The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is the public library

Public library

A public library is a library that is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources and operated by civil servants. There are five fundamental characteristics shared by public libraries...

 system in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

. Its main branch is located in the Oakland

Oakland (Pittsburgh)

Oakland is the academic, cultural, and healthcare center of Pittsburgh and is Pennsylvania's third largest "Downtown". Only Center City Philadelphia and Downtown Pittsburgh can claim more economic and social activity than Oakland...

 neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and it has 19 branch locations throughout the city. Like hundreds of other Carnegie libraries

Carnegie library

A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929, including some belonging to public and university library systems...

, the construction of the main library, which opened in 1895, and several neighborhood branches, was funded by industrialist Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist, businessman, and entrepreneur who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century...

.

The Pittsburgh Photographic Library

Pittsburgh Photographic Library

The Pittsburgh Photographic Library is a photography repository held by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh of over 50,000 prints and negatives relating to history of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States...

 is a photography

Photography

Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...

 repository held by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh of over 50,000 prints and negatives relating to history of Pittsburgh.

Branches

• Allegheny
  Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny
  The Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny is situated in the Allegheny Center neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Donated to the public by entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie and built in 1889, it was the second Carnegie library in the United States...
  
  
• Beechview
• Brookline
• Carrick
• Downtown and Business
• East Liberty
• Hazelwood
  Hazelwood Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
  The Hazelwood Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh located at 4748 Monongahela Street in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1899. It was added to the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations on July 28, 2004....
  
  
• Hill District
• Homewood
  Homewood Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
  The Hazelwood Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh located at 7101 Hamilton Avenue in the Homewood South neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, opened on March 10, 1910. It was designed by the architectural firm Alden & Harlow The Hazelwood Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh...
  
  
• Knoxville
• Lawrenceville
  Lawrenceville Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
  The Lawrenceville Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh located at 279 Fisk Street in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1898...
  
  
• Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (Bloomfield)
• Main (Oakland)
• Mt. Washington
  Mount Washington Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
  The Mount Washington Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh located at 315 Grandview Avenue in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1900...
  
  
• Sheraden
• South Side
  South Side Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
  The South Side Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh located at 2205 East Carson Street in the South Side Flats neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1909. It was designed by the architectural firm Alden & Harlow, and it was added to the List of Pittsburgh History and...
  
  
• Squirrel Hill
• West End
  West End Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
  The West End Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh located at 47 Wabash Street in the West End neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, opened on January 31, 1899. It was added to the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations on July 28, 2004....
  
  
• Woods Run

See also

• Allegheny Regional Asset District
  Allegheny Regional Asset District
  The Allegheny Regional Asset District is a special purpose unit of local government in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Its physical boundaries are the same as those of Allegheny County, and include the City of Pittsburgh. The district was authorized by an act of the Pennsylvania Legislature...
  
  
• Pennsylvania Library Association
  Pennsylvania Library Association
  The Pennsylvania Library Association is the professional association for librarians in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It represents about 2,000 members affiliated with public, academic, special, and school libraries throughout the state, and was founded in 1901.Located in Harrisburg, PaLA...
  
  

External links

• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh