Pittsburgh Incline Railway - Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Controversial Taxidermy Display 

Thanks to Andrew Carnegie’s fortune, Pittsburgh has one of the best dinosaur collections ever! Thanks, Andy!

I’m originally from Pittsburgh; moved to Portland, Oregon in 1997. I saw this video while I was looking for video about Pittsburgh to comfort me while undergoing a bout of homesickness. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it and seeing the changes in the museum. They used to have just one T-Rex and it was standing up. I believe there are new thoughts on how upright they were. I had a couple temporary secretary jobs at the Carnegie Museum and walked through the Hall of Birds, which was on the first floor and dimly lit, everyday on my way to the cafeteria. Kinda creepy. I always thought the Dodo was real. You taught me something new! Riding the inclines never gets old. My favorite museum in Pittsburgh is the Andy Warhol Museum. I’m an artist and art geek with Warhol being my favorite artist. Thanks for the awesome trip down memory lane ❤

We back on the road baby! 😤🙏🏾

I feel like such a nerd for living your videos but they are SO GOOD. I’m a huge museum person so your basically living my dream

Please include yourself eating at least one meal a day on your travels. We all enjoy seeing you trying different restaurants in different cities. Stay safe Jacob! Love your travels.

The Carnegie museum is completely worth it just to witness the amazing workmanship the actual buildingTHAT is a real tour workmanship and craftsmanship are completely disappearing in the era when it was built a truly magnificent building

If I was by myself I would read and watch everything but with a small kid I realized it’s way less stressing if I just pass straight every piece of written info. Knowing that I can look for it online later is comforting.

I have ocd, so I can't touch everything. Thank you for uploading! Living vicariously through you Mr. Carpetbagger.

I live here in Pittsburgh, the South Side. So glad you made a visit to see us. Thank You

I love all this old Victorian stuff. Those cable cars are functional history in motion, glorious. And I have a big soft spot for fusty old 'stuffed animal' natural history displays... sure, the modern ones are more ethical and all shiny and slick, but I grew up with this sort, and there's a lot of nostalgia there for me. I'd like to say finding a real skeleton inside the wax figure was unusual but for that period it really wasn't. Artificial replicas weren't available and it was easier to sculpt over rhe real thing instead of trying to build it from scratch. Remember even in the 60s, Disneyland had to source real skeletons for Pirates, because the imitation ones available weren't convincing. (Almost all have been replaced by now, obviously).

Pittsburgh has many different types of exhibits and Parks Something to appeal to everyone! Thank you for highlighting the Best of Pittsburgh PA in your vlog Jacob ❤ from Tammy

Ok so if someone used my skull In a sculpture and millions see me every day for almost 2 centuries. I’d think that would be pretty cool!

I just see a hungry lion attacking a man and his camel for lunch.

I'm so glad you're ok. Jenny was so sweet to drive to Ohio to help you and be with you. What a great girl. God bless

I went on some dates with a girl who's mom supposedly worked on the curating team at carnegie in the 70s-80s and claimed that Egyptian artifacts were too expensive at the time, so they faked it and apparently personally made over 1/3 of the small items that are on display... She was a lil crazy but had strong conviction about it. Also, there is a kindly older gentleman who works the T-rex area that often carries actual fossils you can hold and he is a wealth of dino info. I think I saw him for a flash in the video in a blue sweater. Anyone who seeks him out for a story wont be disappointed.

Super cool look at my home city :) Glad you enjoyed, and I loved seeing the perspective of someone visiting while touring some of our featured attractions. Hope to see you back again soon!

I work within archival and libraries and you deal with sensitive topics so well. Even way back on the Healthcare musuem and dealing with people with that history of neurodivergent issues. It was done so appropriately.

My Dad was born in Pittsburgh, and even though he moved to Chicago when he was five, always had a soft spot for it. I also have a soft spot for Pennsylvania in general, due to going to a summer camp in Wayne county, up in the northeast. Best five summers of my life.

Wikipedia suggests that there's only six other funicular railways in the USA, how about visiting the others? A funicular railway being where there is a train on either end of the cable acting as counterbalances and using the weight of one to pull the other up

I'm sure it goes without saying, but viewing the fireworks display on July 4th from Mt. Washington is a must. It's insanity. Off-note: I actually almost got ran over by an ambulance in the Oakland area right in front of the art museum. Kind of poetic.

My dad lives in Pittsburgh & I used to adore this museum. I want to come back after seeing all these new updates since when I was younger! Such a cool walk through video, comedy, dinosaurs, taxidermy, chefs kiss to the best videos.

Thanks for sharing the museum displays with us. Also loved the trip up and down via the Incline. Thanks!

Jacob!,, Jacob!.. Jacob!... Thanks for being you buddy!... Safe travels!!

I live like 5 minutes from the incline!!

