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This list of museums in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Glencairn is a castle-like mansion in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, that was home to the Pitcairn family for more than 40 years.Now the Glencairn Museum, it contains a collection of about 8,000 artworks, mostly religious in nature, from cultures such as ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, the Roman Empire and medieval Europe, as well as Islamic, Asian, and Native American works.
HABS No. PA-6770, "Mercer House Tiles", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page; Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-107, "Moravian Pottery and Tile Works", 80 photos, 19 color transparencies, 21 measured drawings, 40 data pages, 10 photo caption pages
An important classification system for Egyptian pottery is the Vienna system, which was developed by Dorothea Arnold, Manfred Bietak, Janine Bourriau, Helen and Jean Jacquet, and Hans-Åke Nordström at a meeting in Vienna in 1980. Seriation of Egyptian pottery has proven useful for the relative chronology of ancient Egypt.
Approximately 1,800 works are on view at any given time. The museum also maintains a large archive of negatives from African American photographer Charles "Teenie" Harris. [3] Heinz Architectural Center - The collection includes works in architecture, landscape design, engineering, and furniture and interior design. The center's facilities ...
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA: More than 2,500 artifacts [45] Naples National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy: 2,500 artifacts [46] Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland: 2,300 artifacts [47] Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark: More than 1,900 artifacts [48]
Fonthill, Mercer Museum and Moravian Pottery and Tile Works is a National Historic Landmark District located at Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.It consists of three properties built by Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) in a distinctive application of the principles of the Arts and Crafts movement, which are also notable for the early use of poured concrete: Fonthill, the Mercer Museum ...
Location of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on National Register of Historic Places in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be ...