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Pittsburgh is a place where one may delve into art, culture, architecture and find masterpieces renowned around the world. One of the must-visit places in this city is the Carnegie Museum of Art. In 1994 the museum completed a reinstallation of its pre-1945 American and European fine and decorative arts that combines them in a single chronological sequence. In 2003 the Scaife Galleries, home for many of the paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and decorative arts in the museum's collection, reopened after a yearlong renovation. Improvements include the replacement of skylights, addition of new climate control systems, and an infrastructure to support wireless technology. There is now a larger works on paper gallery located at the entrance to the galleries, and the contemporary art galleries incorporate decorative arts and works on paper along with paintings, sculpture, and film and video pieces. Some of the galleries now feature floor-to-ceiling, salon-style installations of the artwork. Resource areas and comfortable seating have also been integrated into the space, along with educational enhancements.
The Heinz Center
The opening of the Heinz Architectural Center in 1993, however, inaugurated a new era of architectural interest at the Carnegie Museum of Art.The Center's collection focuses on drawings, prints, and models, most from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The sampling presented in the Collections area of this site illustrates works that reflect the broad scope of the Heinz Center's collecting program.
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