- Wikidata identifier:
- Q101004116
- Instance of:
- museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 438
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q101004116/
Collection-level records:
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Collection history (Wikipedia)
The majority of the initial collection items of the museum were donated by Louise Whitfield Carnegie in 1928 and came directly from the Carnegie family homes in the US and Scotland. These included art, photographs and archival materials. Additional collection items, deemed too precious to donate when the museum was established, were bequeathed to the museum following the death of Louise Whitfield Carnegie. There are various kinds of exhibits being showcased relating to Natural History, the Arts and the Sciences. Some objects of note include portraits of the Carnegie family and Architectural Drawings of the Carnegie Institute in Pennsylvania.
The museum displays were extensively refurbished in 2008, and include details of Carnegie’s industrial achievements in the United States, as well as some puppets from Sesame Street, a television programme that was launched with financial support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article “Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum”, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Source: Wikipedia
Date: 2025
Licence: CC-BY-SA