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Palace of culture : Andrew Carnegie's museums and library in Pittsburgh

Title: Palace of culture : Andrew Carnegie's museums and library in Pittsburgh / Robert J. Gangewere.
Author: Gangewere, Robert J. (Robert Jay), 1936-
Publication: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2011.

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Description

xvi, 332 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm

Alternative Title

Andrew Carnegie's museums and library in Pittsburgh

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Carnegie years : "Pittsburghers knew I was one of themselves" -- Building a palace of culture : "I felt that Aladdin and his lamp had been at work" -- The high command -- a century of governance : "men capable of his own zeal" -- Carnegie Music Hall : "music, sacred tongue of God" -- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh : "free to the people" -- Carnegie Museum of Art : "the moral mission of art" -- Carnegie Museum of Natural History : "museum science" -- Carnegie Science Center and Buhl Planetarium : "popular science" -- The Andy Warhol Museum : "he harvested ideas from everything" -- In summary -- Appendix. Interview subjects.

ISBN

9780822943976
0822943972
0822962853
9780822962854

LCCN

2011020990

OCLC

ocn729341793
729341793
SCSB-1618386

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library