FOCUS TOUR: MUSEUMLAB @ CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH

Saturday, July 26
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m

$25 per person

This tour is limited to 20 participants.

Purchase a ticket below. Tickets will not be available after 11:30 p.m. on July 25.

Here’s a recipe for a scrumptious architectural experience: Take one 19^th-century Renaissance Revival-style U.S. Post Office building. Add a disused planetarium in the “stripped classicism” of the 1930s, when it was built. To bind them, mix in a contemporary building sheathed in thousands of plastic squares that sing when the wind blows. Top off the assemblage by re-purposing a beloved 1880s library building constructed by one of Pittsburgh’s great industrialists, leaving visible all vestiges of the building’s past lives. What do you get? A feast for the visual palate that will stick in your memory long after you leave this extraordinary collection of buildings that comprise the largest cultural campus for children in the United States.

The tour will be led by senior staff of the Museum and Museum Lab.

Tour meeting point:  Lobby of the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, 10 Children’s Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Tour ending point:  MuseumLab, 6 Allegheny Square East, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Please arrive 15 minutes before start time in order to ensure that the tour gets underway on time.

Accessibility: The Children’s Museum’s main entrance at 10 Children’s Way is wheelchair accessible. MuseumLab’s ground-level accessible entrance is at 6 Allegheny Square East.

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All tour participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Children under the age of 13 may attend tours free of charge. By purchasing a ticket for this tour, you acknowledge that you are physically able to undertake the tour, assume all personal risk during the tour, consent to being photographed during the tour, and permit PHLF to use your image in our communications.

All ticket sales are final.