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The Heinz History Center seen from the Strip District in Pittsburgh in July 2007. In 1879, a club called Old Residents of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania was founded. In 1884, leaders changed the organization's name to the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (HSWP); it has been operating continuously since then and is the Pittsburgh region's oldest cultural organization.
The Pittsburgh museum, affiliated with The Smithsonian, currently ranks No. 1 on the leaderboard.
The site operates as a division of the Heinz History Center of Pittsburgh and has a museum and a reconstruction of a circa 1570s Monongahela culture Indian village. Meadowcroft Rockshelter is recognized as a National Historic Landmark, a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Treasure, and as an official project of Save America's Treasures.
George Westinghouse Museum, Wilmerding, closed in 2007, collection now part of the Heinz History Center; Hall of Presidents Exhibit, Gettysburg, closed in 2016, contents auctioned [11] [12] Hazel Kibler Memorial Museum, Girard, operated by the West County Historical Association [13] Heritage Center Museum, Lancaster, closed in 2011 [14]
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When the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery hosted an exhibit at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, Cho’s cookie portraits were displayed, too.
This list of museums in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
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