Join us at MuseumLab for a day filled with inspiring talks, interactive workshops and networking opportunities.
This event is all about empowering young people to make a difference in the fight against climate change. Whether you’re passionate about renewable energy, sustainable living or environmental policy, there’s something for everyone.
Come together with like-minded individuals and learn how you can take action in your own community. Let’s work together to create a greener, more sustainable future! Presented in partnership with Communitopia.
For ages 12 – 19
Register here.
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.
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.
opening weekend activities
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 the opening day of this immersive installation that is a tribute to the marvel of watching fireflies in nature.
Look up to see a field of 200 ‘firefly’ jars, each containing a light that will blink at random with a golden glow. When the light from one jar recognizes another glowing nearby, gradually the blinking between them synchronizes and their lights turn blue. Over time, the patterns of the blinking colors shift and flow from one end of the room to the other. Watch as the blue lights independently change back to gold creating new patterns, and then synchronize to blue again.
A custom soundscape entitled Nocturne adds the sounds of summer insects to the installation, enhancing the feeling of the flow and flicker of light and amplifying the Rhythm of Fireflies. You can also find information about fireflies, their behaviors, habitats and ways you can help them flourish.
The exhibit and soundscape are created by artist Sally Weber and optical innovator Craig Newswanger of Resonance Studio.
Each Thursday from 10:00 am – 12:00 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.
Each Thursday from 10:00 am – 12:00 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.
Each Thursday from 10:00 am – 12:00 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.
Each Thursday from 10:00 am – 12:00 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.
Each Thursday from 10:00 am – 12:00 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.
Each Thursday from 10:00 am – 12:00 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.
Each Thursday from 10:00 am – 12:00 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.
Each Thursday from 10:00 am – 12:00 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.
