Palace of culture : Andrew Carnegie's museums and library in Pittsburgh / Robert J. Gangewere.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gangewere, Robert J. (Robert Jay), 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh--History.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

History.

Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Pittsburgh (Pa.).

Pittsburgh (Pa.)--History--20th century.

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.

Carnegie, Andrew.

Physical Description:

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

Other Title:

Andrew Carnegie's museums and library in Pittsburgh

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2011]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822943976

0822943972

OCLC:

729341793

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