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Visitor’s Guide To The Fabulous Carnegie Museum of Art In Pittsburgh

Here’s my guide to visiting the fabulous Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.

You may not think the “Steel City” of Pittsburgh is an art mecca.

But for a small city, the beloved Carnegie Museum of ART (“CMOA”) packs a surprisingly art punch, with international flair.

Founded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie , this gorgeous museum is in Pittsburgh’s lively Oakland neighborhood near the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.

In this Carnegie Museum guide, I give you an overview of the museum’s history and identify its must see masterpieces. There’s something to appeal to every art enthusiast, especially lovers of Impressionism.

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Overview of the Carnegie Museum of Art

There’s a lot of fascinating things to see at the Carnegie. I’ll give you a quick overview so you know what to expect on a visit.

The museum is much larger than you might suspect, with a rich array of visual treats. There are many wings and dozens of galleries. The wide-ranging galleries are devoted to art from ancient times to cutting edge contemporary works.

Since its inception in 1895, Carnegie wanted the museum to reflect “tomorrow’s old masters,” not just ancient works. As a result, CMOA is considered the first museum of modern art in the United States.

Some of Carnegie’s first acquisitions were contemporary works by emerging American artists Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler, and Edward Hopper.

On the first floor of the Carnegie Museum of Art, you’ll find the Carnegie’s Hall of Sculptures, the Hall of Architecture, and the Forum Gallery.

The Heinz Gallery is one the second floor. This gallery houses temporary exhibitions, with room after room of high ceilings.

Launched in 1974, the Scaife Galleries occupy most of the second floor. This collection is CMOA’s crown jewel.

Sarah Mellon Scaife was a sister of Pittsburgh tycoon Richard Mellon. She gifted the massive Beaux Art galleries and a slew of important works to CMOA. Her bequest alone nearly doubled the museum’s space.

The Scaife galleries feature European and American art from the Renaissance to the present. There’s a strong collection of Impressionism. The collection is presented in reverse chronological order.

On this floor, you’ll also find the Alisa Mellon Bruce Gallery of Decorative Arts & Design.

The Carnegie Museums also houses several other specialized museums and halls dedicated to natural history, ancient Egypt, and Native Americans. But in this article, I focus solely the museum’s fine art collections.

Guide To The Carnegie Museum: What To See

Let’s take a tour of the best art works and masterpieces at the Carnegie Museum of Art.

1. Hall of Sculpture

The design of the Hall of Sculpture is modeled after the columned inner sanctuary of the Parthenon in Athens. It’s constructed of brilliant white marble, from the same quarries used to build the 5th century B.C. Parthenon.

The original purpose of the room was to house the museum’s collection of reproductions of Greek, Roman, and Eastern sculptures. Most of those have been moved into the Hall of Architecture.

But there are still statues decorating the second floor balcony. The statues are replicas of statues from the Louvre , the Vatican Museums , and the British Museum.

Directly below the skylight is a carved frieze, replicating the decorative band that once decorated the Parthenon.

Today, the Hall of Sculpture is used for site specific performances, installations, and exhibitions.

2. Scaife Contemporary Collection

You’ll start your Scaife visit in the contemporary art section, accessed from the second floor atrium. This collection covers works from 1945 to the present.

CMOA has assembled and displayed 130 of its diverse holdings of modern and contemporary art pieces.

The works on display reinvent traditional mediums and reflect pressing social and political issues. They include works from the genres of Pop Art, Conceptual Art, Abstract Art, Minimalism, and cinema.

You’ll find recognizable works by Andy Warhol and Keith Haring. There are also more cutting edge works Anton Rooskens, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol Le Witt, and Rafael Ferrer.

There are also conceptual and performative videos and collage films.

One of my favorite piece in this section of the museum was an eerie installation by French artist Louise Bourgeois , Cell II, from 1991. It’s part of a series focusing on the dark recesses of the psyche.

The early to mid 20th century art works are some of my favorites in the museum collection. That period saw the birth of modernism.

A new era of visual artists challenged existing art styles. Beauty and aesthetics gave way to abstraction, expression and symbolism.

There are classics by world renowned artists on display — Willem de Kooning’s Woman VI , Alberto Giacommeti’s Walking Man I , Jackson Pollock’s No. 4 , Mark Rothko’s Yellow and Blue, and Piet Mondrian’s Trees.

3. Scaife Galleries, 19th Century Art

The 19th century galleries are the most popular area of the museum. The galleries house works from 1850 to the present in 12 rooms. This includes the ever-popular Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and late 19th century art.

Scaife began collecting Impressionism in 1962, with the help of a CMOA director. Her taste was mostly classic. But she made some adventurous choices too.

Over the years, she and her family purchased and donated 28 major paintings and pastels by Paris artists. The Impressionist works on display include pieces by top shelf names like Monet, Manet, Pissarro, Renoir, Degas, and Matisse.

Pride of place belongs to Claude Monet’s Water Lilies . It’s one of six large panels that Monet painted between 1915 and 1926. It’s nearly 20 feet long and 6 feet wide.

It’s not quite as luminous as Monet’s water lilies on display in Paris’ Musee Marmottan Monet or the Musee de l’Orangerie . But still a relative rarity to see one in the United States.

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There are also three pieces by the ever popular Vincent Van Gogh . There’s a beautiful drawing, a painting of wheat fields created just days before his death , and a painting of Le Moulin de la Galette in Paris.

You’ll also find several Renoirs, some first rate Degas paintings and sculptures, and some beautiful John Singer Sargent paintings.

There are also quite a few sculptures by the indomitable French artist Auguste Rodin , the greatest sculptor of the 20th century.

My favorite pieces in the collection were Wheat Fields After the Rain by Vincent Van Gogh, Girl Under Apple Tree by Edvard Munch, a bust of Dorothy Heseltine by Aime-James Dalou, Venetian Interior by John Singer Sargent, The Bath by Degas, and Hand of God by Auguste Rodin.

The first two I mentioned are shown above.

After these galleries, you’ll encounter the 19th century Realism and Rococo paintings. These include works by Bougeureau, Gustav Courbet, Fantin-Latour, James Whistler, Thomas Eakins, and John Singer Sargent.

There are couple galleries dedicated to sculpture.

You’ll find works by all the greats — Auguste Rodin, Daniel Chester French, Carpeaux, Maillol, Charpentier, and Canova. There’s even a bust by the great Italian Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini .

