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The Ailsa Mellon Bruce Galleries will boast an enhanced reinstallation of the museum’s collection of decorative arts, design, and craft, selectively integrated with prints, architectural drawings, and paintings. The reinstallation includes a prominent display of Carnegie Museum of Art’s important collections of Western Pennsylvania furniture and contemporary objects made from glass and aluminum—two materials deeply associated with the region. Objects will be arranged chronologically, reflecting the strength of the collection from the 18th century to the present. The cross-continental installation will shed light on the development of style and design, from Rococo and Neoclassicism of the 18th century, to Revivalism and the Aesthetic and Arts & Crafts movements of the 19th century, to Modernism and contemporary design and craft of the 20th and 21st centuries.