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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.
Point State Park (locally known as The Point) is a Pennsylvania state park which is located on 36 acres (150,000 m 2) in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River.
This list of museums in 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 ...
The park is named for a landmark 2006 public sculpture in bronze by James A. West, Point of View. This piece depicts George Washington and the Seneca leader Guyasuta , with their weapons down, in a face-to-face meeting in October 1770, when the two men met while Washington was in the area examining land for future settlement along the Ohio River .
The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh has announced plans to expand with a $45 million events venue. The entertainment project is part of the museum's ‘Pop District’ initiative and would be ...
The managing organization supports the designation of Homestead Works National Park, centered around the Carrie Blast Furnaces. [1] The visitor center, museum, and offices for the national heritage area are located in the Bost Building in Homestead. [3] Pennsylvania portal
The West Park portion is the largest of the three, and it has housed the National Aviary since 1952. A non-profit organization, The Allegheny Commons Initiative maintains the park acting as a liaison [ 5 ] between it and the city through advocacy, fundraising, and project management.
The Fort Pitt Block House (sometimes called Bouquet's Blockhouse [6] or Bouquet's Redoubt [7]) is a historic building in Point State Park in the city of Pittsburgh.It was constructed in 1764 as a redoubt of Fort Pitt, making it the oldest extant structure in Western Pennsylvania, [8] as well as the "oldest authenticated structure west of the Allegheny Mountains".