From painting to sewing, puppet making to robot building, the Children’s Museum will delight and inspire everyone in your family.
Contact number: (412) 322-5058
Location: 10 Children’S Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
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Heinz History Center
There’s more to history than the rise and fall of empires or the death of dinosaurs. There’s also regular life aboard a Conestoga wagon or riding to work on a trolley circa 1900. The Regional History Center focuses on early 20th-century America and the regular people — workers and managers alike — who built the country.
Contact number: (412) 454-6000
Location: 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Located five miles east of downtown Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Zoo &Aquarium is a 77-acre naturalistic habitat facility that is home to thousands of animals representing hundreds of diverse species. The Zoostrives to be a leader and significant contributor to the conservation ofendangered and threatened species while providing an enjoyable familyexperience that fosters understanding, respect and appreciation forwildlife. The Zoo offers a variety of unique educational programs with astrong emphasis on conservation and conducts scientific research whichsupports and enhances the quality of animal and plant life, visitorexperiences, education and conservation. It is the Zoo’s goal to berecognized for excellence in its collection, programs and exhibitry and tobe acknowledged as a culturally significant facility.
Contact number: (412) 665-3640
Location: One Wild Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15206-1178
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Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
You and your children can get back to nature, and learn something along the way. On this Reserve there are more than five miles of trails in 134 acres of sanctuary, filled with native plants, animals, and birds.The Audubon Center for Native Plants is here, as well as programs, classrooms, a library, and an auditorium. It’s become a community center that focuses on the use and preservation of native plants. It’s a wonderful place to celebrate and explore the botanical world, at any age.
Contact number: (412) 963-6100
Location: 614 Dorseyville Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238
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Phipps Conservatory
Phipps Conservatory prides itself on being a leader in horticultural education, and offers classes for children and adults on native plants and how to cultivate orchids, among others. They are appropriate for all levels of expertise.
Contact number: (412) 622-6914
Location: 1 Schneley Park, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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National Aviary
The National Aviary offers nearly twenty educational forums for both children and adults, including the programs “Beginning Bird Watching,” “Junior Naturalist,” and the award-winning “Little Bird Festivals” for pre-schoolers. Recently, Adult Education programs have begun, and have featured talks on “Parrots” and “Birds of the Bible.”In addition to its educational programs, the National Aviary is actively involved in conservation programs, such as the Species Survival Plan. The National Aviary participates in the preservation of many species of birds, including Bali Mynahs, Pink Pigeons, and Red Crowned Cranes. Scientific research at the National Aviary includes “footedness” studies and Parrot Neurology, Enzymatic aging of birds, andbreeding and rearing strategies for endangered species.
Contact number: (412) 323-7235
Location: Allegheny Commons West, Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5248
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Settegast Park
The water playground at Settegast Park includes a multi-colored rubber surface and spray-ground features including a ground geyser, a bell-spray column, a misty arch, a magic touch bollard, a water trio, a donut, and a flower.
Location: 3000 Garrow Street, Houston, TX 77003
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Quillian Center
Quillian Center is the sports and rec center at First Methodist Houston. The facilities are open to members of the church and the general public. The center offers afterschool programs, summer camps, and sports and enrichment classes.
Contact number: (713) 458-4700
Location: 10570 Westpark Drive, Houston, TX 77042
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Tom Bass Regional Park
Tom Bass Regional Park is so big that it has three vast sections, with just about every type of park amenity imaginable. Section I has an amphitheater, playing fields including five cricket fields, room for kite-flying, two 18-hole “frisbee golf” courses, picnic areas, playgrounds, tennis courts, a pond stocked with bass and catfish, restrooms, and fully equipped pavilions with barbecue pits, hot and cold running water, electrical outlets, and stainless steel countertops.
Contact number: (713) 440-1587
Location: 3452 Fellows Road, Houston, TX 77047
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Cherryhurst Park and Community Center
The Cherryhurst Community Center is surrounded by a park with a playground and lighted tennis courts.
Contact number: (713) 284-1992
Location: 1700 Missouri Street, Houston, TX 77006
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