One of the first places we visited in Pittsburgh was the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. The museum, which was founded in 1896 by Pittsburgh-based philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, is known for being one of the best places in the world to view dinosaur bones. It's also well known for being home to Dippy the Dinosaur (Dippy even has his own Twitter account, … [Read more...]
Digging for Dippy the Dinosaurs at Carnegie Museum of Natural History
On our recent trip to Pittsburgh we had a chance to visit the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. We barreled through the museum, skipping ahead to the dinosaur quarry -- my girls were really looking forward to digging for fossils. Disclosure: My family was invited to visit Pittsburgh as part of a presstrip. A visit to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History was part of … [Read more...]