Drop-In
Please join us for a public and free celebration of the exhibition Future Vision: Women of Visions from 6—8 p.m. at Carnegie Museum of Art on Thursday, June 2.
![a painting of a woman's head in a field of flowers](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/WOV-hero-1024x342.jpg)
Look deeply at photographer Gordon Park’s images of the Penola, Inc. Grease plant and the people who worked there in Pittsburgh’s Strip District in the 1940s in the exhibition Gordon Parks in Pittsburgh, 1944/1946. Discuss Park’s documentation of the plant, its workers, and the range of their activities manufacturing lubricants to support U.S. military efforts during World War II.
![Grease makers and kettle tenders ascending by a freight lift to their work stations, photo by Gordon Parks](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11.004-1024x808.jpg)
What does labor sound like? Music has been central to how we work and the movements we build. Join us for an evening of music and a celebration of the exhibition in anticipation of International Workers Day (May Day).
![Andrea Bowers, The Triumph of Labor featuring various scenes portraying labor](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Bowers_Triumph-of-Labour-1024x341.jpg)
Slow down and explore artist Zoe Zenghelis’s constructed worlds of imagination on view in Zoe Zenghelis: Fields, Fragments, Fictions. From seductive metropolitan formations and dystopian landscapes to floating buildings and cityscapes of disturbing stillness, this Art Chat probes what you notice and wonder about the exhibition.
![An architectural rendering.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/08_Parc-de-la-Villette_-1982-1024x670.jpg)
Meet up with a docent and other museum visitors for a Working Thought Art Chat. Discuss how artists raise our awareness to the many ways economic disparity and labor have shaped American life past and present.
![Three people looking at art](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CMA-Working-Thought-5713-lowres-e1680019644502-1024x765.jpg)
Through three design prompts in increasing levels of depth of thinking, the in-gallery workshop is meant to encourage visitors to brainstorm and ideate about what they want to make, how form influences an object’s connotations, and what role objects can play in their own lives.
![An empty gallery with wall texts on plastic suspended against a bright blue wall.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/eot_install_photography35-1-1024x341.jpg)
Admission to Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History is free on Friday, October 30 for RADical Days.
![People wearing face coverings standing in a brightly-lit gallery with paintings](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CMOA_Reopening_Scaife_Galleries-43-1024x341.jpg)
Come hang out at the museum for a first date or a visit with your long-time love and explore our fascinating exhibitions together.
![A couple walking past a stairway holding hands with a courtyard visible through glass walls behind them](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Heart_Night-1024x341.jpg)
Join curator Hannah Turpin and the featured artists as we celebrate the opening of Counterpressures in the Forum Gallery with a free reception.
![A woman stands next to a gallery wall of photos, speaking to a crowd.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/counterpressures-opening-header-1024x341.jpg)
Join us for a day of family-friendly activities as we celebrate the legacy of Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
![A family with two young children stands next to a large plaster cast of a building.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mlk-day-family_header-1024x341.jpg)
Join us in our galleries for hands-on art-inspired activities every weekend. Discover a new theme and a new group of artworks each week. Just drop in.
![A snowy scene of people walking or riding horse-drawn carriages through a city street.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/holiday-artventures_header-1024x341.jpg)
Join photographer Charlee Brodsky and curator Akemi May as they discuss the varied past and current fascination with the still life genre. Learn about the current exhibition, A Delight for the Senses: The Still Life, and discover Brodsky’s latest still life photography series, The Audacity of the Mundane.
Enjoy a lively conversation with a docent about the once-humble genre of still life painting, on view in A Delight for the Senses: The Still Life. Free with admission!
![A floral still life painting featuring many colorful flowers.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ruysch_header-1024x341.jpg)
Tour An Art of Changes: Jasper Johns Prints, 1960–2018 with an expert docent! Go behind the art, ask questions, and learn about Johns’s prolific career as a printmaker.
