History Center and Fort Pitt Museum: Free Admission for Kids
Oct 1, 2024 - Nov 30, 2024
Heinz History Center
1212 Smallman St
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Beginning Tuesday, Oct. 1 through Saturday, Nov. 30, all kids aged 17 and under will be receive free admission to the History Center, which includes the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum; and Fort Pitt Museum, located in historic Point State Park. Regular admission rates apply for all adult visitors.
At the History Center, families can explore six floors of award-winning exhibitions and interactive learning spaces:
· Spiral down a 12-foot “Liberty Tube” slide in the Great Hall and design pop art, construct bridges, and more in the interactive Discovery Place exhibition.
· Explore the Neighborhood of Make-Believe featuring the original set and puppets in the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood exhibition.
· Land a space rover on the surface of the Moon inside the Apollo 11 section of Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation.
· Exercise their minds and bodies while climbing the UPMC SmartSteps, the world’s only history exhibition in a stairwell! Visitors can punch a stamp card on all six floors to win a free Heinz pickle pin.
· Throw a touchdown pass to legendary Steelers and score the winning goal for the Penguins inside the two-floor Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum.
At the Fort Pitt Museum, families can discover the world-shaping events that occurred right here in Pittsburgh during the 18th century. The museum tells the story of Western Pennsylvania’s pivotal role during the French & Indian War, the American Revolution, and as the birthplace of Pittsburgh through interactive exhibitions, life-like figures, and artifacts.
Visitors can take in-depth exploration of the history and culture of American Indian tribes who once called Western Pa. home inside the Fort Pitt Museum’s new exhibition, Homelands: Native Nations of Allegheny. Created in collaboration with federally recognized Delaware, Seneca, Seneca-Cayuga, and Shawnee tribes, the exhibition illuminates the past, present, and future of the region’s Native tribes with rare artifacts and new scholarship.
The History Center and Fort Pitt Museum are open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Senator John Heinz History Center, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution and the largest history museum in Pennsylvania, presents American history with a Western Pennsylvania connection. The History Center was recently voted as the #1 history museum in America by USA Today and Pittsburgh’s Best Museum by readers of Pittsburgh Magazine. The History Center and Sports Museum are located at 1212 Smallman Street in the city’s Strip District. The History Center’s family of museums includes the Sports Museum; the Fort Pitt Museum in historic Point State Park; and Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, a National Historic Landmark located in Avella, Pa., in Washington County. More information is available at heinzhistorycenter.org.
