Our family was recently given the chance to visit the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. Only a short two hour drive from Cleveland, the road trip made for a nice weekend getaway. We elected to surprise our kids and not tell them about this adventure. Our family elected to make a long weekend out of this trip when we knew our two older kids had off school on this past Friday. It was also nice not telling our kids what they were doing, and when they assumed they were going to school and loaded into the car, we told them about our change in plans.
The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh is comprised of three levels with a variety of rooms.
The first level of the museum featured the following areas:
– One section of the main floor is entirely dedicated to crafts featuring modeling clay, painting, screen printing.
– Another section was the attic with optical type illusions.
– The garage was a large circus tent type room featuring all kinds of mechanical exhibits.
– Bounce was a cool temporary display with assorted activities around bouncy balls and marbles.
The second floor was known as a toddler area, with smaller activities for those around two and under, though all three of our boys enjoyed the area.
The third level was the most baffling to me, as was an entire waterplay theme. Water tables, fountains, pipe systems. I particularly found it amusing that the water level was at the top of the building and not the bottom because if there is a leak, water of course flows downhill.
Our boys really enjoyed their visit at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. We spent several hours in the museum, and our oldest even said he learned a thing or two from the exhibits.
By far my favorite part of the museum was a wooden mirror. As you walked in front of the exhibit, the small wooden tiles tilted. Upon closer inspection, there was a small little camera in the center that picked up the image and then the tiles were programed to move in sync with the video. Amazing and creative!
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The coolest "mirror" I've ever seen, made of small wooden blocks that tilt as you move. #FamilyTravel #Pittsburgh #PA
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Source: InACents
Note: Our family was provided with complimentary tickets to visit the museum. All opinions are those of the author.
What a great post! I must admit, it’s not a place mentioned much by UK travellers, as NYC, Florida, San Francisco etc seem to steal the limelight. Must do a bit more research though as it looks like a great place to spend a few days.