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.
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:
- Sticker making with Cricut digital cutting machine
- Wood burning
- Laser etching aluminum tags
- Game room
- and more!
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:
- Creating laser-cut wax seals
- Paper marbling and card making
- Metal-stamped conversation hearts
- Silent Disco
- Friendship bracelets and pins
- Visiting the game room for a chance to win prizes
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
Purchase tickets here!
FREE for mlabPASS holders. Learn more about mlabPASS.
Youth Night is made possible with generous support from Arconic Foundation.
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.
Join us in MAKESHOP as we play with bots! Connect motors to a power source to construct your own robot, or explore coding by programming a Finch robot to navigate around obstacles you build.
Join us in MAKESHOP as we play with bots! Connect motors to a power source to construct your own robot, or explore coding by programming a Finch robot to navigate around obstacles you build.
Join us in MAKESHOP as we play with bots! Connect motors to a power source to construct your own robot, or explore coding by programming a Finch robot to navigate around obstacles you build.
Join us in MAKESHOP as we play with bots! Connect motors to a power source to construct your own robot, or explore coding by programming a Finch robot to navigate around obstacles you build.
Join us in MAKESHOP as we play with bots! Connect motors to a power source to construct your own robot, or explore coding by programming a Finch robot to navigate around obstacles you build.
Join us in MAKESHOP as we play with bots! Connect motors to a power source to construct your own robot, or explore coding by programming a Finch robot to navigate around obstacles you build.
Join us in MAKESHOP as we play with bots! Connect motors to a power source to construct your own robot, or explore coding by programming a Finch robot to navigate around obstacles you build.
Join us in MAKESHOP as we play with bots! Connect motors to a power source to construct your own robot, or explore coding by programming a Finch robot to navigate around obstacles you build.
Join us in MAKESHOP as we play with bots! Connect motors to a power source to construct your own robot, or explore coding by programming a Finch robot to navigate around obstacles you build.
Join us in MAKESHOP as we play with bots! Connect motors to a power source to construct your own robot, or explore coding by programming a Finch robot to navigate around obstacles you build.
