Peter Diana, Post-Gazette
	The Andy Warhol Museum on the North Side celebrates the work and life of artist Andy Warhol, a native of Pittsburgh.

ART MUSEUMS
The Andy Warhol Museum, North Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org. A one-person museum dedicated to the life and art of the late Pittsburgh native and internationally acclaimed artist. Permanent collection and changing exhibitions related to Warhol's period. Cafe. Admission. Closed Mon.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.carnegiemuseums.org. Permanent collection includes contemporary art, late 19th-century American art, French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist, European and American decorative arts from the 17th century to the present; the Heinz Architectural Center, which exhibits architectural drawings and models; and the largest collection of architectural plaster casts in the United States. Home to the Carnegie International. Cafe. Admission. Closed Mon.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.carnegiemuseums.org. One of the world's best collections of dinosaur fossils; Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems; 19 other exhibit halls covering natural history subjects from anthropology to zoology. Cafe. Admission. Closed Mon.

The Frick Art & Historical Center, Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www.frickart.org. The center interprets the life and times of 19th-century industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Car & Carriage Museum; Clayton, restored Frick home. Cafe. The Frick Art Museum houses daughter Helen Clay Frick's fine and decorative arts collection and changing exhibitions. Admission for Clayton; others free. Closed Mon.

Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, Strip District, 412-454-6000, www.pghhistory.org. Interprets the history and heritage of Western Pennsylvania through its collection and changing exhibitions. Cafe. Admission. Open daily.

Mattress Factory, North Side, 412-231-3169, www.mattress.org. One of the few museums in the world dedicated to contemporary room-sized installation art. Admission. Closed Mon.

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, 1-814-472-3920, www.sama-art.org. Changing exhibitions of American and regional art. Closed Mon. Branches in Altoona (1-814-946-4464, closed Mon.), Johnstown (1-814-269-7234, closed Sat.-Sun.), and Ligonier (724-238-6015, closed Mon.).

Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, 724-837-1500, wmuseumaa.org. Permanent collection of American art, Pennsylvania artists and decorative art, southwestern Pennsylvania industrial scenes, changing exhibitions. Coffee bar. Admission. Closed Mon.-Tues.

NONPROFIT ART GALLERIES
A selected listing of major venues that feature regularly changing exhibitions, generally organized by a curator or chosen by a juror.

Art Institute of Pittsburgh Gallery, Downtown, 412-291-6200, www.aip.aii.edu/gallery.asp. Faculty, students and other exhibitors. Closed Sun.

Michael Berger Gallery, Shadyside, 412-441-4282, www.mbergerart.com. Internationally prominent and emerging artists. Closed Sun.-Tues.

Brew House Space 101, South Side, 412-381-7767. Alternative art in renovated historic building. Open Wed., Thurs., Sat.

FE Gallery, Lawrenceville, 412-860-6028. Local and out-of-state artists. Open Wed., Fri., Sat.

Foreland Street Studio, North Side, 412-321-8664, http://artistsimageresource.org. Printmaking studio and gallery featuring print exhibitions and local artists. Closed Sat.-Mon.

Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, North Side, 412-322-1773, www.manchestercraftsmen.org. Teaching facility; gallery features prominent national artists, particularly photographers and ceramists. Closed Sat.-Sun.

Photo Antiquities, North Side, 412-231-7881, www.antiquephotographs.com. Preservation and presentation of historic photographs. Admission. Closed Sun.

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Shadyside, 412-361-0873, www.pittsburgharts.org. Exhibits work of local artists and center guilds. Closed Mon.-Thurs.

Pittsburgh Filmmakers New Gallery, North Oakland, 412-681-5449, www.pghfilmmakers.org. New media. Closed Sat.-Sun.

Pittsburgh Glass Center, Friendship, 412-365-2145, www.pittsburghglasscenter. org. Teaching facility; exhibits glass art by faculty, students and national artists. Closed Sat.-Sun.

Silver Eye Center for Photography, South Side, 412-431-1810, www.silvereye.org. Exhibiting international, national and local photographers. Closed Mon.-Tues.

Society for Contemporary Craft, Strip District, 412-261-7003, www.contemporarycraft.org. Exhibiting international, national and local fine art craft. Closed Sun.

SPACE, Downtown, 412-325-7723, www.spacepittsburgh.org. Local artists exhibited in a renovated historic building; a Pittsburgh Cultural Trust project. Closed Sun.-Mon.

Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, 412-741-4405. Exhibitions by local artists. Closed Sun.

Wood Street Galleries, Downtown, 412-471-5605, www.woodstreetgalleries.org/contact.html. International and national artists, mainly exhibiting new media; a Pittsburgh Cultural Trust project. Closed Sun.-Mon.

COMMERCIAL ART GALLERIES
A selected listing of major venues that feature regularly changing exhibitions, generally organized by a curator or chosen by a juror.

Bird in the Hand Gallery, Sewickley, 412-741-8286. Closed Sun.-Mon.

Clay Place Gallery, Shadyside, 412-682-3737, www.clayplace.com. Closed Sun.

Concept Art Gallery, Regent Square, 412-242-9200, www.conceptgallery.com. Closed Mon.

Gallery in the Square, Shadyside, 412-361-3808, www.galleryinthesquare.com. Closed Sun.-Mon.

Gallerie Chiz, Shadyside, 412-441-6005, www.galleriechiz.com. Closed Sun.-Mon.

Eclectic Art & Objects Gallery, Doughboy Square, Lawrenceville, 412-687-0123, and near Sewickley, 412-734-2099, www.eclecticartgallery.com. Closed Sun.-Mon.

International Images, Sewickley, 412-741-3036. Closed Sun.-Mon.

James Gallery, West End, 412-922-9800. Closed Sun.

La Fond Galleries, South Side, 412-431-3337. Closed Sun.-Mon.

Mendelson Gallery, Shadyside, 412-361-8664. Closed Sun.-Tues.

Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Shadyside, 412-441-5200, www.morganglassgallery.com. Closed Sun.-Mon.

Panza Gallery, Millvale, 412-821-0959. Closed Sun.-Tues., Thurs.

Penn Gallery, Lawrenceville, 412-956-4806. Closed Sun.-Tues.

Watercolors, Downtown, 412-201-4003, www.watercolors-gallery.com. Closed Sun.-Mon.

UNIVERSITY GALLERIES
Chatham College Art Gallery, Shadyside, 412-365-1778. Closed Sat.-Sun.

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University Hunt Library, 412-268-2434, www.huntbot.andrew.cmu. edu/. Closed Sat.

Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, 412-268-3618, artserver.cfa.cmu.edu/~miller/about. Closed Mon.

St. Vincent Gallery, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, 724-532-6600, ext. 2107, facweb.stvincent.edu/academics/finearts/gallery.html. Afternoons; closed Mon.

University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh, 412-648-2423, vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/uag. Closed Sun.

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