PittsburghSights

Museum sights in Pittsburgh

  1. A

    Frick Art & Historical Center

    East of Oakland, in Point Breeze, is the wonderful Frick Art & Historical Center, which displays some of Henry Clay Frick's Flemish, French and Italian paintings in its Art Museum; assorted Frickmobiles like a 1914 Rolls Royce in the Car & Carriage Museum; more than five acres of grounds and gardens; and Clayton, the restored 1872 Frick mansion.

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  2. B

    Carnegie Museums

    Nearby are two Carnegie Museums - the Carnegie Museum of Art, with terrific exhibits of architecture, impressionist, postimpressionist and modern American paintings; and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, featuring a complete Tyrannosaurus skeleton and exhibits on Pennsylvania geology and Inuit prehistory.

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  3. C

    Pittsburgh Children's Museum

    The Pittsburgh Children's Museum features loads of interactive exhibits, including a chance for kids to get under the hood of real cars and some child-friendly Warhol works.

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  4. D

    Carnegie Science Center

    Carnegie Science Center, great for kids, is a cut above the average hands-on science museum, with innovative exhibits on subjects ranging from outer space to candy.

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  5. E

    Fort Pitt Museum

    The park's renovated Fort Pitt Museum commemorates the historic heritage of the French and Indian War.

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  6. F

    Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum

    The Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum, focuses on champs from Pittsburgh.

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