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Recycle Fest
April 5 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
In honor of Earth Month, join us for a campus-wide recycling festival!
Aluminum Can Drive
Help us get more aluminum recycled in our community by donating empty aluminum cans to our drive. All donors receive one free admission per family of four, good for admission on April 5, 2025.
Aluminum cans are 100% recyclable and when recycled, the metal in an aluminum can will be back on store shelves in just 60 days.
AT THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
10:00 am – Noon
- Performance and game show hosted by O’Ryan the O’Mazing
- Learn about sustainability from these local environmental organizations:
- Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
- PGH20
- Rewind Reuse
- PittMoss
- Pennsylvania Resources Council
- City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Environmental Services
Noon – 4:00 pm
- Recycled scavenger hunt
- Papermaking with Katy Dement
- Transforming plastic with Reimagined Recycling
- Glass mosaic-making with Sarah Cohen
AT MUSEUMLAB
1:00 – 4:00 pm
- Recycled dioramas with Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse
- Art making with Tough Artist Kelly Jimenez of La Vispera
- Clothing upcycling with The Andy Warhol Museum
- Tote bag upcycling with Rona Chang of Otto Finn
- Eco-Artisans & Maker Market featuring local sustainable vendors, including:
- China Jones Art
- Jess Peña Heberle
- Cathy Olivar Brand
- Homegrown 1910
- Henna by Soni
- True North Creations
- Reading Room Pittsburg
- Emily Krill Studio
- Charmed by Nature
- Art House Mosaic
- Tabulous
- SusanMcclellanArt
- Les Is More 894
- Colorcopia Studio
All activities are included with museum admission.
This event is generously supported by the Ball Foundation and PPG Foundation.
