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News Release Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History to begin summer schedule Open Mondays starting July 7, 2008 June 9, 2008 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania…From July 7 to August 25, 2008, Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History will be open to the public on Mondays, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., in addition to regular admission hours. All the galleries will be accessible, the museums’ casual restaurant, Fossil Fuels, will be open until 4:00 p.m., and the museum stores will be open until 5:00 p.m. The Carnegie Café will remain closed. Both Carnegie Museum of Art’s and Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s internationally-recognized collections are on view. Special programming, openings, and changing exhibits and exhibitions will occur throughout the summer. At Carnegie Museum of Art, Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International is on view through January 11, 2009. Life on Mars is the 55th installment of the Carnegie International—the oldest contemporary art exhibition in North America and the second oldest in the world—andfocuses on the increasingly relevant question of what it means to be human today. A docent-led tour of Life on Mars is available through the week, but also during summer Mondays at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. In the Works on Paper gallery, Abstract Art before 1950: Watercolors, Drawings, Prints, and Photographs opens on June 13 and is on view through October 18, 2008. Abstract Art before 1950 features more than 80 avant-garde works by European, American, and Japanese artists highlighting the emergence of this international art style. Currently only on Saturdays and Sundays, ARTventures free drop-in family art-making activities will expand to Thursday–Saturday, 11:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m. and Sunday 12:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m. from June 19–August 31, 2008. Offered in collaboration with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, ARTventures Storytelling in the galleries, free with museum admission and appropriate for ages five and up, will be held Thursday–Saturday, June 19–August 30. Carnegie Museum of Natural History unveils the second and final phase of Dinosaurs in Their Time on June 15, a $36 million expansion and renovation project of Dinosaur Hall that places fossils in dynamic, scientifically-accurate poses in lush, realistic environments. Dinosaurs in Their Time houses more than 19 major dinosaur skeletons, including two dueling T. rex skeletons and favorites such as Stegosaurus, Diplodocus, and Triceratops. Through September 14, works from nationally-acclaimed photographer Donald Robinson will be on view. Exploring wildlife, nature, and the human condition, In Harmony with Nature II: Photographs of Donald Robinson takes visitors on a visual journey to the last frontiers on Earth. Carnegie Museum of Art and Carnegie Museum of Natural History Contact: Ellen James |
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