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Tour Descriptions
Special Exhibits and Exhibitions
Dinosaurs in Their Time
Tours are booking now for Carnegie Museum of Natural History's spectacular new dinosaur exhibit, Dinosaurs in Their Time. This breathtaking three-story "museum within the museum" is among the nation's biggest, most exciting, and most interactive dinosaur exhibits. You'll experience over a dozen major dinosaur specimens amidst approximately 230 plant and animal species that shared their environment. It's an exhibit 200 million years in the making!
This exhibit will fascinate those interested in paleontology, botany and geology.
90 minutes or 60 minutes, adults and children, CMNH
Holidays at Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History
Available November and December only.
During the holidays, Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History deck the halls with delightful seasonal displays, activities, and weekend concerts. At the Museum of Art, the Neapolitan presepio has enchanted generations of visitors, while towering holiday trees adorned with handmade ornaments create a festive atmosphere in the Hall of Architecture. Carnegie Museum of Natural History's Discovery Room offers a wintertime experience that touches all the senses. Weekend concerts of seasonal music are performed by local musicians with the presepio as a backdrop. Tours are available for the presepio and for works in the galleries that feature seasonal themes, including The Nativity and The King and the Shepherd, dramatic paintings that depict biblical scenes by the19th-century English artist Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. Plus, don't forget the museum stores for one-of-a-kind holiday shopping!
Holidays at Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, a Pittsburgh tradition, will be of interest to anyone who wants to enjoy the wonder and magic of the holiday season.
90 minutes or 60 minutes, adults, CMA, CMNH
Collection Tours
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Carnegie Sampler: Introduction to the Art and Natural History Collections
If you're not sure what you want to see first, then the Carnegie Sampler is right for you! This overview of the great art and fascinating natural history collections will acquaint you with Pittsburgh's premier cultural institution. Tour our architecturally significant historic buildings and learn about the intriguing history of Carnegie Institute and Andrew Carnegie's philanthropic vision for his "Palace of Culture." Along the way, enjoy a glimpse of special exhibitions on view at the time of your visit.
90 minutes or 60 minutes, adults, CMA, CMNH
The Treasures of Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Discover and explore many of the unique artifacts that are special to Carnegie Museum of Natural History. A mummy and its coffin, donated by Andrew Carnegie; the historic taxidermy diorama Arab Courier Attacked by Lions, installed over 100 years ago; and Teddy Roosevelt's contributions to the Hall of African Wildlife are just a few of the exhibits to be explored during this tour of discovery.
60 minutes, adults and children 3 to 18, CMNH
Carnegie Museum of Art Highlights
Monet, Van Gogh, Homer, Hopper… their works are only the beginning of this renowned collection! Enjoy discovering painting, sculpture, and decorative objects by some of the world's most fascinating artists.
Learn about their styles, subjects, and moments in time, and uncover the meaning these works hold for you. Longer visits include the museum's breathtaking spaces in our historic building, especially the unique Hall of Architecture.
45 minutes, adults, CMA
Carnegie Museum of Natural History: 100 Years in the Making
Where did Carnegie Museum of Natural History get its specimens? How are exhibits made? Does the public see everything? Will new exhibit halls appear? Take this tour and discover what it takes to create a museum, and learn about all of the people who bring the museum to life.
60 minutes, adults and children 3 to 18, CMNH
Building a Collection: The Legacy of the Carnegie International
Since 1896, Carnegie Museum of Art's collection has grown through purchases of works of art introduced through the Carnegie International exhibitions. This on-going series presenting the best new art from around the world was Andrew Carnegie's strategy for building an art collection of the "old masters of tomorrow." Trace the legacy of those exhibitions in the works on view in our galleries, and analyze the changing moods of the art world over the last 100+ years.
60 minutes, adults, CMA
Cultures at Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Travel from ancient Egypt to the Arctic and learn about the diverse cultures exhibited at Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Visit Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt and explore everyday life of an ancient society that continues to intrigue people today. Polar World: Wyckoff Hall of Arctic Life is one of the largest exhibits on the Canadian Inuit (formerly known as Eskimo) in North America. Alcoa Foundation Hall of American Indians features societies living in four major geographical areas—the Tlingit of the Northwest Coast, Hopi of the Southwest, Lakota of the Plains, and Iroquois of the Northeast.
60 minutes, adults and children 3 to 18, CMNH
From Penn's Woods to Pittsburgh's Rivers: Art with a Local Twist
Images of an ever-changing landscape, dramatic views of rivers teeming with industry, Pittsburgh politics, and some fascinating personalities are just part of the artistic heritage of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania. Reconsider the past through the eyes of our artists as you develop new connections to the variety of locales that are part of what we call home.
45 minutes, adults, CMA
People, Places, and Personality
The human figure—from formal portraits to casual figure groups—is the subject explored more than any other in the history of art. Take a discerning look at the people and personalities we confront in portraits and other figural works in the Carnegie Museum of Art galleries. Compare images of women and men, and study the impact of pose, gesture, and setting in capturing the physical as well as psychological dimensions of people in art.
60 minutes, adults, CMA
Pennsylvania Natural History
Pennsylvania is a virtual cornucopia of natural wonder and history. Travel through the museum and investigate some of Pennsylvania's rich array of plants, animals, minerals, and fossils, and learn about the early people who were found throughout the state.
60 minutes, adults and children 3 to 18, CMNH
Natural History Safari
Go on a safari on this tour of the Natural History Museum's Hall of North American Wildlife! This tour features some of the continent's most amazing animals in natural habitat dioramas and the Hall of African Wildlife's four major life zones—savanna, rainforest, mountain, and desert.
60 minutes, adults and children 3 to 18, CMNH
Art and Nature Unite
Delight in the wide-ranging works of art from all periods and corners of the world that have given visual form to the love of nature. Are you at home in the shimmering, watery world of Monet's garden or does Mondrian's abstraction of a single tree bring a calming order to your view of the world? Paintings, sculpture, and a distinguished collection of ceramics, silver, and furniture all inspired by the beauties of nature await you on this Museum of Art tour. Experience the world around you with a fresh view.
60 minutes, adults, CMA
Classical Ideal: Exploring Ancient Greece & Rome
Journey through time to the world of ancient Greece and Rome. Carnegie Museum of Art's distinctive Hall of Architecture housing our unique collection of architectural and sculptural casts of monuments from antiquity introduces the characteristics of the classical past. Your visit concludes in the Scaife galleries viewing classically inspired artwork from later centuries and revealing the enduring quality of classicism throughout time.
60 minutes, adults, CMA