At the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, the rules this year are simple: from June 14 through Aug. 15, you and your child can keep track of the minutes they spend reading (or that you ...

Andrew Carnegie was a titan of the steel industry, one of the country’s grand robber barons. But as the 19th century drew to a close, he began turning his attention to good works.

Carnegie donated $300,000 to build Washington, D.C.'s oldest library — a beautiful beaux arts building that dates back to 1903. Inscribed above the doorway are the words: Science, Poetry, History.

5. Aim Higher Andrew Carnegie’s birthplace was Dunfermline, Scotland where there’s a museum dedicated to him. Image: Richard Sutcliffe via Geograph.org.uk ...

Carnegie, who died in 1919, is depicted reading Treasure Island to two children. Mounce said the sculpture is a symbol of Carnegie's commitment to the power of knowledge.

An undated photo of the Richfield Carnegie Library, which was commissioned in 1911. It was constructed with the help of a program started by business titan Andrew Carnegie that ultimately led to ...