Life: A Journey Through Time
June 19, 2010–January 9, 2011
R.P. Simmons Family Gallery, Third Floor

Frans Lanting's epic multi-year project is a lyrical interpretation of life on Earth from its earliest beginnings to its present diversity. His journey was wide-ranging and provocative, leading him into primordial landscapes that preserve time capsules of life's history, and into unique museum collections of fossils and microscopic life.

Pittsburgh Adorned: Classic to Contemporary
Through October 17, 2010
Wertz Gallery: Gems & Jewelry in Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems

More than 80 exquisite pieces from local private collections and Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History celebrate the many passions—including love, status, and even politics—that jewelry evokes. Orr's Jewelers, presenting sponsor. Additional support from Rodgers Insurance Group and Fireman's Fund Insurance Company.

Lord of the Crane Flies
Through October 10, 2010
3rd Floor Exhibition Foyer

This exhibition focuses on Invertebrate Zoologist Chen Young's nearly 30 years of work on crane flies. Explore photographs, illustrations, specimens, and video all about crane flies—what they are, where they live, how they are collected and studied, and why they are an important part of the planet we share. Photo: Pedicia albivitta by Donna Race

Population Impact
New permanent exhibition
3rd Floor Alcove

What part do humans play on ecosystems? What part do ecosystems play on humans? Explore the current topics of human population growth, tree cloning, biodiversity, and more through specimens and photographs, with a special focus on the research of Carnegie Museum of Natural History scientists and researchers.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Explore Evolution
February–July 2011

M is for Museum
September 2011–August 2012

Charlie and Kiwi's Evolutionary Adventure
October 2012

RACE: Are We So Different?
September 2013– May 2014