through January 4

 

overview

Don’t miss our latest exhibit inspired by the tools and tasks of airplanes and flying!

Children of all ages can imagine themselves as future aviators through hands-on imaginative play and inspirational real artifacts and stories from the past.

Aim High: Soaring with the Tuskegee Airmen was created by Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh in partnership with Hosanna House, Inc.

The exhibit includes the Black Wings, American Dreams of Flight exhibit featuring a series of historic artifacts that tell the story of how African Americans, despite facing racial barriers, attained great achievements in the world of aviation. Black Wings, American Dreams of Flight is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

Boy at table with wooden plane figures in Aim High exhibit

hands-on components

 

  • Cockpit Flight Trainer: Step into the role of flight captain in the Cockpit Flight Trainer, where you get a pilot’s vantage point complete with control panel, flight videos and a row of actual seats
  • Plane and Rocket Building & Launching: Build your own paper airplane or rocket, then use the launcher to fire it through the air to hit the bullseye
  • Imagination Mirrors: Try on costumes from various aviation fields, then stand in front of an interactive mirror and play the part!
  • Land the Plane Maze: Tilt a large table maze inspired by air traffic control radar to avoid obstacles and guide your “plane” to a safe destination on the landing strip
  • Wearable Wings: Build a pair of airplane wings or an entire rocket ship to wear, then “fly” through the sky
  • Things that Fly Praxinoscope: Draw anything that flies and make it come to life around a spinning column using this early form of animation

see the exhibit

Cockpit Flight Trainer

two young girls at a green airplane console with switches

Things that Fly Praxinoscope

Cockpit Flight Trainer

Imagination Mirrors

Land the Plane Maze

Black Wings, American Dreams of Flight

Cockpit Flight Trainer

supporters

Aim High: Soaring with the Tuskegee Airmen is presented in Pittsburgh by PPG Foundation.

Black Wings, American Dreams of Flight is made possible by the generous support of MetLife Foundation.

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