4. Decorative Arts & Design | Ailsa Mellon Bruce Galleries

This area of CMOA houses over 34,000 decorative objects. They’re arranged chronologically and feature a broad spectrum of visual art.

You’ll find glass works, porcelain, ceramics, wood carvings, china, etc. The collection celebrates the extraordinary in every day objects.

My favorite pieces were Gerrit Thomas Rietved’s Zig-Zag Chair, Louis Comfort Tiffany’s stained glass windows and lamps, and some stunning Arts and Crafts era pottery and furniture. You’ll recognize the designs of Gustav Stickley, the Roycrofters, and Charles Rene Mackintosh.

A seminal piece is the Tennyson Vase, a four foot high hammered silver vase. It was created as an ode to Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poems about Arthurian legends. It was a symbol of British strength in the 9th century.

The Bruce Galleries also highlight contemporary design and crafts in glass, wood, ceramic, and metal. A beautiful vignette is a display of 20th century glass art set in front of large windows facing Forbes Avenue.

5. Heinz Architectural Center

Established in 1990, the Heinz Architectural Center is a permanent gallery that houses changing exhibits of world architecture.

It’s dedicated to the collection, study, and exhibition of architectural drawings and models. But boasts nearly 6,000 objects, including photographs, artifacts, casts, drawings, etc.

An onsite library houses 7,000 books And there is 4,000 square feet of exhibition space.

6. Hall of Architecture

The Hall of Architecture is part of the Heinz Architectural Center. I think this hall is a real highlight of the museum. It’s filled with plaster casts of outstanding classical, ancient, and medieval works.

It’s incredibly unique. I’ve never seen anything quite like it in thousands of museum outings.

As part of his effort to “bring the world to Pittsburgh,” Carnegie commissioned plaster copies of some of the world’s most iconic buildings and sculptures.

They were created by master craftsmen. If the citizens of Pittsburgh couldn’t get to Europe, they could at least see what they were missing.

Architectural cast collections were incredibly popular in the late Victoria era. Their popularity subsequent waned.

Hence, there are now very few collections in the world. CMOA’s only rivals are the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Musee National des Monuments Francais in Paris .

You can see copies of Venus de Milo and Winged Victory of Samothrace from the Louvre . You can admire Lorenzo Ghiberti’s bronze doors, which were created for the Florence Baptistery . Michelangelo dubbed them the “Gates of Paradise.”

You can also see Nicola Pisano’s pulpit from Siena Cathedral . It’s considered one of the first works of Renaissance art.

As for the Parthenon, there’s lots of goodies. There’s a miniature model of the Parthenon.

And life-size sculptures from the Parthenon’s frieze. The actual sculptures are the subject of an ownership dispute . They’re housed in both the British Museum in London and in the Acropolis Museum in Athens.

The largest recreation is the entire west facade of the Gothic Abbey Church of Saint-Giles in France. It’s a one of kind marble, and may be the largest architectural cast ever made.

In the winter, the hall is filled with themed Christmas trees.

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7. Crowning of Labor Mural and Grand Staircase

The museum’s three story Grand Staircase is the centerpiece of CMOA’s 1907 addition. The marble staircase is lovely.

But what really catches your eye is the mural covering almost 5,000 square feet of wall space. It’s called The Crowning of Labor. The theme is the turn of the century ideas of uplift and progress achieved through hard work.

The mural cycle consists of long vertical panels along the perimeter of the staircase. They show workers toiling away. One the second floor, there’s an allegorical knight (a stand in for Carnegie) who’s crowned by a winged female.

The mural cycle was created by Pittsburgh native John White Alexander between 1906-08. Alexander had full artistic license.

The mural has a dark to light plan that’s bathed in light from the center skylight. The mural was renovated in 1995 and its colors sparkle.

The mural cycle was created by Pittsburgh native John White Alexander between 1906-08. Alexander had full artistic license. He produced a depiction of the turn of the century ideas of uplift and progress achieved through hard work.

The murals were actually created in New York City and shipped to Pittsburgh.

8. Outdoor Sculpture Court

The sculpture court was also a Scaife donation. In 1974, when CMOA expanded to create more gallery space, it also created an outdoor sculpture court.

You can simultaneously enjoy art, architecture, and landscape. It’s the perfect place for a cup of coffee or picnic lunch.

The courtyard is a triangulated angular space with multiple terraced levels and faced with glass and granite walls. Within the court are 16 sculptures varying from intuitive design to gridded modernism.

David Smith’s Cubist-inspired Cubi XXIV was one of the the first modern sculptures to be installed in the courtyard. It also serves as a frame for Andy Warhol’s large silk screen prints of Andrew Carnegie in CMOA’s cafe area.

I particularly liked Aristide Maillol’s poignant Night.

You can also see 11 neon sculptures from Tavares Strachan’s Encyclopedia of Invisibility . The sculptures ribbon the building’s exterior.

Practical Guide & Tips for Visiting the Carnegie Museum of Art

Address : 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh PA

Hours : Closed Tuesdays. Open Mon & Wed-Sun from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. On Thursday night, the museum is open late until 8:00 pm. The best time to go? Thursday after 3:00 pm with a discount.

Entry fee : Adults $19.95, children 3-18 $11.95, under 2 free. If you buy online, use AFTER3 to get a 50% discount if you visit on weekdays after 3:00 pm.

Admission also gives you access to CMOA’s sister museum, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. But doing both museums in one day could definitely result in museum fatigue. There’s a lot to see and digest.

How Long should you spend at the Carnegie? I’d budget 2-3 hours minimum.

Online tickets : Click here to buy tickets and reserve a time slot online

Carnegie Cafe : This lovely upscale cafe offers casual dining, with an espresso and wine bar. You can get small plates, salads, and sandwiches. You can dine in, get food to go, or head to the outdoor sculpture gallery.

Parking : There’s a dedicated parking lot for the museum on Craig Steet. The current cost is $7.

Virtual Tour : You can take a virtual tour of CMOA by visiting their collections here .

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current tour programs

Cooper Hewitt offers 45-minute tours aligned to exhibition topics. Led by our experienced Design Guides, tours will provide opportunities for interactivity and discussion.   

PUBLIC TOURS Tour schedule through August 11th. Free with museum admission. Daily, 1:30 p.m.

Monday, Thursday, and Saturday *An Atlas of Es Devlin

Tuesday Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols

Wednesday and Sunday Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection

1st and 3rd Fridays Curator Tours. Visit the calendar for tour date details.  

