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The Pittsburgh Children's Museum
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5 reviews for The Pittsburgh Children's Museum
Oh my God. They're playing the chicken dance song on their website! Bahaha!
So what is so great about this place? Mister Rogers of course! For those not in the know, Fred Rogers was from Pittsburgh, so of course there will be a great display of his world somewhere in the city. And here it is.
Beyond that there are always cool displays up in the rest of the museem. Bottom line: Great for adults and kids alike, another of the must see Pittsburgh sites.
This is the most well designed museum I've ever been to. It's kid friendly (and fun), but it's also extremely hip and aesthetically amazing. They have a cafeteria with the standard kid's fare but also gelato! How neat! I can never get over how cool this place is, and after having been to a wonderful benefit for Toonseum my fiance and I have decided to get married there.
In short, take your kids - everyone will have fun. But if you see a party or event happening there (which is fairly often), you can be sure it will be a good time.
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Absolutely the best!!!
Not from Pittsburgh. Was there on vacation with my kids. They absolutely LOVED IT. Even my youngest, who is hard to entertain, left the place praising it. If you have kids and are in Pittsburgh, this is a great place to take them. We have been to other city's children's museums and this is one of the best.
There are tons of stuff for them to do. There is also a nice variety. Something for everyone. Even my wife and I were entertained. The price of admission was well worth it considering movies are about $10 for only 1-2 hours. We were there for at least 5 hrs and it didn't even feel like it. The best was there were activities that left you with free "souvenirs". We left with various art creations that the kids made that were really cool.
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really great place to bring kids. brought my 2 year old here on vacation and she had a blast. Her favorite parts were the painting room and the water room. a must visit if you have kids.
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As of 12/23/07, admission is $8 for kids and $9 for adults, which was a great deal. $3 for parking.
The first major area you find is Mr Rogers Neighborhood, where you explore all the stuff from his "home" as well as the land of make believe, trolley and all. There's a cool climbing thing that goes up two stories - not the typical Chuckee Cheese tube maze. There are several interactive items that include taking your image and showing on the wall with other digital elements that you interact with. Then you hit the garage. We could easily have spent all day there. For older kids, there is a workshop with a drillpress and other tools to build stuff with. For everyone else, you can build cardboard stuff, then mess around with the innards of a Mini, climb up to a platform to launch parachutes, and much much more. From there, go to the music room, then the circus room (I CAN walk with stilts - cool) then upstairs to the water room (they WILL get wet) where raincoats and boots are provided. Then go to the art room and make your own paper, silkscreens, paintings, printing, much more. This is all we saw, and I know there is more.
There were several times when I was surprised at how much the kids were able to do, in the sense that everything in kids' lives are sanitized and over protected. Not this place. They've left in enough potential hazards to make it very interesting.
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