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

Title Palace of culture : Andrew Carnegie's museums and library in Pittsburgh / Robert J. Gangewere
Published Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.
SUBJECT Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 fast
Carnegie, Andrew 1835-1919 gnd
Carnegie, Andrew. swd
Subject Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh -- History
SUBJECT Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh fast
Carnegie Institute gnd
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh gnd
Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Carnegie Institute. swd
Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. swd
Subject BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology.
REFERENCE -- General.
TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
ART -- General.
Intellectual life
SUBJECT Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century
Subject Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822979692
0822979691
Other Titles Andrew Carnegie's museums and library in Pittsburgh