2nd and 4th Fridays Andrew Carnegie Mansion Tour  

* There is a 15-participant capacity for the An Atlas of Es Devlin exhibition tour, available on a first-come basis. Reserve a spot at the Visitor Experience desk.

PRIVATE AND GROUP TOURS The maximum tour group size is 25 people. Design Guide led private tour fee: $150, plus museum admission  

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Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection What does it mean to be a design museum today?  Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection  highlights how Cooper Hewitt acquires new work to shape the collection to better reflect current issues and design’s evolving role in daily interactions. The exhibition features more than 150 works, including objects that represent the museum’s collecting legacy, as well as works brought into the collection since 2017. Learn more about Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection →

An Atlas of Es Devlin In this guided tour of An Atlas of Es Devlin , visitors will examine the origins, rigor, and depth of Devlin’s process through a compelling journey into her 30-year archive, charting teenage drawings and paintings, to designs for theater, opera, stadium concerts, and ceremonies, to her current engagement with climate and civilizational crises. The exhibition will reveal thematic connections and trace the development of Devlin’s groundbreaking ephemeral architectures. There is a 15-participant capacity for the An Atlas of Es Devlin exhibition tour, available on a first-come basis. Reserve a spot at the Visitor Experience desk. Learn more about An Atlas of Es Devlin →

Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols From the STOP sign to the laugh-cry emoji, symbols play a critical and ubiquitous role in everyday life. As communication tools designed to break language barriers, symbols instruct, protect, entertain, connect, and communicate beliefs. This exhibition demonstrates how symbol design is a dynamic and collaborative effort through which individuals and communities have created, adopted, and redesigned symbols over time. Marking the 50th anniversary of Henry Dreyfuss’  Symbol Sourcebook: An Authoritative Guide to International Graphic Symbols , this exhibition will feature never-before-seen material from Cooper Hewitt’s Henry Dreyfuss Archive. Learn more about Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols   →

Andrew Carnegie Mansion Tours Cooper Hewitt is housed in the former home of industrial magnate Andrew Carnegie. Learn about the history of the mansion and its transformation from home to museum.

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• Location: Tours will take place in person throughout Cooper Hewitt (2 East 91st Street, New York, NY). The areas covered are fully wheelchair accessible. Tours will begin in the Great Hall located on the first floor of the museum. Read more about accessibility at Cooper Hewitt .  
• What to Expect: The tour involves moving through gallery spaces and standing to view the details of the building; wheelchairs and portable stools are available for those who can’t walk or stand for long periods of time.  
• Accommodations: For general questions, or if we can provide additional accessibility services or accommodations to support your participation in this program, please email us at [email protected] or let us know when registering. Please make your accommodation request as far in advance as possible—preferably at least one week before the program date when possible.

HEALTH & SAFETY MEASURES Please visit Cooper Hewitt’s Plan Your Visit page for up-to-date information on health and safety guidelines.  

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An Atlas of Es Devlin

An Atlas of Es Devlin is the first monographic museum exhibition dedicated to British artist and stage designer Es Devlin (born 1971), who is renowned for work that transforms audiences. Since beginning in small theaters in 1995, she has charted a course from kinetic stage designs at the National Theatre and the Metropolitan Opera to installations at major institutions including the World Expo, Lincoln Center, and the United Nations headquarters. Her sculptures for Olympic Ceremonies, NFL Super Bowl halftime shows, and stadium tours for Beyoncé, The Weeknd, and U2 frame narratives that feel personal at a monumental scale. Over the past decade, she has adapted her craft to address climate and civilizational crises. Her public installations on endangered species and languages have inspired audiences to reimagine their connections to each other and to the planet. She shapes stories in ways that stay with us and reframe our thinking.

Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes

American textile designer, weaver, and color authority Dorothy Liebes ( 1897–1972)  had a profound influence across design fields, helping to shape  American tastes in areas from interiors and transportation to industrial design, fashion, and film.  The “Liebes Look”—which combined vivid color, lush texture, and often a glint of metallic—became inextricably linked with the American modern aesthetic.

Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols  examines the fascinating histories behind many of the symbols that instruct, protect, entertain, empower, and connect people. As important communication tools in our daily lives, symbols are constantly evolving based on new needs and users. They formed some of the first written human expressions and today animate our digital chats.

Willi Smith Community Archive

The Willi Smith Digital Community Archive invites friends, collaborators and admirers of American designer Willi Smith to share in writing his history. This site collects and publishes personal recollections, new scholarship, video, and digital ephemera that contributes to a greater understanding of Smith’s life, work, and times.

Mansion History

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is housed in the former home of industrial magnate Andrew Carnegie. Learn about the history of the mansion and its transformation from home to museum.

For Educators and Caretakers

Smithsonian Learning Lab

The Lab is a free, interactive platform for discovering millions of authentic digital resources for your virtual or physical classroom. Create with online tools and share in the Smithsonian’s expansive community of knowledge and learning.

Design at Home

In these short video lessons led by Cooper Hewitt educators, be inspired to solve design challenges.

Design at Home Activity Book

In Design at Home, you’ll get hands-on experience in thinking like a designer. Explore design solutions, relax with a coloring page, and dream up your next big idea. Design on your own or with friends and family—all are welcome!

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Membership Levels

All members enjoy membership benefits:.

• FREE general admission for one year to Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, The Andy Warhol Museum, and Carnegie Science Center (including Highmark SportsWorks®)
• Invitations to members-only events and programming
• Free reciprocal admission privileges with more than 300 participating science centers
• Discounts on classes, camps, education films at The Rangos Giant Cinema, laser shows, lectures, and special events
• A 10% discount in museum stores and cafes (20% store discount during Member Shopping Days)
• Free subscription to Carnegie magazine
• 1 named individual (age 65+)
• 1 named individual
• 2 adults OR 1 adult and 1 child
• Free reciprocal admission at an additional 275+ ROAM museums and arboretums
• 2 adults + 4 children
• 2 adults + 8 children
• Free reciprocal admission at an additional 275+ ROAM museums and arboretums, plus 20+ major art and natural history museums
• 10 half-off coupons for educational films at The Rangos Giant Cinema

Carnegie Connectors

All carnegie connector members enjoy membership benefits:.

