Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Pittsburgh History Museum

  • Address: Carnegie Museum of Natural History 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213
  • Phone: +1 412 622 3114
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  • Website:www.carnegiemnh.org
Average Rating
4.0
 13+ reviews
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Yelp
3.5
 7+ reviews
Yahoo! Travel
5.0
 6+ reviews
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Carnegie Museum of Natural History 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh
PA 15213

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  • Houses important 19th century American, French, Impressionist/Post-Impressionist and contemporary collections, ... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • In 1890 Andrew Carnegie offered the City of Pittsburgh $1 million to build and equip the Main Library and five branches. -- It's now a contemporary and vibrant institution, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh ... more on MuseumStuff.com
  • Fascinating exploration of the Earth Sciences, Life Sciences and Anthropology through dazzling exhibits and hands-on ... more on TripAdvisor
  • This excellent museum rivals similar institutions in larger cities like New York and London, thanks to the vast Carnegie fortune. The museum makes for a great day out with the kids, and the surrounding area also offers many attractions. Recent exhibits have included displays on the Amazon rainfor... more on Travel.yahoo.com
  • Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh continues Carnegie's vision of knowledge "free to the people." The main branch sits in an architecturally magnificent building and, in addition to its impressive regular collections, includes ... more on Weather.com

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5.0
big beautiful galleries

This museum is large and really pretty. Skylit galleries, an interesting collection--mostly American and European works. Not a lot of depth for any one artist, but very good breadth of a collection. The museum has an old part and a new part (well, new since 1974!). The old part has a glorious old... By A Yahoo! User, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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5.0
Treasures of the world right here

I also choose to revisit the museum every time I am in Pittsburgh since I moved away. If you are a fan of ancient history/architecture, the museum has one of the only remaining plaster casts of the great Greek statues as well as life size cathedral doors. The gem area although now having some rem... Samalnative, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

5.0
Johnny J. 's review

In my making of places I will visit when going to Pittsburgh the Carnegie Museum had to make the list. With the many hours spent in the adjacent library ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

5.0
Carnegie Museum

(March 05, 2010 00:00)

Who hasn't heard the name Carnegie. That name is associated with music, theater and art. It is a magnificent place. Just being in the Music Hall Foyer you get a sense of greatness. We held a reception there in the Foyer and allowed guest to stroll around in the Hall of Architecture. This hal... By quocdogg from Nevada, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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5.0
Fantastic Art Museum

This museum is absolutely wonderful. There is something here for everyone to enjoy. Their collection includes Impressionst paintings,including Monet's "Nympheas", pop art, ancient art, and currently an exibit of Ansel Adams and Georgia ... BigBlue777, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

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