The United Steelworkers Building. Photo: Raymund Ryan
With the implementation of social distancing measures, the ways that many of us live and work from day to day have undergone radical changes. Small interludes—a walk, a phone or video call, a meal—punctuate our lives, marking the passage of time while calling our attention to the present moment. While our doors are temporarily closed, our staff and members of our community offer us glimpses of the ways that they are responding to these changes.
Paper Buck discusses justice and environmental conservation with Carnegie Museum of Natural History scientist Nicole Heller.
Photographs by Charles "Teenie" Harris offer glimpses of the lives of black soldiers during World War II.
An-My Lê and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen address the ways in which Lê’s work complicates the landscapes of conflict that have long informed American identity.
Rachel Delphia explores the history of doorknobs and its intersection with the rise of household disinfectants.
Curator of architecture Raymund Ryan traces the footsteps of another Pittsburgh architecture expert, Franklin Toker, on walks through the city’s neighborhoods while the museum's doors are temporarily closed.