• Invitation to four Carnegie Connectors events

Carnegie Connector Individual

• Invitations for 1 Adult (21+) to Carnegie Connectors events
• Discounted tickets and 1 free drink ticket for 21+ nights at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Carnegie Science Center

Carnegie Connector Dual

• Invitations for 2 Adults (21+) to Carnegie Connectors events
• Discounted tickets and 2 free drink tickets for 21+ nights at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Carnegie Science Center

Carnegie Connector Family

Carnegie Connector Premium

Donors Circle

All donors enjoy:.

• All standard membership benefits including FREE general admission to Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Science Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum
• Exclusive events including member tours, exhibition previews, lectures, and receptions
• Free reciprocal admission at 300+ ASTC museums and science centers, 275+ ROAM art museums and arboretums, plus 20+ major art and natural history museums
• A select number of complimentary vouchers for educational films at The Rangos Giant Cinema plus discounts on films (excludes Hollywood films)
• 2 adults, 2 children, and up to 8 guests
• 10 free tickets for educational films at The Rangos Giant Cinema
• Exclusive access to donor events and previews
• 2 adults + 2 children + 8 guests
• 12 free tickets for educational films at The Rangos Giant Cinema
• Private docent-led tour for up to 12 people at Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, or The Andy Warhol Museum

$1000-$1894

• 15 free tickets for educational films at The Rangos Giant Cinema
• Private submarine tour for up to 8 people
• Recognition on donor plaques prominently displayed at Carnegie Museum of Art or Carnegie Museum of Natural History
• Private film screening event at The Rangos
• One complimentary Individual gift membership

Patrons Circle

All patrons enjoy:.

• All Donor benefits
• Complimentary use of the Founders Room for a private event (as available)*
• 30% discount on event facility rentals at all four Carnegie Museums
• Complimentary Family-level gift membership
• Recognition online
• Private educator-led tour for up to 12 people at any of the four Carnegie Museums
• Invitation to a special viewing of a Rangos Giant Cinema film
• Invitations to exclusive Donor and Patrons Circle events (behind-the-scenes encounters, conversations with curators, and more)
• Personalized Services line: 412.622.5772

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1895 Society

$1,895-$2,499

• Free museum admission and free unlimited educational films at The Rangos Giant Cinema* for 2 adults, 2 children, and 8 guests
• Complimentary Family level gift membership

Curators Society

$2,500-$4,999

• Private event with a museum curator

Directors Society

$5,000-$9,999

• Private event with a Museum Director
• All Curators Society benefits

Presidents Society

$10,000-$24,999

• Free museum admission and free unlimited educational films at The Rangos Giant Cinema* for you and an unlimited number of guests
• Free parking
• Private event with the President
• All Directors Society benefits

Carnegie Founders Society

$25,000 or more

• Private museum visit with the President for you and four guests
• All Presidents Society benefits

* Not including Hollywood films

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New exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Natural History lifts the curtain on artifact conservation

By Christopher DeRose

Updated on: April 18, 2024 / 12:10 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- If you are interested in ancient Egypt, you may want to check out the new exhibit that's in Pittsburgh.

Sarah Crawford, the director of exhibitions and design at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, says that this new exhibit lifts the veil of mystery on both ancient objects and how the museum preserves them.

"'The Stories We Keep: Conserving Objects from Ancient Egypt,' is a new exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History," said Crawford. "It' sreally focused on how we care for objects at the museum -- why we care for them, why we have them in our collection, and it is an opportunity for visitors to see behind the scenes."

This new exhibit allows you to put yourself in the shoes of an Egyptologist and do things like piece together parts of broken pottery, get hands on with seeing objects under microscopes and you can even talk to the professional staff of conservators as they work to catalog and preserve artifacts right in front of you.

"I think the most exciting thing about this exhibition is the visible conservation lab," Crawford said. "Any time of the day that visitors show up, they can see conservators working on the objects. One day you may come in and it may be a plank from a 4,000-year-old boat, the next day it might be a tiny statue from ancient Egypt. So I think one of the things that is great is that people can see the exhibition change, they can see the different work over time."

"The Stories We Keep" also features several modern-day objects and their ancient counterparts.

"The idea is, we are asking visitors to think about what stories your objects tell," said Crawford. "We have a child's bracelet from thousands of years ago, next to a modern one. So, what we are really thinking about is what people leave behind. What these objects tell us about these ancient cultures and who these people were."

" The Stories We Keep: Conserving Objects from Ancient Egypt " runs through next March at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and is free to visitors with Museum admission.

Chris DeRose is a reporter for KDKA-TV. He has been a reporter, producer, host and actor for over 15 years, starting his professional career in Chicago back in 2007.

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Join us at the Carnegie Museum Sunday, May 5 at 2 pm to learn about the history of Victorian mourning practices and how they are

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Join us Thursday April 17 at 7 PM at the Carnegie Museum for an exploration of the meaning behind the symbols found in cemeteries, past

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Moscow metro private tours.

• 2-hour tour $87:  10 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with hotel pick-up and drop-off
• 3-hour tour $137:  20 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with Russian lunch in beautifully-decorated Metro Diner + hotel pick-up and drop off. 
• Metro pass is included in the price of both tours.

Highlight of Metro Tour

• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
• Enjoy panoramic views of Sparrow Hills from Luzhniki Metro Bridge – MetroMost, the only station of Moscow Metro located over water and the highest station above ground level;
• If lucky, catch a unique «Aquarelle Train» – a wheeled picture gallery, brightly painted with images of peony, chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers and each car unit is unique;
• Become an expert at navigating the legendary Moscow Metro system;
• Have fun time with a very friendly local;
• + Atmospheric Metro lunch in Moscow’s the only Metro Diner (included in a 3-hr tour)

Hotel Pick-up

Metro stations:.

Komsomolskaya

Novoslobodskaya

Prospekt Mira

Belorusskaya

Mayakovskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Revolution Square

Sparrow Hills

+ for 3-hour tour

Victory Park

Slavic Boulevard

Vystavochnaya

Dostoevskaya

Elektrozavodskaya

Partizanskaya

Museum of Moscow Metro

• Drop-off  at your hotel, Novodevichy Convent, Sparrow Hills or any place you wish
• + Russian lunch  in Metro Diner with artistic metro-style interior for 3-hour tour

Fun facts from our Moscow Metro Tours:

From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of Metro-2 of Moscow subway, which is equipped with everything you need, from food storage to the nuclear button.

