A retired museum scientist thinks big for the next generation.
Closer Look: Interstellar Dreaming
We offer a new perspective on favorites from across Carnegie Museums.
Virtual Learning, Museum Style
The education teams at the four Carnegie Museums are partnering with area K–12 teachers to keep students inspired and teachers supported during an unusual year.
Fleeing Winter: A Songbird’s Journey
We spent the spring and summer watching yellow warblers at our favorite parks. Where are they now, and what could that mean for the sustainability of their future wintering habitats?
100 Years of Homemade Lightning
Carnegie Science Center celebrates the 100th birthday of its Tesla coil and the two men whose fearless ingenuity made it possible.
The Future of Natural History
An integrated approach to actionable, community-focused science is the way forward.
Suited Up: Animals with Armor
From ankylosaurs to thorny devils, a new exhibition celebrates the animals that have—again and again—evolved biological body armor.
Beyond the Lab
Andre Samuel helps young Black students see themselves in science.
Skeptical Wonderers
How we think goes a long way in determining what we think about science.
The Museum Volunteer
As diverse as their ages, interests, and talents, Carnegie Museums volunteers fill a variety of roles.
Q+A: Tim Pearce
In conversation with the head of mollusks at Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
In Service of Science
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?
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
Carnegie 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