Brilliant vlog....Love it when you visit museums I find them so interesting..And like you say you always learn something new..Here in Scarborough we have 3 cliff lifts built in the victorian period. Also known as funicular. XX

Wow this was an awesome video Jacob !! I love the longer content this time I hope you'll continue to make longer vids in the future !!! If you ever get to MN how bout the bell museum in mpls I think you'll really like it !! Also dubuque Iowa has the fenlon incline it's the steepest and shortest incline in the world and it's a cool town please consider these ideas 💡 😀

Sending you love,hugs and lots of encouragement💚💜💛

Very interesting, thank you Jacob.

22:16 New character unlocked: Lionbagger

If you're still in the area, head over to Indiana PA and visit the Jimmy Stewart museum

Thank you for the awesome video.I have been to the museum many times .I read and watch the videos .I work at one of the Pittsburgh museums and enjoy learning about many things.

Thank you for visiting Pittsburgh! It really is an amazing city with rich history. I was proposed to on Mt. Washington after riding the incline

Thank you for this awesome tour Jacob. I absolutely love museums and you have shared so many amazing places with us this one was truly special. I love the art of the diorama display. The diorama was my favorite part of school and I’ve loved displays of any kind ever since. Safe travels ☺️😎

Hi Jacob, happy you're safely back on the road again. The stadium you're referring to at the 6:50 mark is Heinz Field. In museums, i love the full experience which is why i watch the videos that play in exhibits.

Another city I've never been to, thank you for visiting it for us! I've been to Philadelphia for like an overnight meeting, not long enough. But never to Pittsburgh.

Victoria, BC, Canada has a miniature museum. Since you love dioramas, it's a large place with large dioramas using miniatures. They have fairy tales, scifi, military, circuses, and many more things

Such an interesting unique point-of-view tour that I normally would never get to experience! Thank you!

Wow the people who had all those things to say about that first display really had to wear the tin hat and hit the crack pipe hard didnt they? The human head was understandable though.

Did anyone there tell you how often drunk ppl try to climb the incline after closing? They never make it the whole way lol

16:46 you can see there are windows in the library overlooking the dinosaur displays. Awesome library and museum. Pittsburgh is a really cool city

This was a fascinating trip through the Carnegie Museum. Carpetbagger was a wonderful tour guide. This was one of my favorite Carpetbagger videos !!🤩🤩

Hooray!!! CB is back on the rd.!!! Safe travels ♡

Morning Jacob did it snow ❄️ there we got six inches of snow in NH 😁

try the bayernhoff museum next time you’re in town it’s amazing and not very well known you got really lucky in that was a sunny day. it’s literally cloudy every day in the colder months, that’s why we have so many bars.

I usually have about a 2 min window watching a video before I move on when on a display. If I decide to commit to a video with seating I'll most often stay for most of it.

Thanks Jacob!

When ur back on the west coast visit the rosacrution museum in San jose, Egyptian themed, real sarcophagus to see

Thanks Jacob! Another great video. My husband & I go to the museum every year. We live pretty close and Christmas time is always nice with the tree displays, beautiful. When you sniffed the herb & said paprika I LOL'ed hard, paprika is a spice, not an herb! 😂 Thanks for the giggles. Keep up the good work, we enjoy watching you explore cool places.

That 'Lion Bagger' should have been the thumbnail. Might have been confusing with the tagline but still! 😂 Great to see you back on the road, Jacob. Just remember, you do these things so we don't have to! 😜

My 27 year old autistic son loves watching the videos in museums. And I love an excuse to sit down. 😁

So glad you came to Pittsburgh! Love The Carnegie! Thanks Jacob! Safe travels!

This brings back so many memories as I watch this. My dad grew up in that area and, whenever we visited his mom, we HAD to go for a ride on the incline, see the museum, etc. I miss those days... Thank you so much for this video! (and you definitely need to go back to Mt. Washington to see the fireworks on the 4th--they can't be beat, imo!)

Petting the dead looks fun and inspires me to make a Deading Zoo.

Growing up here in Pittsburgh,a group of our friends would visit the museum and have the “Run” of the place. Never getting into trouble. During the early 70s around 1972. I have a vivid memory of college students sitting around and sketching the Diorama of the camel rider on a weekend visit. Great childhood memories, not negatively impacted by the (ART) of the taxidermy of a world class diorama.

Jacob I truly appreciate all of the moments where you are an educator

The cart incline 😮

Greetings from the uk

Wow like the video the back road things are grate

Such a wonderful view

Interesting. Pity that the nearest natural history museum to me is in London, which is several hours away. Anyway, there's one of those incline things near me, except they call it a cliff lift, or cliff tramway. Been on it only once in my life, I think. I'm glad there's some progress for you on the car front. Looking forward to your next video.

