Arts

August Wilson Center for African American Culture

More than a museum, the new August Wilson Center for African American Culture building will be reflective of all aspects of African American culture. The AWCAAC will include galleries, classrooms, a 500-seat theater, a gift shop, a cafe, and many multi-purpose spaces to be used for visual and performing art and expression, and which will be available for rental and use by the community.

While the new facility will house exhibits that help tell the story of how African American culture has developed, including both historical and current experiences, this is only a small part of what the August Wilson Center is about. The Center will serve as a hub for people celebrating and experiencing the on-going contributions of African Americans - in music, theater, dance, science, athletics, business and many other aspects of American life. It will bring together people from all walks of life and foster mutual understanding and appreciation rooted in the values and ideals that drive the evolution of dynamic cultures worldwide.

The new AWCAAC building will open to the public in early 2008.

Web site: www.augustwilsoncenter.org

Carnegie Museum of Art

Paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, prints and drawings, architecture, film, and video projections reflect ideas and values from long-ago cultures and today's.

4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412.622.3131

Open all year

Admission Fee

Complete accessibility

Web site: Carnegie Museum of Art

The Frick Art and Historical Center

A six-acre site comprising:

• Clayton, the restored Frick family home.
• Carriage Museum.
• Art Museum.
• Greenhouse.
• Museum Shop.
• Educational Center.
• Cafe.

Fee for Clayton tour.

7227 Reynolds Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15208

412.371.0600

Open all year

Complete accessibility

www.frickart.org

Hartwood

Equestrian estate of 629 acres featuring a Tudor mansion, fully furnished with English and American antiques; stable complex; and gate lodge designed by Alfred Hopkins. Reserve for tours.

215 Saxonburg Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15238

412.767.9200

Open April - December

Admission Fee

Web site: www.alleghenycounty.us/parks/hwfac.aspx

Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts

Two 1913 mansions house an art museum and a home furnished to the period. Monthly exhibitions and workshops. Annual Children's festival in July.

124 E. Leasure Avenue
New Castle, PA 16101

724.652.2882

Open all year

Web site: Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

A facility for research in all aspects of botanical history. The institute offers a continuous program of exhibitions, mainly on various aspects of botanical art and illustration.

Fifth Floor, Hunt Library
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh PA 15213

412.268.2434

Monday - Friday, 9 am- 12 pm and 1 pm- 5 pm
Sunday, 1 pm - 4 pm (Gallery only during exhibitions, call in advance.)

Complete accessibility

Additional gallery hours (during exhibitions only): (except 20 and 27 May)

Web site: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

Mattress Factory

A museum of contemporary art and a research and development lab for artist. New, commissioned site-specific works and a unique permanent collection in two exhibition buildings.

500 Sampsonia Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15212

412.231.3169

Open all year

Admission Fee

Complete accessibility

Web site: Mattress Factory

Frank L. Melega Art Museum

We collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit the artworks of Frank L. Melega. A changing exhibition of contemporary artists promotes their talent and offers the public, through variety in style, medium, and subject matter, an open ended definition of art. We do this because the visual arts enrich individual human experience and because knowledge of art is essential to understanding diverse cultures, past and present.

The Historic Flatiron Building
69 Market Street
Brownsville, PA 15417
724-785-9331

Saturday and Sunday:

Call for latest hours and for an appointment - 724-245-6120

Gallery hours change seasonally, email for latest hours.
Also available by appointment, anytime, any day.
Contact via email: curator@melegaartmuseum.com

Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day

Admission Is Free

Accessibility: A lift chair is available for those needing assistance accessing our second floor location.

Web site: www.melegaartmuseum.org

Nationality Rooms, University of Pittsburgh

Tour the world in 90 minutes in 24 museum-quality, functioning classrooms. Gifts from the city's ethnic groups. Styled from Byzantine, Romanesque and Baroque to Empire and Renaissance.

4200 Fifth Avenue
157 Cathedral of Learning
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

412.624.6000

Open all year

Complete accessibility

Web site: www.pitt.edu/~natrooms

Photo Antiquities Museum of Photographic History, Images and Equipment

The museum is devoted to the exhibition, preservation and study of photography; with an emphasis on 19th century photography. The museum's collection is comprised of 500,000 images and negatives, as well as 20,000 cameras and accessories. The collection represents every photographic process including Daguerreotype, Ambrotype, Tintype, Salt, and Albumen prints, Ivorytype, Orotone and many more lesser known processes.

Photographers represented in the collection include Mathew Brady, Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward S. Curtis, The Detroit Photographic Company, Roger Fenton, Alexander Gardner, Timothy H. O'Sullivan and F.A. Reinhart. Collection's genres include an extensive portrait display of Civil war Generals, vintage photographs of Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, Native Americans and a large exhibit of illuminated lantern slides

531 East Ohio Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15212

412.231.788
E-Mail: frank@photoantiquities.org

Museum Hours: Monday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm

Admission: Adults $4
Seniors & Students (with ID) $3.00
Children 6-12 years old $2.50

Web site: www.photoantiquities.com

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

Contemporary regional, national, and international art exhibitions and arts classes for all ages. Sells handcrafted artwork by regional and national artists. Explore your creativity.

6300 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

412.361.0873

Open all year

Complete accessibility

Web site: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

The Society for Contemporary Crafts

A visual arts organization with a 26-year history of presenting nationally known artists who use traditional craft materials - ceramic, glass, wood, metal, and fiber - to create new art forms.

2100 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

412.261.7003

Open all year

Complete accessibility

Web site: Society for Contemporary Crafts

University Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh

Exhibitions include selections from the permanent collection and traveling and locally produced shows. Asian and American Art. European prints and drawings. Major holding in Callot prints.

104 Frick Fine Arts Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

412.648.2400

Open all year

Complete accessibility

Web site: University Art Gallery

Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Museum and Kipp Gallery

The mission of the Museum is to bring the material history and arts of the region together in an environment that encourages exploration, dialogue, and enjoyment. The Museum annually mounts a series of original exhibitions, related cultural events, and educational activities designed to appeal to the university and the local and regional community that it serves. These shows generally concentrate on contemporary and historic fine and folk art and material history. Rotating displays from the Museum's permanent collection and exhibits of student work from the graduate program in fine arts and design at IUP round out the programming schedule. Both the University Museum and Kipp Gallery are located on the IUP campus. The University Museum is located in historic Sutton Hall on the first floor. Kipp is located immediately through the front doors of Sprowls Hall on the corner of Grant Street and Eleventh Street.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA 15705

724.357.6495
E-Mail: Field27@Hotmail.com

Please visit their web site at www.arts.iup.edu/museum for their hours of operation and exhibit information.

Admission is free

Complete accessibility

Web site: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Museum and Kipp Gallery

Westmoreland Museum of American Art

From smoky cityscapes and rural splendors to heroes of history and toys form yesteryear, Westmoreland Museum of Art educates and presents American art through changing exhibitions and collections, 18th century to the present.

221 North Main Street
Greensburg, PA 15601

724.837.1500

Fax: 724.837.2921

Open all year

Web site: Westmoreland Museum of American Art