Carnegie Center for Art and History
- Carnegie Center for Art and History
Infobox_nrhp | name =New Albany Downtown Historic District
nrhp_type = cp
caption = Carnegie Center
location= New Albany, Indiana
locmapin = Indiana
area =
built =1937
architect= Pugh, Hugh; et.al.
architecture= Italianate, Federal
added = September 03, 1999
governing_body = Private
refnum=99001074[cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] ]
The Carnegie Center for Art and History, within the Downtown Historic District of New Albany, Indiana, is a local museum. The building was initially built as a Carnegie Library, first opened on March 2, 1904, with 11,125 total books. It is of Beaux-Arts architecture style. It was used as a library until 1969, when the new New Albany library was built. In 1971 it became the Floyd County Museum. In 1998 it was given its current name, after several renovations.
It has two permanent exhibits. The newest concerns the Underground Railroad, highlighted by an electronic Audio/Visual display that relates the experience of being on the railroad, although from an unbalanced perspective. The second is the Yenawine Dioramas, woodcarvings made by Merle Yenawine which depict pioneer life, as well as the Pilgrims.
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References
* [http://www.carnegiecenter.org/ Official website]
* [http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/ihb/press/newalbany3.html Indiana Historical Bureau Marker Dedication - Three New Albany State Historical Marker Dedications]
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