The word commonwealth is a familiar term in Pennsylvania, one of four of the constituent states of the United States considered a commonwealth state. Jo Ellen Parker, president and CEO of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh liken her consortium of museums as a commonwealth.
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Virginia and Pennsylvania are four of the first 15 states that joined the Union and Parker heads the four cultural museums in the city of Pittsburgh. The Carnegie Museum of Art, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the Carnegie Science Center and the Andy Warhol Museum, four entities that date back to 1895 when founded by Andrew Carnegie.
The guest speaker during the African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania’s monthly Power Breakfast Meeting, Parker discussed her vision and value system for the museums. “The value and idea of the commonwealth is that none of us succeed unless all of us succeed. We don’t really succeed if others are struggling,” she said.
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