70 reactions · 47 shares | Booked and busy since 1891! Explore all there is to do and hear (both on stage and off) at Carnegie Hall this season, and experience music history in the making. | Carnegie Hall | Facebook

11 reactions | Where premieres become history. Explore all there is to do and hear (both on stage and off) at Carnegie Hall this season. | Carnegie Hall | Facebook

Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline in 1835. His family left Scotland for a better life in the United States. He started working in a cotton factory and later for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Recognizing the potential of steel, Carnegie invested in new technology like the Bessemer process to build a large steel empire. In 1901, he sold his company for nearly 500 million dollars. Carnegie then dedicated nearly 90% of his fortune to philanthropy, funding over 2500 public libraries, schools, muse