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

[@johnathanwoods3094]

We back on the road baby! 😤🙏🏾

[@ceciraegagnon1901]

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

[@coolartsybabe]

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 ❤

[@P51_mustang]

Similar thing but the only difference was that I thought the snipe was a fake bird

[@conniecrawford5231]

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

[@matthewfarmer2520]

No Denver Colorado has THE best Dinosaur collection 🦖🦕 in America.🙂

[@1337ethan]

As a member of the Union that represents all the workers in all the Carnegie Museums I can emphatically say: Fuck Andrew Carnegie! His unwillingness to provide his workers with a reasonable wage and humane working conditions in his steel mills lead to the Homestead Strikes in 1892, a piece of Pittsburgh history that the Heinz History Center isn't afraid to document. His attempts to placate the communities with charitable gifts can never atone for his crimes.

[@captains_collectibles]

The wooly mammoth once roamed the pittsburgh area in what us now mckees rocks

[@xavierfranco5800]

@@captains_collectibles The mammoths would stop by the local stores to get a Black and Mild or a Game Blue on the way to where they were going.

[@captains_collectibles]

But does Denver put scarves on theirs?

[@theodorepolanowski5359]

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

[@Reyd_01]

18th st represent!!

[@InsomniOwl_]

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

[@ceciliaandersson9177]

[@melon187]

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.

[@mgee669]

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

[@vickiechandler3112]

THIS.... a lot of people dont appreciate the work and the gorgeous interior ...marble , brass, etc...just beautiful

[@Tammy-oi2pp]

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

[@saratf]

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.

[@vickiechandler3112]

LOL....i pick and choose what i read...can always go back and see it later. My other half is like you...He MUST stop and read everything ....EVERYTHING... . I've found visiting places with placards much more enjoyable if i just tell him i will meet him at a speific place later....LOL ...it would take weeks to see all there is to offer at the Carnegie, its huge and he didnt even touch on the Art or Library sections(all connected )..if get a chance go check it out

[@thrillermjj829]

Lived in Pittsburgh all my life, never been on the Incline

[@vectorwolf]

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).

[@keeleykjgatsby121]

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!

[@eburro62331]

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

[@kristaseyler654]

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 💡 😀

[@kathyevans3251]

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.

[@mariehendrick7173]

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

[@GracieLou626]

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

[@stevetatum4169]

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

[@spacedranger13]

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

[@hiddenhistory1744]

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

[@AliceConsortium]

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

[@joshwiddowson1761]

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

[@tomklock568]

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.

[@witchingbrew3]

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.

[@somethingiconicig3967]

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.

[@scottfreeman3748]

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

[@mikehughes4969]

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.

[@relicman]

Same for me. I was born in Kittanning, PA which is just 30 minutes Northeast of Pittsburgh but we moved down to North Carolina when I was only a few weeks old. However, we went up there all the time to visit family.

[@maevemaiden]

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 ☺️😎

[@patbowman6723]

Very interesting, thank you Jacob.

[@Notwithnonsense]

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.

[@mikeyt3784]

It's called Acrisure Stadium now...

[@cristybaker3444]

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

[@brendakrieger7000]

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

[@thesynnove]

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!)

[@pamelakern2849]

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

[@karenmartin4076]

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

[@Reyd_01]

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.

[@maevemaiden]

I think more of these “artifacts” are by and large fake or replicas. It’s just more believable than the idea somehow all of these things were salvaged and kept by people over hundreds and hundreds of years. Sure some things are probably legit but that girl might have been tipping you off to some museum secrets 😉

[@Mr_Unicorn16]

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

[@kaitlando636]

Neat!

[@some.poor.creature]

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

[@shaneraymer5147]

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.

[@rb5078]

I loved that museum when I visited in 2007. Pretty sure I went back in 2009 as well. Loved it.

[@bengercak8391]

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.

[@anarchomum]

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.

[@captains_collectibles]

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.

[@David-oc5su]

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

[@irmagerd7611]

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.

[@caroleroseburgh1344]

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

[@Raees-Divitiae]

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.

[@Reyd_01]

Insider tip... the hills of south side are almost as good as the overlook and not packed like sardines. I used to watch from a friend's on Arlington and it was near as good and waaaaay less stress. Even when I was at the top of 18th on the 2nd floor was freaky good

[@Raees-Divitiae]

@@Reyd_01 The South Side Slopes are nice for the view, I agree. I was friends with the tenants in the the flats, so they let me watch from the top of the building. You know what they say: South Side is the best side.

[@Reyd_01]

@@Raees-Divitiae not so much anymore though 😔 I spent 2yrs on the flats and 10yrs on 18th st slopes and it just got too bad from Mt Oliver, I got out to Brentwood/Overbrook and love it out here. July 4th is the only reason to venture back there! Cept maybe Fatheads 😄

[@Raees-Divitiae]

@@Reyd_01 All good, mate! I just loved living in the flats. The good and the bad kind of even themselves out somehow.

[@Reyd_01]

@@Raees-Divitiae 2000-2009 I totally agree, the flats were a Mecca of counterculture, artists and musicians alike. After my car got broken into 3x and somebody tried to rape a girl on my porch at 3 am, diffused by my dog and a shotgun, I said it's time to go lol

[@alanlough638]

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

[@DS-ky9dl]

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

[@Slytherin88]

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! 😜

[@robylove9190]

Thanks Jacob!

[@miac4234]

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!

