Palace of Culture Andrew Carnegie s Museums and Library in Pittsburgh 1st Edition by Robert Gangewere ISBN 9780822943976 0822943972
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ISBN 10: 0822943972
ISBN 13: 9780822943976
Author: Robert J. Gangewere
Andrew Carnegie is remembered as one of the worldÆs great philanthropists. As a boy, he witnessed the benevolence of a businessman who lent his personal book collection to laborerÆs apprentices. That early experience inspired Carnegie to create the u201cFree to the Peopleu201d Carnegie Library in 1895 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1896, he founded the Carnegie Institute, which included a music hall, art museum, and science museum. Carnegie deeply believed that education and culture could lift up the common man and should not be the sole province of the wealthy. Today, his Pittsburgh cultural institution encompasses a library, music hall, natural history museum, art museum, science center, the Andy Warhol Museum, and the Carnegie International art exhibition.
In Palace of Culture, Robert J. Gangewere presents the first history of a cultural conglomeration that has served millions of people since its inception and inspired the likes of August Wilson, Andy Warhol, and David McCullough. In this fascinating account, Gangewere details the political turmoil, budgetary constraints, and cultural tides that have influenced the caretakers and the collections along the way. He profiles the many benefactors, trustees, directors, and administrators who have stewarded the collections through the years. Gangewere provides individual histories of the library, music hall, museums, and science center, and describes the importance of each as an educational and research facility.
Moreover, Palace of Culture documents the importance of cultural institutions to the citizens of large metropolitan areas. The Carnegie Library and Institute have inspired the creation of similar organizations in the United States and serve as models for museum systems throughout the world.
Table of contents:
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THE CARNEGIE YEARS: “Pittsburghers Knew I Was One of Themselves”
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BUILDING A PALACE OF CULTURE: “I Felt That Aladdin and His Lamp Had Been at Work”
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THE HIGH COMMAND–A CENTURY OF GOVERNANCE: “Men Capable of His Own Zeal”
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CARNEGIE MUSIC HALL: “Music, Sacred Tongue of God”
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CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH: “Free to the People”
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CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART: “The Moral Mission of Art”
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CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: “Museum Science”
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CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER AND BUHL PLANETARIUM: “Popular Science”
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THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM: “He Harvested Ideas from Everything”
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IN SUMMARY
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