The Backyard is currently closed for renovation.  Stay tuned for exciting new updates!

Children cannot bounce off the walls if we take away the walls.
Erin Kenny

Naturalist, educator and author

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Exterior of Museum with gambion wall Table Mag Spring 2012

design matters

Some of the sustainable features of the Backyard include:

  • A Gabion Wall encloses one side of the Backyard, made up of wire cages filled with repurposed construction debris from the Museum’s 2004 expansion
  • Hunks and artifacts of Pittsburgh’s architectural and stone history in the Allegheny Waterworks sculpture let visitors interact with interesting stone features and decorations at eye level