The Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh are operated by the Carnegie Institute and located in City nickname: The Steel City Location in the state of Pennsylvania Founded 1758 Mayor Tom Murphy (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 151.1 km² (58.3 mi²) 7.2 km² (2.8 mi²) 4.75% Population  - City (2000)  - Density 334,563 2,324.1/km² Time zone... Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Andy Warhol Museum

Opened on May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). There are 230 days remaining. Events 1514 - Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersens Latin version of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the oldest know version of that work. 1525 - The battle of... May 15, 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. Events January January 1 - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 - Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from... 1994, the Andy Warhol ( August 6, 1928 - February 22, 1987) was an American painter and major figure in the pop art movement. Warhol was born Andrew Warhola in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, to Slovakian immigrants of Ruthenian ethnicity. He showed early artistic talent, and studied commercial art at the Carnegie Institute of... 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 For other uses of the word Media see media (disambiguation). Mass media is the term used to denote, as a class, that section of the media specifically conceived and designed to reach a very large audience (typically at least as large as the whole population of a nation state). It... media - The Mona Lisa is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the Western world. Painting is the practice of applying pigment suspended in a carrier (or medium) and a binding agent (a glue) to a surface (support) such as paper, canvas or a wall. This is done by a painter... paintings, Drawing is one way of making an image: it is the process of making marks on a surface by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface. These marks may represent what the artist sees when drawing, a remembered or imagined scene or abstraction, or, in the case... drawings, Printing is an industrial process for reproducing copies of texts and images, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is an essential part of publishing. Books are usually printed today using the technique of offset printing,and occasionally relief print, (which is principally used for newspapers and... prints, A photograph (often just called a photo) is an image (or a representation of that on e.g. paper) created by collecting and focusing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The most common photographs are those created of reflected visible wavelengths, producing permanent records of what the human eye can see. Most photographs... photographs, Sculptor redirects here. You may also be looking for Sculptor (constellation). Western sculpture was first perfected in Greece Sculpture is any three-dimensional form created as an artistic expression. Sculpting is the art of assembling or shaping an object. It may be of any size and of any suitable material... sculptures, and Installation can be used to refer to Installation (computer programs) of an operating system or program. Installation art This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go... 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 boundries of art, just as Warhol did.

Carnegie Museum of Art

When Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835–August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist. Early life Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland into a weavers family. In 1848 his father, who had been a Chartist, immigrated to America, settling in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Young Carnegie started work at... 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 is a general term, used for most of the artistic production from the late 19th century until approximately the 1970s. (Recent art production is more often called contemporary art). Modern art refers to a new approach to art where it was no longer important to literally represent a... modern art in the United States. Founded in 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). Events January January 5 - Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devils Island. February February 14 - First showing of Oscar Wildes last play The Importance of... 1895, today it continues Carnegie's love of The term contemporary art encompasses all art being done now. It tends to include art from the 1960s or 1970s through the present. Trends in contemporary art The most important component within Contemporary art practice, is that it continually engages matters and issues that are presently affecting the world. Cloning... contemporary art by staging the Carngie International every few years. The Marble This page is about the metamorphic rock. For the game with little glass spheres - see marbles. Marble is metamorphosed limestone, composed of fairly pure calcite (a crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3). It is extensively used for sculpture, as a building material, and in many other applications. Faux marble... marble Hall of Sculpture replicates the interior of the The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west The Parthenon (Greek: Παρθενων) is the most famous surviving building of Ancient Greece and one of the most famous buildings in the world. The building has stood atop the Acropolis of... Parthenon. The Hall of Architecture contains the largest collection of This article is about the building material. For the adhesive medical dressing, see Sticking plaster. Plaster of Paris, or simply plaster, is a type of building material based on calcium sulfate hemihydrate, nominally (CaSO4)2. H2O. It is created by heating gypsum to about 150°C, 2(CaSO4 · 2H2O) →... 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 a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. January 3 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and... 1993, is dedicated to the collection, study, and exhibition of architectural drawings and models.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History

From the discovery of Diplodocus carnegii to the For symbolic or mythic uses of the human skull, see Skull (symbolism). A skull, or cranium, is a bony structure which serves as the general framework for a head. The skull attempts to protect the brain, acting as a form of natural helmet. Humans Human skull (front) Human skull (side... skull of Samson, the most complete Binomial name Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905 For the rock group Tyrannosaurus Rex, see T. Rex (band). Tyrannosaurus rex was a predatory dinosaur. This is probably the most famous and most fearsome predator of all times (Cretaceous, 85-65 million years ago), its name derived from Greek and Latin words meaning... 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 Orders Saurischia    Sauropodomorpha    Theropoda Ornithischia Dinosaurs are giant reptiles that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for most of their 165-million year existence. They became extinct 65 million years ago (Ma) at the end of the Cretaceous period, and are known from fossilized bones, feces... dinosaur collections in the world. Other exhibits include the Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems, the Alcoa Foundation Hall of American Indians, Polar World: Wyckoff Hall of Arctic Life, the Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt, the Benedum Hall of Geology and the Powdermill Nature Reserve, established by the museum in 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. (see link for calendar) Events January January 1 - End of Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 - President Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 - Italy January 26 - United Kingdom bans heroin January 26 - The last Soviet troops leave the military base 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 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 2 - Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first black woman to lead a city of that size and importance. January 4 - The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously... 1991, but with a history that dates to October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. Events 1-1899 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to Vespasian, defeat the forces of Emperor Vitellius. 1360 - The... October 24, 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-June January 2 - End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 24 - Earthquake kills 30.000 in Chile – about 50.000 sq... 1939, the Carnegie Science Center is the most visited museum in Pittsburgh. Among it's attractions are the Buhl Planetarium, the Rangos Omnimax Theater, the Miniature Railroad & Village®, and the USS Requin (SS-481), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the requin, a sand shark. Her keel was laid down on 24 August 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in New Hampshire. She was launched on 1 January 1945... USS Requin, a Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (60,000 ft) into the air. August 9, 1945 World War II was a global conflict that started in 7 July 1937 in Asia and 1 September 1939 in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority of the... World War II USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. Nuclear powered submarines and other large submarines are classed as ships, but are customarily referred to by their crews as boats. Most major navies of the world employ submarines. Submarines are also used for marine and freshwater... submarine.

External links

• Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh (http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/)
• Andy Warhol Museum (http://www.warhol.org/)
• Carnegie Museum of Art (http://www.cmoa.org/)
• Carnegie Museum of Natural History (http://www.carnegiemnh.org/)
• Carnegie Science Center (http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/)