Recycle Fest

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. 

     

Art Studio: Meet the Maker Linda Wallen

Work with Guest Maker Linda Wallen to create colorful clay tiles. Visit again on June 22nd to help assemble the completed tiles into mosaic paving stones for the Garden!
Linda Wallen is a painter and mosaicist.  Outside of her studio in Spring Hill, she beautifies her neighborhood and the city of Pittsburgh by creating collaborative public mosaics.
This activity is designed for learners of all ages, including adults!
This program is made possible by the Henry L. Hillman Foundation.

Art Studio: Meet the Maker Linda Wallen

Work with Guest Maker Linda Wallen to create colorful clay tiles. Visit again on June 22nd to help assemble the completed tiles into mosaic paving stones for the Garden!
Linda Wallen is a painter and mosaicist.  Outside of her studio in Spring Hill, she beautifies her neighborhood and the city of Pittsburgh by creating collaborative public mosaics.
This activity is designed for learners of all ages, including adults!
This program is made possible by the Henry L. Hillman Foundation.

Little Explorers: Garden Growers

Every Tuesday from 11:00 am – Noon, children can engage with the garden and explore how we can care for and connect with nature.

This free program is included with museum admission. It is designed for early learners, but all ages are welcome.

Parents or caregivers must attend with children.

Little Explorers: Garden Growers

Every Tuesday from 11:00 am – Noon, children can engage with the garden and explore how we can care for and connect with nature.

This free program is included with museum admission. It is designed for early learners, but all ages are welcome.

Parents or caregivers must attend with children.

Little Explorers: Garden Growers

Every Tuesday from 11:00 am – Noon, children can engage with the garden and explore how we can care for and connect with nature.

This free program is included with museum admission. It is designed for early learners, but all ages are welcome.

Parents or caregivers must attend with children.

Little Explorers: Garden Growers

Every Tuesday from 11:00 am – Noon, children can engage with the garden and explore how we can care for and connect with nature.

This free program is included with museum admission. It is designed for early learners, but all ages are welcome.

Parents or caregivers must attend with children.

Little Explorers: Garden Growers

Every Tuesday from 11:00 am – Noon, children can engage with the garden and explore how we can care for and connect with nature.

This free program is included with museum admission. It is designed for early learners, but all ages are welcome.

Parents or caregivers must attend with children.

Little Explorers: Garden Growers

Every Tuesday from 11:00 am – Noon, children can engage with the garden and explore how we can care for and connect with nature.

This free program is included with museum admission. It is designed for early learners, but all ages are welcome.

Parents or caregivers must attend with children.

Little Explorers: Garden Growers

Every Tuesday from 11:00 am – Noon, children can engage with the garden and explore how we can care for and connect with nature.

This free program is included with museum admission. It is designed for early learners, but all ages are welcome.

Parents or caregivers must attend with children.

Little Explorers: Garden Growers

Every Tuesday from 11:00 am – Noon, children can engage with the garden and explore how we can care for and connect with nature.

This free program is included with museum admission. It is designed for early learners, but all ages are welcome.

Parents or caregivers must attend with children.

Little Explorers: Garden Growers

Every Tuesday from 11:00 am – Noon, children can engage with the garden and explore how we can care for and connect with nature.

This free program is included with museum admission. It is designed for early learners, but all ages are welcome.

Parents or caregivers must attend with children.

Little Explorers: Garden Growers

Every Tuesday from 11:00 am – Noon, children can engage with the garden and explore how we can care for and connect with nature.

This free program is included with museum admission. It is designed for early learners, but all ages are welcome.

Parents or caregivers must attend with children.

Little Gardeners

Each Saturday in April from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, children can engage with the garden and explore how we can care for and connect with nature.

This free program is included with museum admission. It is designed for early learners, but all ages are welcome.

Parents or caregivers must attend with children.

Little Gardeners

Each Saturday in April from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, children can engage with the garden and explore how we can care for and connect with nature.

This free program is included with museum admission. It is designed for early learners, but all ages are welcome.

Parents or caregivers must attend with children.

Little Gardeners

Each Saturday in April from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, children can engage with the garden and explore how we can care for and connect with nature.

This free program is included with museum admission. It is designed for early learners, but all ages are welcome.

Parents or caregivers must attend with children.

Little Gardeners

Join Hannah and Burdock in our Community Garden in front of the Museum every Wednesday morning from 11:00 -11:45 am to help tend the garden.

Each week we will learn basic tips and tricks about how to care for a garden, while having an opportunity to explore sensory play and develop motor skills. This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, but all are welcome to attend!

Activities are weather permitting, but don’t be afraid to get wet.

This program does not require museum admission and is free and open to the public.  

Little Gardeners

Join Hannah and Burdock in our Community Garden in front of the Museum every Wednesday morning from 11:00 -11:45 am to help tend the garden.

Each week we will learn basic tips and tricks about how to care for a garden, while having an opportunity to explore sensory play and develop motor skills. This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, but all are welcome to attend!

Activities are weather permitting, but don’t be afraid to get wet.

This program does not require museum admission and is free and open to the public.