest in the world. The
Heinz Architectural Center, opened as part of the museum in
1993, is dedicated to the collection, study, and exhibition of architectural drawings and models. In 2001 the museum acquired the archive of
African-American photographer
Charles "Teenie" Harris, consisting of approximately 80,000 photographic negatives spanning from the 1930s to the 1970s. Many of these images have been catalogued and digitized and are available online via the
Carnegie Museum of Art Collections Search
.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
From the discovery of
Diplodocus carnegii to the
skull of
Samson, the most complete
Tyrannosaurus rex skull known to date, and the brand new, yet to be named, species of
oviraptorosaur the Carnegie Museum of Natural History has one of the finest
dinosaur collections in the world. Other exhibits include the
Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems, the
Alcoa Foundation Hall of American Indians,, the
Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt, the
Benedum Hall of Geology and the
Powdermill Nature Reserve, established by the museum in
1956 to serve as a field station for long-term studies of natural populations. The museum also recently discovered the
Fruitafossor windscheffeli.
Carnegie Science Center
Opened in
1991, but with a history that dates to
October 24,
1939, the Carnegie Science Center is the most visited museum in Pittsburgh. Among its attractions are the newly constructed
Buhl Digital Dome (which features the latest in projection), the
Rangos Omnimax Theater,
UPMC SportsWorks, the
Miniature Railroad & Village, and the
USS Requin, a
World War II submarine.
Under the leadership of
Robert Wilburn, Buhl Science Center merged with the Carnegie Institute and a new $40 million Carnegie Science Center was constructed.
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