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May 2012 View another month: May | June | July | August | September Holiday Hours Click here to search the calendar for all four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. Exhibitions M is for Museum Kids and grown-ups, guided by the ABCs, discover the wonders of one of America’s best natural history museums! C is for Collect; see how we have gathered the specimens that form the backbone of our museum. P is for Powdermill Nature Reserve, where scientists study plants and animals in their natural habitat. And Z is for the Zone, where children play and explore! It’s an exciting journey into the behind-the-scenes world of amazing museum objects and the scientists who collect, care for, and study them. Designed for visitors 5 to 13 years old, M is for Museum features multimedia and hands-on activities that help curious young audiences discover how museums help protect, explore, and explain nature in all its wonder and the cultures of the world. Sponsorship for M is for Museum is provided by:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, in collaboration with The Andy Warhol Museum, presents an exhibition of paintings of cats and dogs by famed pop artist and Pittsburgh native Andy Warhol (1928–1987). Natural History director Sam Taylor and Warhol director Eric Shiner organized the exhibition.
This exhibition focuses on Invertebrate Zoologist Chen Young's nearly 30 years of work on crane flies. Explore photographs, illustrations, specimens, and video all about crane flies—what they are, where they live, how they are collected and studied, and why they are an important part of the planet we share. Photo: Pedicia albivitta by Donna Race
How are the world’s nearly seven billion humans affecting ecosystems? And what effects do changing ecosystems have on humans? These questions and many others are explored through graphics, specimens, satellite images, and more in Population Impact. Compelling case studies and examples from western Pennsylvania and around the world underscore the idea that unchecked population growth in any species has lasting consequences on natural systems. Humans have become the dominant species in nearly every ecosystem on Earth. Choices we make affect the world in which we live in a very real way. Kids/Families Free Family Activities daily Lectures Scientific Lecture Series for Adults Sundays at Powdermill Nature Reserve Tours Behind-the-Scenes in the Section of Mollusks Saturdays |
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Through August 30, 2012
Warhol's Dogs and Cats Series
Lord of the Crane Flies
Population Impact