According to some sources, the total length of Metro-2 reaches over 150 kilometers.

The Museum was opened on Sportivnaya metro station on November 6, 1967. It features the most interesting models of trains and stations.

Coffee Ring

The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like a bunch of separate lines. Listen to a myth about Joseph Stalin and the main brown line of Moscow Metro.

Zodiac Metro

According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector.

Astrologers believe that being in a particular zadiac sector of Moscow for a long time, you attract certain energy and events into your life.

Paleontological finds 

Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

• Every day each car in  Moscow metro passes  more than 600 km, which is the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Moscow subway system is the  5th in the intensity  of use (after the subways of Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai).
• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

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The Moscow Metro Tour is included in most guided tours’ itineraries. Opened in 1935, under Stalin’s regime, the metro was not only meant to solve transport problems, but also was hailed as “a people’s palace”. Every station you will see during your Moscow metro tour looks like a palace room. There are bright paintings, mosaics, stained glass, bronze statues… Our Moscow metro tour includes the most impressive stations best architects and designers worked at - Ploshchad Revolutsii, Mayakovskaya, Komsomolskaya, Kievskaya, Novoslobodskaya and some others.

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The guide will not only help you navigate the metro, but will also provide you with fascinating background tales for the images you see and a history of each station.

And there some stories to be told during the Moscow metro tour! The deepest station - Park Pobedy - is 84 metres under the ground with the world longest escalator of 140 meters. Parts of the so-called Metro-2, a secret strategic system of underground tunnels, was used for its construction.

During the Second World War the metro itself became a strategic asset: it was turned into the city's biggest bomb-shelter and one of the stations even became a library. 217 children were born here in 1941-1942! The metro is the most effective means of transport in the capital.

There are almost 200 stations 196 at the moment and trains run every 90 seconds! The guide of your Moscow metro tour can explain to you how to buy tickets and find your way if you plan to get around by yourself.

Classic film lovers: See James Dean’s apartment and more on new TCM tour at Warner Bros.

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In 2021, the Warner Bros. Studio Tour created new interactive exhibits focused on the company’s recent history, unveiling areas dedicated to the DC Comics universe and the “Harry Potter” franchise.

This week, the popular Studio Tour in Burbank is doubling down on its more distant past.

Warner Bros. is now offering a Turner Classic Movies-branded version of its studio tour that will bring guests to previously off-limit areas of the lot, including vintage animation buildings, a mini rose garden and an apartment that once housed James Dean. The 90-minute tram portion of the jaunt — about 30 minutes longer than the studio’s standard tram excursion — will allow guides to go deeper into the history of the studio’s catalog to deliver factoids related to such films as “Casablanca,” “My Fair Lady,” “Rebel Without a Cause,” “Auntie Mame” and many more.

“We’re off the leash,” says Brad Taylor, a 15-year tour guide veteran with Warner Bros., noting that the TCM excursion will include time for guides to chat with visitors about their favorite films.

“We get to talk to the guests and really hang out with people who have the same passion that we do,” Taylor says. “I find that ‘classics’ guests are less about behind-the-scenes and more, ‘I can’t believe this is where we are.’ It’s just the look on their faces when they realize ‘Casablanca’ filmed here, or James Dean stood right here.”

The launch of the TCM tour arrives during the network’s 30th anniversary and close to 12 months after classic film fans were given a scare. In June, Warner Bros. announced that layoffs would hit TCM, including some of the network’s top executives, prompting concern from prestige directors such as Steven Spielberg, Paul Thomas Anderson and Martin Scorsese. After garnering national attention, key cuts were reversed and Warner Bros. sought to assure fans that TCM would continue to be handled with care.

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TCM network hosts — Eddie Muller, Jacqueline Stewart, Ben Mankiewicz, Alicia Malone and Dave Karger — recorded new video segments for the outing. The tour will take guests into the lot’s Property House, an area not visited by the standard tour. Here, visitors can get glimpses of materials for a full set, including items for a complete Oval Office setting, but expect guides to highlight vintage items, such as a throne from the Errol Flynn pirate film “Captain Blood.”

Danny Kahn, vice president-general manager of the studio tour, says there have been numerous requests over the years from guests to delve a little deeper into the studio’s animation history. That’s why the TCM tour will for the first time take visitors to an area of the lot once known as “Termite Terrace,” which from 1955 to 1964, says Taylor, housed the animation department, a building with a sloped roof designed to capture sunlight. Animation legend Chuck Jones, says Kahn, had an office in the Termite Terrace area in the 1990s despite Warner’s moving animation production elsewhere.

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Another unique tour locale is the exterior of the Dean apartment. When Dean resided there during filming of “East of Eden,” it was actually across the street from the lot, the apartment nesting above a pharmacy. But gradual studio expansion has led to the area now being on Warner Bros. property.

“That was an actual drugstore with apartments, and the studio rented it for him,” Kahn says. “I think it was to keep an eye on him and keep him on a short leash.”

The tour will also give tram riders a look at executive life at the studio, allowing them to briefly walk around a rose garden. The manicured spaces once held a tennis court as well as offices and personal screening rooms for the likes of studio mogul Jack Warner, with many of the structures dating to the 1920s. “It’s a really historic area of the lot that hasn’t really changed a lot in all these years,” says Kahn, noting the area is still in use by studio principals. “Jack Warner, when he ran the studio, privatized the first floor. That was a massage parlor that he had beneath his office.”

TCM Classic Films Tour

Where: The Warner Bros. Studio, 3400 Warner Blvd., Burbank 91505

When: Most days, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Cost: $95 for adults; $82 for children. A SoCal resident discount is available for $75

Info: (818) 977-8687 or wbstudiotour.com

Staples of the tour, such as a journey around the backlot city streets, a visit to the “Friends” set and cafe and recent additions highlighting the studio’s modern franchise films are included in the TCM trek, as is a pre-tour reception with beverages and pastries. All told, expect the tour to last about 3½ hours. A tour spokesperson says the first TCM-branded outing is scheduled for Wednesday, with trams expected to depart daily after that date. Adult tickets are $95, but there is a Southern California resident discount available for $75.

“It feels so good to have TCM here,” Kahn says. “People understand that the TCM brand is synonymous with classic film.”

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Former Vice President Mike Pence is rallying to defend Mike Johnson, the embattled speaker of the House whom a faction of Republicans is seeking to remove in the latest intraparty squabble. In a social media post on Thursday, Pence commended Johnson, “who I consider a personal friend, for demonstrating moral courage in this moment, in a very difficult time.”

