Ready to take your children on an adventure in fine art? Start at the Wood Street Galleries, operated by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. This is way more than just painting on the walls. These galleries include performance art, interactive installations, contemporary music events, and even regular appearances and demonstrations by artists as they work.
Contact number: (412) 471-5605
Location: 601 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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Sports is at the center of the Pittsburgh Experience, whether you’re talking baseball, football, hockey, or even golf. The WPSM, housed in the Smithsonian wing of the Heinz History Center, is a “museum within a museum” that is all about sports.
Contact number: (412) 454-6000
Location: 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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The exhibit includes interactive technologies and touch-screens that take you through the torpedo room, control room, mess deck, and engine rooms. And at each station, the interactive technologies will give you and your family a sense of what it was like in that extraordinary environment. You’ll get to hear the cross-talk and instrument sounds of the sub in operation, all in surround-sound. It is amazing — and worth a trip by itself.
Contact number: (412) 237-3400
Location: 1 Allegheny Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
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Artists in residence create room-size environments that emphasize the connection between art and the everyday. And every exhibit is linked with educational programs that encourage creativity in viewers.
Contact number: (412) 231-3169
Location: 500 Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
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For more than 35 years, the Society for Contemporary Craft (SCC) has nurtured artists and shown their works in clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood, and found materials. Today, it’s a showcase for multicultural and non-mainstream art.
Contact number: (412) 261-7003
Location: 2100 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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Fort Pitt had an all-important role in the American Revolution and the French and Indian Wars that preceded it. This involving and innovative re-creation uses modern technology and pure creativity to explore that history through exhibits, images, artifacts, and videos. Be sure to visit the Bushy Run Battlefield exhibit as well, and ask about the parallel programs for children so that every generation can enjoy and be entertained.
Contact number: (412) 281-9284
Location: 101 Commonwealth Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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The Cathedral of Learning is not only a nationally recognized landmark, it’s also a collection of 26 “nationality rooms,” each one celebrating a different culture or era. There is also a three-story common room that will impress children and parents alike. Make this the center of a trip to the University of Pittsburgh campus, and make a day of it.
Contact number: (412) 624-6000
Location: 4200 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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The Brew House, a former brewery, is a center for working artists in Pittsburgh, offering galleries, work spaces, and The Performance Garage. Set aside the fourth Saturday of any month for Barely Brunch, when people of all ages come together to make a little art, share a snack, and have some great conversation.
Contact number: (412) 381-7767
Location: 2100 Mary Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
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As part of the Pittsburgh Filmmakers coalition, Regent Square has become a showcase for experimental and independent films.
Contact number: (412) 682-4111
Location: 1035 South Braddock Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15218
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The Warhol Museum is one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. It is a tribute to Warhol and a full-on exploration of his influence on 20th-century art. Besides the exhibits and archives, The Warhol also offers wonderful opportunities for your children, like RUST, the Radical Urban Silkscreen Team.
Contact number: (412) 237-8300
Location: 117 Sandusky Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
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