Carnegie Museum of Art, Art museum in Oakland, Pittsburgh, US
The Carnegie Museum of Art is an art museum in Oakland, a Pittsburgh neighborhood, displaying paintings, sculptures, photographs, and decorative arts from four centuries. The collection comprises roughly 35,000 works shown across several connected galleries.
Andrew Carnegie founded the museum in 1895 as the Department of Fine Arts in a building next to his public library. An expansion in 1907 added two large halls for architecture and sculpture.
The name honors Andrew Carnegie, a Pittsburgh steel baron who wanted art accessible to everyone. Visitors today see rotating exhibitions in rooms with high ceilings and natural light.
The museum shares a building with the Natural History Museum, and admission covers both institutions. It opens daily except Tuesdays, with longer hours on Thursday evenings.
The Hall of Architecture displays around 140 life-size plaster casts of building fragments from around the world, from the Parthenon to Gothic cathedrals. This collection ranks among the largest of its kind in North America and allows an unusual comparison of different building styles.
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