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Biden will speak at a trade union conference, while Trump is on trial in New York.

President Biden will speak today at a conference in Washington, D.C., for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a labor union. Former President Donald J. Trump will be back in court today for his felony criminal trial in New York.

Today’s schedule reflects a dynamic that has been playing out all week and will continue for some time: Mr. Trump must be present for the duration of his trial on charges of falsifying business records in an attempt to cover up a payment to a porn star. That leaves him spending a lot of time in New York, and limits his ability to campaign in swing states.

Mr. Trump had earlier tried to make light of his predicament, suggesting on Tuesday during a visit to a bodega in Harlem that he would try to campaign in New York while on trial in an effort to flip the deep-blue state for Republicans. Appearing outside the courthouse on Thursday, however, Mr. Trump was clearly irritated by the fact that he could not leave New York.

“I’m supposed to be in Georgia, I’m supposed to be in North Carolina, South Carolina, I’m supposed to be in a lot of different places campaigning,” Mr. Trump said. He flipped through a stack of articles expressing support for him during the trial, which he read aloud for members of the news media. “I’m sitting here for days now, from morning till night, in that freezing room. Freezing. Everybody’s freezing in there.”

While Mr. Trump was otherwise occupied, Mr. Biden took a moment on the campaign trail to confront another presidential rival, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A broad coalition of the Kennedy family, a storied political dynasty, endorsed Mr. Biden during a campaign rally on Thursday in Philadelphia, reflecting the family’s estrangement from Mr. Kennedy and his presidential campaign and escalating efforts by the Biden campaign to confront a threat to Mr. Biden’s re-election chances.

Mr. Kennedy’s chances of winning the election outright at this point are slim, but both major candidates are confronting the possibility that Mr. Kennedy could act as a spoiler — taking enough votes from either Mr. Biden or Mr. Trump in battleground states to sway the election. That scenario became more plausible on Thursday, as Mr. Kennedy secured a spot on the general election ballot in Michigan , a state that is part of the Democrats’ so-called blue wall .

Mr. Trump and his campaign had initially praised Mr. Kennedy’s candidacy , back when he was running as a Democrat against Mr. Biden. Now he is running as an independent, and with polls suggesting that Mr. Kennedy is taking at least some votes away from Mr. Trump, the former president has in recent days become more pointedly critical of Mr. Kennedy .

“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is — as you know — the most radical left candidate in the race,” Mr. Trump said last week, adding, “I guess that would mean that R.F.K. Jr. is going to be taking away votes” from Mr. Biden and “if I were a Democrat, I’d vote for R.F.K. Jr. every single time over Biden.”

In response, Mr. Kennedy claimed that he had been approached to be Mr. Trump’s running mate. Mr. Trump had privately floated the idea of a Trump-Kennedy ticket to his advisers, although it is considered to be unlikely.

“President Trump calls me an ultra-left radical,” Mr. Kennedy said on social media . “I’m soooo liberal that his emissaries asked me to be his VP. I respectfully declined the offer.”

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Biden, eyeing the threat from R.F.K. Jr., turns to his famous family for help.

Kennedy family endorses president biden, at a campaign rally in philadelphia, members of the kennedy family endorsed president biden, rejecting one of their own, robert f. kennedy jr., an independent candidate..

I’m joined here today with my sisters, Kathleen and Rory, with Joe and Chris and Max. And with my hero, President Joe Biden. We want to make crystal clear our feeling that the best way forward for America is to re-elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to four more years. That’s right, the Kennedy family endorses Joe Biden for president.

The elaborate rollout of a Kennedy family endorsement of President Biden on Thursday — talk-show interviews, a campaign event with the president — was the most powerful sign yet of rising concern in the Biden camp that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent White House bid presents a serious threat to the president’s re-election prospects.

Members of this prominent Democratic family, including most of Mr. Kennedy’s siblings, had already signaled their support for Mr. Biden. Mr. Kennedy’s estrangement from much of his family had grown increasingly apparent over the years, as he became a leading spokesman against Covid vaccines and promoted conspiratorial theories about the 1968 assassination of his father, Robert F. Kennedy.

But this was the first time Mr. Biden’s campaign had been so aggressively involved in promoting the Kennedys’ strong backing of the president, making an open push to discredit any enduring Democratic credentials Robert F. Kennedy Jr. carries because of his family name.

After leaving the work to outside liberal groups , the Biden campaign has now joined the effort to define Mr. Kennedy beyond the gauzy memory of his father and two uncles, who for many members of Mr. Biden’s fraying coalition, including Black voters, Latinos and blue-collar workers, continue to symbolize Democratic politics in America.

Democratic worries about Mr. Kennedy have grown as he has turned up his attacks on the president and worked to win ballot lines in critical battleground states. Michigan election officials announced on Thursday that he had secured a spot as a member of a little-known third party.

“I can only imagine how Donald Trump’s outrageous lies and behavior would horrify my father, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who proudly served as attorney general of the United States, and honored his pledge to uphold the law and protect the country,” Kerry Kennedy, one of the independent presidential candidate’s siblings, said as she stood next to Mr. Biden, addressing about 150 people at a recreation center gym in Philadelphia. “Daddy stood for equal justice, for human rights and freedom from want and fear. Just as President Biden does today.”

“Nearly every single grandchild of Joe and Rose Kennedy supports Joe Biden,” she said. “That’s right: The Kennedy family endorses Joe Biden for president.”

Responding on social media, Mr. Kennedy avoided engaging with his family’s rejection of his candidacy.

“I hear some of my family will be endorsing President Biden today,” he wrote . “I am pleased they are politically active — it’s a family tradition. We are divided in our opinions but united in our love for each other.”

Mr. Biden, thanking the Kennedy family for its support, spoke repeatedly about how much the Kennedys — in particular John and Robert F. Kennedy — had shaped his views and political career.

“Today I sit behind the Resolute Desk where President John F. Kennedy once sat,” he said. “I sit at that desk and I look in front of the fireplace. To the left is a bust of Martin Luther King. To the right is a bust of your dad.”

In truth, the debate remains open about whether a Kennedy candidacy hurts Mr. Biden more than it hurts former President Donald J. Trump. (One point of agreement between the two major candidates’ camps is that there is little chance Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could win the White House himself.)

