Year-long programme of events to celebrate Carnegie’s legacy

What do Tiffany windows and dinosaurs have in common?

Dunfermline philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, of course.

In this year of the centenary of his death, the Carnegie Trust’s worldwide members and Carnegie’s descendants are supporting a programme of events to showcase his legacy.

The year has started with the arrival of Dippy the dinosaur, the cast of a diplodocus carnegii, to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.

Carnegie funded the excavation of the real Dippy at the beginning of the last century.

This leg of the Dippy on Tour exhibition was launched by Carnegie’s great-grandson, William Thomson, last month.

Next up is an engineering challenge, led by Warren Elsmore engineers, to build a dinosaur from Lego, which will take place in the Carnegie Birthplace Museum in Dunfermline between Friday and Sunday.

The rest of the year will see the roll-out of the programme co-ordinated by the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust and Carnegie Birthplace Museum.

One significant event will be the installation and dedication of the stained glass Tiffany window in Dunfermline Abbey.

The beautiful piece had been commissioned by Carnegie in 1913 but never reached its intended destination.

The year will finish with the creation of a portrait of Carnegie by celebrated contemporary Scottish artist Calum Colvin.

This process will be undertaken in the Carnegie Birthplace Museum while Colvin interacts with the public.

In between there will be events, workshops and live links with America.

Ian Wilson, chairman of the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust and Carnegie Birthplace Museum, said: “More than 100 years on, his international legacy continues and descendants are proud to recognise this with a full year of major events.”