Paint with liquid enamels to create a fused glass-and-metal design that can be used as a magnet or pin.
This activity takes place in the Children’s Museum’s neighboring building MuseumLab and is designed for visitors ages 9+.
Made possible with generous support from Arconic Foundation.
Paint with liquid enamels to create a fused glass-and-metal design that can be used as a magnet or pin.
This activity takes place in the Children’s Museum’s neighboring building MuseumLab and is designed for visitors ages 9+.
Made possible with generous support from Arconic Foundation.
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
Noon – 4:00 pm
AT MUSEUMLAB
1:00 – 4:00 pm
All activities are included with museum admission.
This event is generously supported by the Ball Foundation and PPG Foundation.
Get ready for summer break by shifting into vacation mode at MuseumLab!
Enjoy picnic-themed snacks and drinks, and try your hand at some of these classic and digital summer camp activities:
This is a parent-free evening for youth in grades 6–8 (or equivalent ages).
Tickets: $7
Free for mlabPASS holders! Learn more here.
Youth Night at MuseumLab is generously supported by Arconic Foundation.
This event is part of Remake Learning Days Southwestern PA 2025, #RemakeLearningDaysSWPA. Learn more at https://remakelearningdays.org/.
Join us for a PALentine’s Day-themed Youth Night! Bring your besties and buddies for an evening of activities, games, and snacks.
Activities include:
Also enjoy a waffle bar and build-your-own snack mix.
This is a parent-free event designed for youth in grades 6 – 8 (or equivalent ages.)
Tickets: $7
FREE for mlabPASS holders. Learn more about mlabPASS.
Youth Night is made possible with generous support from Arconic Foundation.
Get a behind the scenes view of our newest exhibit, I Am WILD!: A Charley Harper Exhibit for some creative education inspiration!
Act 48 hours are available
Coffee, snacks, and parking are provided
Stay after the session to play all day!
Join us for the opening day of our new exhibit, I AM WILD: A Charley Harper Exhibit, where you can explore six habitats filled with the colorful animals, insects and birds inspired by the artwork of Charley Harper and the ‘I Am Wild’ series of children’s books about biodiversity.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25
Enjoy music and stories by double bass soloist Barry Green about the animals in Charley Harper’s artwork.
11:30 am & 12:30 pm
Learn about animals through their tracks, fur, feathers and scales. Stop by to earn a Charley Harper Habitat Badge!
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26
Have some live animal encounters with our friends from Living Treasures Animal Park and learn how the animals relate to Charley Harper’s art.
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
I Am Wild: A Charley Harper Exhibit was created by Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh in partnership with Charley Harper Art Studio.
The exhibit was made possible by generous support from PPG, Wild Birds Unlimited, Flyspace and Dentons, Cohen & Grigsby.
Join us for our second annual Black History Month Art Crawl!
Contemporary artists stationed throughout the Museum’s first floor will create live portraits and artworks honoring Pittsburgh’s Black heroes, both past and present.
This year’s featured subjects include:
This year’s featured artists include:
Special thanks to our generous sponsor:
Join us for these activities inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of hope and kindness:
This event is made possible with support from Highmark Wholecare.
Learn to use a soldering iron, copper tape, and glass pieces to create designs in stained glass. Add to our communal creation as you explore this technique.
This activity uses hot tools and sharp materials and is designed for visitors ages 9 and up.
Learn to use a soldering iron, copper tape, and glass pieces to create designs in stained glass. Add to our communal creation as you explore this technique.
This activity uses hot tools and sharp materials and is designed for visitors ages 9 and up.
Learn to use a soldering iron, copper tape, and glass pieces to create designs in stained glass. Add to our communal creation as you explore this technique.
This activity uses hot tools and sharp materials and is designed for visitors ages 9 and up.
Learn to use a soldering iron, copper tape, and glass pieces to create designs in stained glass. Add to our communal creation as you explore this technique.
This activity uses hot tools and sharp materials and is designed for visitors ages 9 and up.
Explore the processes of electro-etching and stamping to make a custom metal tag for yourself, a pet, or a friend!
This activity is designed for visitors ages 8+.
Made possible with generous support from Arconic Foundation.
Explore the processes of electro-etching and stamping to make a custom metal tag for yourself, a pet, or a friend!
This activity is designed for visitors ages 8+.
Made possible with generous support from Arconic Foundation.
Join us for a parent-free sewing workshop and pizza party at MuseumLab!
Tuesday, November 19
3:30 – 6:00 pm
Pizza + Sewing Party is for 6th-8th graders (or equivalent ages) only.
Tickets are $10
Paint with liquid enamels to create a fused glass-and-metal design that can be used as a magnet or pin.
This activity takes place in the Children’s Museum’s neighboring building MuseumLab and is designed for visitors ages 9+.
Made possible with generous support from Arconic Foundation.
Paint with liquid enamels to create a fused glass-and-metal design that can be used as a magnet or pin.
This activity takes place in the Children’s Museum’s neighboring building MuseumLab and is designed for visitors ages 9+.
Made possible with generous support from Arconic Foundation.