![A group of people look at different colorful works in a gallery](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/jj-header_1-1024x341.jpg)
Tour An Art of Changes: Jasper Johns Prints, 1960–2018 with an expert docent! Go behind the art, ask questions, and learn about Johns’s prolific career as a printmaker.
![Gallery view of four prints by Jasper Johns in a variety of colors, featuring abstract marks and shapes](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/weekend-tour-jasper-johns_header-1024x341.jpg)
Admission to Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History is free on Sunday, October 13, for RADical Days.
![People walk around a gallery of framed paintings.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/gallery-people_header-1024x341.jpg)
Enjoy a lively conversation with an expert about the prolific career of one of America’s leading artists in An Art of Changes: Jasper Johns Prints, 1960–2018. Free with admission!
![Gallery view of seven colorful prints by Jasper Johns in each color of the rainbow, next to a glass case showing a few books.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/art-chat-jasper-johns_header-1024x341.jpg)
Join artist Margaret Honda and curator Eric Crosby to celebrate the opening of Margaret Honda in Carnegie Museum of Art’s Forum Gallery at this free event.
![A group of people stand and sit outside of a gallery, listening to a man speak via microphone.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/margaret-honda-opening-reception_header-1024x341.jpg)
Performance duo slowdanger presents the premiere of a new collaborative piece. This interactive performance brings the audience into the experience via a new dance technology created in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University professor Robert Zacharias.
![Two people dance with each other, one with their head bowed and one reaching out with his arm.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/slowdanger-header-1024x341.jpg)
Enjoy a lively conversation with an expert about the artworks in A Pittsburgh Anthology, an exhibition highlighting the creative life of Pittsburgh. Free with admission!
![A group of people stand in a gallery, looking at different artworks. A large wooden sculpture stands in the middle of the room.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/pgh-anthology-art-chats-1024x341.jpg)
Performance duo slowdanger presents the premiere of a new collaborative piece. This interactive performance brings the audience into the experience via a new dance technology created in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University professor Robert Zacharias.
![Two people dance with each other, one with their head bowed and one reaching out with his arm.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/slowdanger-header-1024x341.jpg)
Join us for an outdoor film screening this summer! We’re showing Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal thriller, in our beautiful sculpture courtyard.
![People sit in an outdoor courtyard watching a film screening at night.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cinema2-1024x341.jpg)
Celebrate the Lozziwurm with a day of family fun! Have an art picnic in our galleries, then enjoy the summer sunshine with the colorful play sculpture in our front courtyard.
![A group of kids run outside.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/lozzi-header2-1024x341.jpg)
Calling all teens! Drop in to the galleries for conversations about art and contemporary issues led by our August Wilson Legacy Fund interns, take a scavenger hunt through the collection galleries, and try your hand at in-gallery drawing sessions at this free event.
![Group of teens in the gallery with a wall of paintings in the background](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/teen-internship-1024x341.jpg)
Celebrate air quality awareness with us! Learn the history of Monet’s interest in the city, examine elements that affect Pittsburgh’s air quality, and discover ways to get involved.
![Johanna K. W. Hailman, Jones and Laughlin Mill, Pittsburgh, c. 1925-1930, Carnegie Museum of Art, Bequest of Johanna K. W. Hailman](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1011097-1680-1024x712.jpeg)
How does an exhibition come together? Who decides which paintings are chosen? Meet assistant curator Akemi May for a casual discussion of Monet and the Modern City! This event is free with admission.
![A hazy painting of a large bridge over a river, houses in the background, and smoke.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/pissarro-header-1024x341.jpg)
Enjoy a lively conversation with an expert docent about the power of creative design celebrated in Access+Ability. Free with admission!
![A woman leans her head back, showing a brightly colored jewelry-like hearing aid.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/aa_earring-aid-1024x341.jpg)
Enjoy a lively conversation with an expert docent about the vibrant, patterned art of Ruth Root. Free with admission!
![Detail of a painting with geometric patterns and bright colors.](https://carnegieart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ruth-root-crop-header-2-1024x341.jpg)