Carnegie Museum of Art

I had a pretty poor experience yesterday at the art museum and am not writing this to complain, but to inform other parents planning on making a trip here. Unfortunately none of their ridiculous restrictions were on their website, or we would have planned our trip different. My husband and I made a 2.5 hour drive with some friends and our two year old to visit the museum and see a special exhibit. Upon arriving we put my daughter in her carrier, just like we have done at every other large museum we have ever visited, only to be told by a very grumpy and rude security guard after he watched us put her in her carrier, that we were not allowed to use a baby carrier. When we questioned this absurd request he threatened to call additional security and then told me I could not take her diaper bag in either, even though we pointed out there were many people carrying bags even larger. Apparently the rule is no bags or items on a back. We offered to let him search the bag and told him we would carry it on our side and he became more agitated. We told him the alternative was a two year old running wild through the museum, which he told us we would be removed for. We were told to carry her, but not with a baby carrier. While I understand that this is a museum policy, it honestly makes no sense and the security guard was obnoxiously rude with us. Had we known this we would have packed a stroller (a no no in most other museums we've been to) or planned to leave her at home. I missed the exhibit I drove to see because I had to sit with my two year old in the hall while she had a melt down because she should have been napping in her carrier. At least if the regulations had been posted, I could have known in advanced to plan different!