Mr. Biden’s advisers argued that Democrats who might be drawn to the Kennedy name will drift away as they learn more about his promotion of conspiracy theories and the financial support that a major Trump donor has given to his super PAC .

Voters have expressed increasing disapproval of Mr. Kennedy, according to 538’s polling average . As Mr. Kennedy has earned more exposure from the news media over the last month, the percentage of Americans with an unfavorable view of him has increased by roughly six percentage points. In Wisconsin, a key battleground, Mr. Kennedy is taking more votes from independents and Republicans than from Democrats, according to an April poll by Marquette Law School .

Still, given the tough re-election fight Mr. Biden faces, his campaign is moving forcefully, and the events on Thursday were the latest example of that.

While the Kennedy family is not what it once was in American politics, fading in relevance for a new generation of voters who may be more familiar with the Clintons than the Kennedys, it is still potentially influential among the kinds of voters in battleground states like Pennsylvania who appear at risk of moving to Mr. Trump.

“There’s a very famous tour that J.F.K. did of smaller western Pennsylvania towns in the ’62 midterms,” said Conor Lamb, a Democratic former congressman from Pennsylvania. “There’s still pictures on the walls in every one of those towns of Kennedy being there and how much he meant to them.”

At 70, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks very much like his father and his uncles, John and Edward M. Kennedy. In the Kennedy family, he had — before his ideological drift in recent years — been viewed as the most politically gifted of Robert F. Kennedy’s children, with the most potential to embark on his own career in elective politics.

Now, though, a Democratic president’s campaign is seeking to define him as a candidate who, despite his name and legacy, is more politically aligned with Mr. Trump than with the Kennedy whose portrait appears on those walls in western Pennsylvania.

“You put the name Kennedy on the ballot and Democrats are going to feel torn,” Joseph P. Kennedy II said in an interview after the event. “And we are trying to make them understand that this is an issue that they do not have to feel torn about.”

Asked if he would encourage his brother to drop out, he said, “Of course I would.”

Still, if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stays in the race, Democrats hope that they can ensure his support comes mainly from voters who might otherwise have backed Mr. Trump, at once bolstering Mr. Biden and weakening his Republican rival. Mr. Trump seems wary of this danger, and has stepped up on his attacks on Mr. Kennedy , trying to paint him as part of the “radical left.”

The main super PAC supporting Mr. Trump, MAGA Inc., introduced a website this week pushing those attacks, criticizing Mr. Kennedy over his policies on taxes, gun control and climate change. (The website’s name uses Mr. Kennedy’s initials to call him “radical” and an epithet used to express disdain.)

Still, Mr. Trump has privately spoken with associates about the notion of choosing Mr. Kennedy as his running mate, though it is unclear if he is serious about the idea. When pressed at a campaign stop in Harlem on Tuesday, Mr. Trump described Mr. Kennedy as a “nice guy” and a “good person.” Mr. Kennedy has said he would not accept a spot on a Trump ticket.

After the endorsement event, Joseph P. Kennedy II and Joseph P. Kennedy III, a former Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, met with residents at a lush community garden in a quiet residential neighborhood of Philadelphia that has been gentrifying.

One man tried to give the younger Kennedy two baseball caps for Philly sports teams. “I know you’re never supposed to reject a gift,” Mr. Kennedy joked as he held them.

He then encouraged the roughly dozen people there to volunteer for the Biden campaign, arguing that their help could decide the election.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be on the general election ballot in Michigan.

On the same day that more than a dozen members of his family endorsed President Biden , Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday that he had secured a spot on the ballot in Michigan, one of the swing states likely to decide the election.

The Natural Law Party, which has ballot access in Michigan, nominated Mr. Kennedy and his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, for president and vice president. A spokeswoman for the Michigan secretary of state’s office confirmed that this meant Mr. Kennedy would be on the ballot in November.

Mr. Kennedy is seeking ballot access in all 50 states through a mixture of independent petitions and third-party nominations. In some states, he has filed to create his own party . At the same time, Democratic allies of Mr. Biden are working to challenge his access to the ballot .

In a statement released by Mr. Kennedy’s campaign, Doug Dern, the chairman of the Natural Law Party, called him “the most qualified candidate in the modern-day history of America.”

Mr. Kennedy, an environmental lawyer known for his antivaccine activism, has spread misinformation about the risks of vaccinations and about other subjects . He also drew attention recently for suggesting that Mr. Biden might pose a greater threat to democracy than former President Donald J. Trump, who tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election, a claim that democracy experts called absurd .

While Mr. Kennedy is generally polling in single digits nationally, Mr. Biden’s campaign is worried that he could draw enough support in battleground states like Michigan to tip a close election to Mr. Trump.

Mr. Kennedy’s relatives are worried about that, too — as evidenced by their show of force for Mr. Biden on Thursday, when a group of them appeared alongside him at a campaign event in Pennsylvania.

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The Moscow Metro Museum of Art: 10 Must-See Stations

There are few times one can claim having been on the subway all afternoon and loving it, but the Moscow Metro provides just that opportunity.  While many cities boast famous public transport systems—New York’s subway, London’s underground, San Salvador’s chicken buses—few warrant hours of exploration.  Moscow is different: Take one ride on the Metro, and you’ll find out that this network of railways can be so much more than point A to B drudgery.

The Metro began operating in 1935 with just thirteen stations, covering less than seven miles, but it has since grown into the world’s third busiest transit system ( Tokyo is first ), spanning about 200 miles and offering over 180 stops along the way.  The construction of the Metro began under Joseph Stalin’s command, and being one of the USSR’s most ambitious building projects, the iron-fisted leader instructed designers to create a place full of svet (radiance) and svetloe budushchee (a radiant future), a palace for the people and a tribute to the Mother nation.

Consequently, the Metro is among the most memorable attractions in Moscow.  The stations provide a unique collection of public art, comparable to anything the city’s galleries have to offer and providing a sense of the Soviet era, which is absent from the State National History Museum.  Even better, touring the Metro delivers palpable, experiential moments, which many of us don’t get standing in front of painting or a case of coins.

Though tours are available , discovering the Moscow Metro on your own provides a much more comprehensive, truer experience, something much less sterile than following a guide.  What better place is there to see the “real” Moscow than on mass transit: A few hours will expose you to characters and caricatures you’ll be hard-pressed to find dining near the Bolshoi Theater.  You become part of the attraction, hear it in the screech of the train, feel it as hurried commuters brush by: The Metro sucks you beneath the city and churns you into the mix.