Good Afternoon Jacob 🙋🏽. I hope you are having a wonderful time ‼️👍🏽🤓

There are a lot of French words in that area such as Duquesne. Back in the mid 1700s it was a battleground between Britain and France in the French and Indian War. In fact not far from there is the site where George Washington, only in his mid 20s basically started a global war.

my vote is Lexington, Kentucky...Love your videos.

Wonder what the story is with the skull they used in the display?

This video makes me miss the National Museum of Scotland where they have the taxidermy remains of Dolly the Sheep along with tons of other amazing exhibits.

Carpetbaggers the man with the master plan

So now we can’t even go to a HISTORY museum without someone getting offended? 🙄

Also a Pittsburgher: that display is so old! I remember having to lay next to it during a girl scout sleep over fieldtrip at the museum... Thanks for visiting PGH!

You are awesome 😎

thanks for showing off my pittsburgh! havent been to the museum in years, from what you showed i'm heading back. lots of new stuff. try the history center museum in the Strip next time in town and the Warhol museum, science center.

I really like your channel also your voice help me to falling a sleep

Happy Friday, CB!!!! ✨☀️

Great to see you in Pittsburgh! My home city :) Sadly I'm currently not in Pittsburgh right now. Not too far away though. currently in Slippery Rock PA.

Love that museum. Very old building with a mix of modern sculptures and more historic work.

Real human parts in displays is such a big fear of mine. I had a weird phobia of dead things for a long time. I love taxidermy now, in no small part thanks to your videos, but man the idea of human remains just hanging out in some display and no one knows is totally one of those little intrusive thoughts I have in museums. Also, as a Latino it is kinda hilarious the jolt of discomfort I felt by the use of Latinx in what is supposed to be a proper museum display and was done in the name of inclusivity. They are trying to be good, I totally get it, but I really don't know any Latinos who like Latinx mostly just white people so it is kinda funny they're talking about colonialism on the disclaimers they have there while doing something that will likely be looked at unfavorably in some years and itself viewed as a form of whitewashing/colonization.

I just visited here . I love it and loved the museum. We paid 1.00 each to get in.

Thanks for coming to our city! I have lived here my whole life n it’s honestly a great city

Really great show Jacob. Thanks for the tour

Yes, I usually watch the short films with the displays

Amazing

👍👍👍👍 I live west of Pittsburgh, PA, an hour each way. Pittsburgh has great museums and I have been to them. An awesome video, Jacob!

What a great day in Pittsburgh! Thanks Jacob! I've seen that incline rail before and always wanted to ride it, thanks for taking me!

Glad you are going to Lexington, KY. If you're ever in Philly, these are my favorite museums and places to go to: Franklin Institute, Philly Art Museum, and the most underrated museums that I went to with my school years ago is the Mutter Museum. Definitely stop by the Reading Terminal Market. Get a cannoli from Termini's and a roast pork sandwich from DiNic's (mine is John's Roast Pork on Snyder Ave.)

Reminds me of the cable train up to ghost town 🇺🇸 in north Carolina when I was a kid

Super fun

Happy to see you back on the road! LionBagger is my favorite thing ever right now. All the love and luck to you!

They should leave the piece as is. I think they did great by not putting it away and hiding it. Instead talking about the history of it. I still don’t think the skull should be removed. Get rid of the entire piece if that’s the case. It wouldn’t be the same piece if changed. What a great museum overall.

Thank you! That was very enjoyable. We came over and I missed the museum sadly while we were visiting the Carnegie Mellon University. Wish I hadn't missed the inclineLot of fun!

Thank you so much for the tour...you are so good at what you do. Can't wait till the next video.

Some sort of stadium. Lol that’s were the Pittsburgh Steelers play! Lol

There's also an Andy Warhol museum in Pittsburgh.

We were on that thing when the earthquake hit years ago. We had to get a bus to take us back down the mountain.

Duluth has a neat train museum if you're interested. Where I live in eau claire Wisconsin we have a couple of history and logging museums as well it's a fun town to visit !!! Hope to see you and Jen here some day 😃💯🤘

Looks like this museum has some extensive displays! I generally don't watch videos/do computer interactive stuff at museums and attractions, I do enough of that at home and there's usually not enough time to see everything I want to see anyway. 2 museums I recommend are Indianapolis Children's Museum and Cincinnati Museum Center.

Jacob, this is so helpful. I was considering an extended trip to Pittsburgh and I am now gonna visit based on your video.

Love all your videos I live pittsburgh Pennsylvania born and raised

Next time Yinz go to Pittsburgh, you need to hang out and/or have an interview with Rick Sebak!!!!!

Thats great news it didn't get totaled. Stay safe out there Jacob. Thanks for the content.

The video of the incline was absolutely fantastic. Great job. Thanks so much.

Pittsburgh is such a fun city! You need to visit Trundle Manor!