Palace of culture
Subtitle: Andrew Carnegie's museums and library in Pittsburgh
By: Robert J. Gangewere
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780822943976
Subjects: Intellectual life; Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; History
Other titles: Andrew Carnegie's museums and library in Pittsburgh
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Carnegie years : "Pittsburghers knew I was one of themselves"; title: Building a palace of culture : "I felt that Aladdin and his lamp had been at work"; title: The high command; title: a century of governance : "men capable of his own zeal"; title: Carnegie Music Hall : "music, sacred tongue of God"; title: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh : "free to the people"; title: Carnegie Museum of Art : "the moral mission of art"; title: Carnegie Museum of Natural History : "museum science"; title: Carnegie Science Center and Buhl Planetarium : "popular science"; title: The Andy Warhol Museum : "he harvested ideas from everything"; title: In summary; title: Appendix. Interview subjects.