Carnegie Museum of Art
The world says there is no other cultural organization like the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. Well, that's true!
With a history of exploration and outreach that dates back to 1895, the Carnegie Museum of Art (CMOA), is an art museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Oakland neighborhood. Andrew Carnegie, a Pittsburgh-based industrialist, is the founder of this amazing museum. Carnegie Institute's Department of Fine Arts is the formal name of this museum.
CMOA was also the first museum in the United States to concentrate solely on contemporary art. The museum has indeed been organizing many early modern exhibitions that showcase the "Old Masters of Tomorrow," as instructed by its founder at the inception of the Carnegie International which took place in 1896.
Fine Arts, architecture, decorative arts, and photography are among the curatorial departments at the CMOA. The museum is also known for housing a sizable collection of negatives by the famous African-American photographer Charles "Teenie" Harris.
CMOA hosts up to 15 changing exhibitions on an annual basis. Its permanent collection from the late seventeenth century to the present contains approximately 35,000 works. Some of the notable ones are European and American decorative arts (late seventeenth century to the present), sculptures, works on paper, prints (particularly Japanese prints), and installations.
Currently, Carnegie International carries on Carnegie's love of contemporary art. It takes place every few years, Several significant International works such as Winslow Homer's The Wreck (1896) and James A. McNeill Whistler's Arrangement in Black (1884) were acquired for the museum's permanent collection.
All in all, some of the prominent collection themes of the CMOA are Contemporary Glass, Teenie Harris Photographs: Erroll Garner and Jazz from the Hill, Carnegie International, Japanese Prints, Pittsburgh Artists, The Art of the Chair, Pictorialist Photography, Painting and Sculpture 1860–1920, and W. Eugene Smith.
The Heinz Architectural Center is an important part of CMOA. The collection includes works in architecture, engineering, landscape design, as well as furniture and interior design. On the other hand, the Hillman Photography Initiative hosts a variety of projects such as web-based projects, live public events, documentary videos, art projects, writing, and so much more.
Not only this but for over 75 years, Saturday art classes have been taking place in the galleries of the Carnegie Museum of Art. Personalities like contemporary artist Philip Pearlstein, Andy Warhol, and photographer Duane Michals are all graduates of the program. You can take classes at the museum no matter what age.
Whether you're looking for constructive family fun, a unique date night, or purely to be inspired by the wonders of art, science, and natural history, Carnegie Museums has everything for you!