With the recommendations of our born-and-bred Muscovite students, my wife Emma and I have just taken a self-guided tour of what some locals consider the top ten stations of the Moscow Metro. What most satisfied me about our Metro tour was the sense of adventure .  I loved following our route on the maps of the wagon walls as we circled the city, plotting out the course to the subsequent stops; having the weird sensation of being underground for nearly four hours; and discovering the next cavern of treasures, playing Indiana Jones for the afternoon, piecing together fragments of Russia’s mysterious history.  It’s the ultimate interactive museum.

Top Ten Stations (In order of appearance)

Kievskaya station.

Kievskaya Station went public in March of 1937, the rails between it and Park Kultury Station being the first to cross the Moscow River.  Kievskaya is full of mosaics depicting aristocratic scenes of Russian life, with great cameo appearances by Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin.  Each work has a Cyrillic title/explanation etched in the marble beneath it; however, if your Russian is rusty, you can just appreciate seeing familiar revolutionary dates like 1905 ( the Russian Revolution ) and 1917 ( the October Revolution ).

Mayakovskaya Station

Mayakovskaya Station ranks in my top three most notable Metro stations. Mayakovskaya just feels right, done Art Deco but no sense of gaudiness or pretention.  The arches are adorned with rounded chrome piping and create feeling of being in a jukebox, but the roof’s expansive mosaics of the sky are the real showstopper.  Subjects cleverly range from looking up at a high jumper, workers atop a building, spires of Orthodox cathedrals, to nimble aircraft humming by, a fleet of prop planes spelling out CCCP in the bluest of skies.

Novoslobodskaya Station

Novoslobodskaya is the Metro’s unique stained glass station.  Each column has its own distinctive panels of colorful glass, most of them with a floral theme, some of them capturing the odd sailor, musician, artist, gardener, or stenographer in action.  The glass is framed in Art Deco metalwork, and there is the lovely aspect of discovering panels in the less frequented haunches of the hall (on the trackside, between the incoming staircases).  Novosblod is, I’ve been told, the favorite amongst out-of-town visitors.

Komsomolskaya Station

Komsomolskaya Station is one of palatial grandeur.  It seems both magnificent and obligatory, like the presidential palace of a colonial city.  The yellow ceiling has leafy, white concrete garland and a series of golden military mosaics accenting the tile mosaics of glorified Russian life.  Switching lines here, the hallway has an Alice-in-Wonderland feel, impossibly long with decorative tile walls, culminating in a very old station left in a remarkable state of disrepair, offering a really tangible glimpse behind the palace walls.

Dostoevskaya Station

Dostoevskaya is a tribute to the late, great hero of Russian literature .  The station at first glance seems bare and unimpressive, a stark marble platform without a whiff of reassembled chips of tile.  However, two columns have eerie stone inlay collages of scenes from Dostoevsky’s work, including The Idiot , The Brothers Karamazov , and Crime and Punishment.   Then, standing at the center of the platform, the marble creates a kaleidoscope of reflections.  At the entrance, there is a large, inlay portrait of the author.

Chkalovskaya Station

Chkalovskaya does space Art Deco style (yet again).  Chrome borders all.  Passageways with curvy overhangs create the illusion of walking through the belly of a chic, new-age spacecraft.  There are two (kos)mosaics, one at each end, with planetary subjects.  Transferring here brings you above ground, where some rather elaborate metalwork is on display.  By name similarity only, I’d expected Komsolskaya Station to deliver some kosmonaut décor; instead, it was Chkalovskaya that took us up to the space station.

Elektrozavodskaya Station

Elektrozavodskaya is full of marble reliefs of workers, men and women, laboring through the different stages of industry.  The superhuman figures are round with muscles, Hollywood fit, and seemingly undeterred by each Herculean task they respectively perform.  The station is chocked with brass, from hammer and sickle light fixtures to beautiful, angular framework up the innards of the columns.  The station’s art pieces are less clever or extravagant than others, but identifying the different stages of industry is entertaining.

Baumanskaya Statio

Baumanskaya Station is the only stop that wasn’t suggested by the students.  Pulling in, the network of statues was just too enticing: Out of half-circle depressions in the platform’s columns, the USSR’s proud and powerful labor force again flaunts its success.  Pilots, blacksmiths, politicians, and artists have all congregated, posing amongst more Art Deco framing.  At the far end, a massive Soviet flag dons the face of Lenin and banners for ’05, ’17, and ‘45.  Standing in front of the flag, you can play with the echoing roof.

Ploshchad Revolutsii Station

Novokuznetskaya Station

Novokuznetskaya Station finishes off this tour, more or less, where it started: beautiful mosaics.  This station recalls the skyward-facing pieces from Mayakovskaya (Station #2), only with a little larger pictures in a more cramped, very trafficked area.  Due to a line of street lamps in the center of the platform, it has the atmosphere of a bustling market.  The more inventive sky scenes include a man on a ladder, women picking fruit, and a tank-dozer being craned in.  The station’s also has a handsome black-and-white stone mural.

Here is a map and a brief description of our route:

Start at (1)Kievskaya on the “ring line” (look for the squares at the bottom of the platform signs to help you navigate—the ring line is #5, brown line) and go north to Belorusskaya, make a quick switch to the Dark Green/#2 line, and go south one stop to (2)Mayakovskaya.  Backtrack to the ring line—Brown/#5—and continue north, getting off at (3)Novosblodskaya and (4)Komsolskaya.  At Komsolskaya Station, transfer to the Red/#1 line, go south for two stops to Chistye Prudy, and get on the Light Green/#10 line going north.  Take a look at (5)Dostoevskaya Station on the northern segment of Light Green/#10 line then change directions and head south to (6)Chkalovskaya, which offers a transfer to the Dark Blue/#3 line, going west, away from the city center.  Have a look (7)Elektroskaya Station before backtracking into the center of Moscow, stopping off at (8)Baumskaya, getting off the Dark Blue/#3 line at (9)Ploschad Revolyutsii.  Change to the Dark Green/#2 line and go south one stop to see (10)Novokuznetskaya Station.

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Jonathon Engels, formerly a patron saint of misadventure, has been stumbling his way across cultural borders since 2005 and is currently volunteering in the mountains outside of Antigua, Guatemala.  For more of his work, visit his website and blog .

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