[@gregofthedump]

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.

[@rb5078]

The Natural History Museum in London is the best one I’ve ever visited and I’m absolutely obsessed with them! Highly recommend!! But go during the weekdays because it was also the most crowded museum I’ve ever been to in my life. 😂 Worth it though!

[@deepseablu91]

Happy Friday, CB!!!! ✨☀️

[@ironpony42]

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!

[@haskellburks]

Hello Jacob. Wow what a way to see all of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Where are you going after the mountain tram.

[@jamessheehan1503]

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.

[@TinyTerror86]

I live like 5 minutes from the incline!!

[@sabrinaevans8746]

Really great show Jacob. Thanks for the tour

[@ElessarofGondor]

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.

[@nurseydebdeb8539]

Great video, glad to see you smile again. So glad glad you finally got news on your car. Safe travels

[@mgee669]

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!

[@TheWizeGoat]

Glad your back n moving again!!

[@Lilshortstuff8186]

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

[@mcknight8726]

I watch the videos in museums. I'm glad to see you back on the road.

[@wendidallas8213]

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

[@dylanbooth4018]

I’ve been to this museum multiple times Jacob I live around here I’m glad you came 👍

[@johnathanwoods3094]

22:16 New character unlocked: Lionbagger

[@stephanierogers8735]

So awesome to watch you in my home town fun fact the lone girafe was actually a pet that the owner had taxidermied and donated to the museum and i was sad when you didnt show the gaboon viper in one of the smaller hall of botney exhibits

[@qayruaza]

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

[@lonesoul663]

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

[@TheLanise]

Such a wonderful view

[@salvagemonster3612]

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!

[@agerven]

Very nice and impressive video. I loved the incline cable cars, but wonder why they don't have those in Gatlinburg? They would keep you out of direct rain, snow, and wind. That Carnegie museum is truly beautiful, as a building outside and in, and also in its live-size dioramas. While you walked us through, i wondered if this museum would have a Brasilian or South American section, with some of the drawings and taxidermies brought back by the Teddy Roosevelt expedition through the Amazon area. Apparently not, but i'm going to look up those details and check if you already visited there in the past.

[@Heatherbob201]

Because there is not enough need for these in Gatlinburg. The time and money that would be needed would not be feasible.

[@SlippyNips412]

​@@Heatherbob201Pittsburgh has 2 of the last 3 in the world

[@dragonosx]

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.

[@pancakesnailgurl3874]

Love the sounds of the old Car system… so cool ! Nice place hope some day I’ll visit !!

[@roxannereed1364]

My hometown! Glad you had a great time here in Pittsburgh 🏙

[@davidjackson7281]

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

[@twicelostgeek]

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

[@donaldp4103]

Extra happy to see you back on the road…love your mutton chops

[@lindasolis7117]

This is awesome!! I love visiting the museums, and love that you visit them too. Especially the Natural History ones 😀

[@kristaseyler654]

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 😃💯🤘

[@Grenadier-f3e]

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

[@tinyworldcreations]

New pin idea! Lion head wearing your signature hat!!

[@nancyvalderrama4930]

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

[@OldMovieRob]

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

[@vickiechandler3112]

The display used to be in another part of the museum and was taken down to refurbish it when the museum went to thru a bit of a redo. They xrayed the piece and realized it. The curators had no idea prior to that. if you want more details you should be able to find the articles that were in the papers, etc at the time...i want to say about 10 years ago..eh.... hasnt been long. just search lion camel statue carnegie and it should give you something to go on....by the way ...some trivia...the lions depicted are actually extinct Barbary ones

[@OldMovieRob]

@@vickiechandler3112 Very interesting! Thanks for that background.

[@thomasoliver5095]

Great explore of attractions in Pittsburg-will suggest this video to a fellow here at work that has a home in Pittsburg.The museum displays were something else!

[@davidhernander7217]

Carpetbaggers the man with the master plan

[@ritparent7239]

Regarding the human skull...I know that there have been individuals that have had their cremated remains "spread" within the Haunted Mansion ride in Disney's Magic Kingdom. Disney routinely "vacuums" up those remains and removes them. Considering that the deceased wanted their remains spread within the Haunted Mansion, isn't it DISRESPECTFUL to remove them? Should Disney work to recover those removed remains and re-spread them within the ride, or at a minimum, have a respectful location within the Haunted Mansion to keep them in their care?????

[@rrrrrrtt1]

Great video. Thanks, Jake.

[@MacabreMole]

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.

[@dianadelahaye7660]

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

[@MrSnackosaurus]

There's also an Andy Warhol museum in Pittsburgh.

[@CarolinaYankee]

Great video! You should’ve gone up on the Monongahela Incline. It’s closer to the overlook

[@santana204]

Wow your here in my city. I wish I could bumped into you because I was right near the Incline in Station Square.

[@juanzapata492]

The cart incline 😮

[@jrnlakewood7388]

I like this format, Jacob. That you let the subscribers chose your next destination. When my car needed repair it took about the same amount time, it'll be like it never happened. Where do I vote for next city?

[@frederickbowman4494]

Wow like the video the back road things are grate

[@attitudeeraglamazon9480]

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

[@ronaldvernon788]

Love all your videos I live pittsburgh Pennsylvania born and raised

[@feliciascraftyadventures4734]

When you travel south again, you have to go to Grey Tennessee. The museum there is on an actual active paleontology dig site. It is for ice age critters found on site. :)