Museum staff get a rare opportunity to take a closer look at an ancient Egyptian funerary boat.
Nature Did It First
From beetle jaws to blue jay wings, the natural world is full of fantastic solutions to mechanical problems.
Seeing Red
Carnegie Science Center’s newest exhibition will help visitors envision life on Mars and understand how the journey there will go through western Pennsylvania.
Objects of Our Affection: The Polymita picta
Carnegie Museums is home to some of the most significant collections in the world. Here we showcase some of the most compelling objects.
Powdermill: Naturally Inspiring
With a new bird-banding center scheduled to open this summer and a slew of interdisciplinary projects in the works, Powdermill’s best is yet to come.
Closer Look: Going Electric
A new perspective on familiar offerings at Carnegie Museums.
Endowing Opportunity
By giving more kids access to STEM learning, one giving-minded couple wants all kids to have what theirs had: the freedom and the opportunity to explore.
The Beauty of the Science Fair
Getting kids to view their world through critical thinking and a healthy dose of competition.
Community Changemakers
They’re finding ways to adapt to climate change, heal the earth, and build resilience in their communities. Carnegie Museum of Natural History joins them in asking: What role will you play?
Not Separate. We ARE Nature
Shining a light on how we humans affect the world around us—and how we can use that power for good.
Creating Sensory Friendly Spaces
What started as one donor’s passion project has made Carnegie Museum of Natural History more welcoming to more families.
Having His Say
Teaming up with the Science Center is another way Paul Duprex is spreading the word about infectious diseases and how vaccines work.
Scoring With Science
A new Science Center education program takes the science of hockey off the rink and into the classroom.
Out of the Ashes
A traveling exhibition now at Carnegie Science Center tells the fascinating story of the lost city of Pompeii.
Objects of Our Affection: Mountain goats in the Hall of North American Wildlife
Carnegie Museums is home to some of the most significant collections in the world. Here we showcase some of the most compelling objects.
Five Things: Winter 2021
Art and science news you can use.
The Greatest Giant-Sized Fish Stories
Freshwater rivers and lakes are home to nearly half of all the fish species on Earth—including some 600-pound giants that could soon fade into legend.
Five Things: Fall 2021
Art and science news you can use.
Closer Look: Meet Chips, the MoBot Prototype
A new perspective on familiar offerings at Carnegie Museums.
All in for Carnegie Science Center
Knowing firsthand how the informal learning adventures at Carnegie Science Center can help kids dream big, one donor couple wants to expand who has access.
Choosing Science
Four researchers at Carnegie Museum of Natural History recount what ignited their fervor for the natural world.
Perseverance and the Ongoing Search for Life on Mars
Astronomers are deploying the plucky rover and its helicopter sidekick to explore new parts of the red planet and learn whether alien organisms once lived there.
Cities are Not Biological Deserts
What could happen if we planned city projects with biodiversity in mind?
Daring to Dig
Forging her own path, Mary Dawson left her mark on paleontology. The many researchers she mentored continue the journey.
Four Museums. One Membership.
Carnegie Museum of Art
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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
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117 Sandusky Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5890
