Museums + The Arts
ANNUAL BEAVER COUNTY FESTIVAL OF TREES:
724/891-5842, Website
526 Brady Run Rd., Fallston
Annual event held indoors at the Lodge in Brady's Run Park. Decorated with 50+ artifical trees and wreaths.
Hours: 11/27, 12/5, 5pm-9; 11/28,29,30, 12/6,7, 12pm-9.
BALLET ACADEMY OF PITTSBURGH:
412/343-9333, Website
4100 Library Road, South Hills
Enhancing the lives of children and the community
through the beauty and discipline of classical ballet.
Highest quality ballet instruction for all ages and levels.
Hours: M-F, 10am-8pm; Sat, 10am-3:30pm.
CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER:
412/237-3400, Website
1 Allegheny Ave., Pittsburgh
It's where science happens! Experience hundreds of hands-on exhibits; travel the world in the four-story Rangos Omnimax Theater; explore the universe in the high-def Buhl Digital Dome planetarium and Buhl Observatory; tour a historic submarine. Adults, $14; children and seniors, $10; Carnegie Museum members, free.
Hours: Sun - Fri, 10am-5pm; Sat, 10am-7pm.
CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL CHORUS OF PITTSBURGH:
412/281-4790, Website
401 Wood St., Suite 1800, downtown
Composed of 160 children from 90 schools performing regularly with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Opera, Ballet and Mendelssohn Choir.
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH:
412/322-5058, Website
10 Children’s Way, North Side
Take off on fantastic flights of imagination at the new Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and return to Earth to slide down a bowling alley, build and launch a boat, ink your own silkscreen, catch words that fall from the sky and much more. Adults, $11; seniors and children 2-18, $10; children under 2, free; parking: non-members, $5; members, $3;
Hours: M-Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, noon-5pm
CITIPARKS ROVING ART CART:
412/665-3665, Website
Pittsburgh
Free art materials allowing artists and children to work together on projects. Stops at parks and playgrounds in one neighborhood per day, as well as community festivals and citywide special events. Expanded to include performing artists.
Hours: June-Aug. T-F, 10am-1pm.
DEPRECIATION LANDS MUSEUM:
412/486-0563, Website
4743 S. Pioneer Rd., Allison Park
Site includes the 1803 Armstrong Loghouse, a replica one-room schoolhouse, the Talley Cavey Blacksmith Shop. Group tours and programs are available. Special events include: A Day in Tally Cavey Village; Friendship Day; 18th-Century Tavern Night; and Adventures in Pioneer Living, a day camp for 8-11 year olds.
Hours: Sun, 1-4pm and by appointment.
DISCOVERY GARDEN AT PHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS:
412/622-6914, Website
1 Schenley Park, Oakland
Interactive garden allows kids to explore natural world through horticulture; full sensory experience. Adults, $9; seniors, $8; students with ID, $8; age 2-12, $6; members and kids under 2, free.
Hours: M-Sun, 9:30am-5pm; F, until 9pm.
DISCOVERY ROOM AT CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY:
412/622-1950, Website
4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland
Hands-on exhibit where visitors can touch real artifacts and specimens. Hours vary; call for details. Free with museum admission. Adults, $10; senior citizens, $7; children 3-18 and students, $6; members and children under 3, free.
EXPLORATION STATION AT CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER:
412/237-3400, Website
1 Allegheny Ave., North Shore
Designed for children ages 3-6; hands-on exhibit offers young scientists a chance to splash, climb, build and play as they explore the wonders of science. Sun-F, 10am-5pm; Sat, 10am-7pm. Adults, $14; seniors, $10; children 3-12, $10; children under 3, Free.
GEMINI THEATER CO.:
412/243-6464, Website
The Factory, 7501 Penn Ave., Point Breeze
Interactive musical children's theater. Offers acting classes during the school year and summer theater camps for students 4-14. Provides outreach performances for any school, organization, library, etc. geared for ages 3-10.
Hours: T-Sun, 10am-5pm; summer hours: M-F, 8:30am-4:30pm
JOHNNY APPLESEED CHILDREN’S THEATER:
724/468-5050, Website
Apple Hill Playhouse
275 Manor Rd., Delmont
Traditional and contemporary plays and musicals for children. Tickets: plays, $7; musicals, $8. Season tickets, flex coupons and group rates available. School field trip shows available. Schedules for adult and children's seasons available online.
Hours: M-Th, 6-9pm; Sat, 10am-2pm. Attendant available beginning Apr. 1
KILN-N-TIME:
412/687-0383, Website
3801 Penn Ave., Lawrenceville
A funky, contemporary paint-your-own-pottery, wheel throwing and/or mosaic studio. Catered to large or small groups. BYOB
Hours: T-Sat, noon-6pm; F-Sat, 6-9pm
LOOKING GLASS THEATRE:
724/745-6300, Website
500 Lakeside Dr. South Canonsburg
Kids’ classic plays. $7.
PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL:
412/321-5520, Website
West Park, North Side
Five days of professional family theater from around the world; hands-on activities, roving performers, petting zoo, more.
PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S THEATER:
412/321-5520, Website
Pittsburgh
Live performances; professional performing artists, 4 neighborhood locations, downtown Pittsburgh, Oct.-March. Call for prices.
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FIDDLESTICKS FAMILY CONCERTS:
412/392-4900, Website
Downtown
Fiddlesticks family concerts for children 3-8 years old. $14.50-$17.50.
PITTSBURGH YOUTH BALLET:
412/835-1250, Website
3000 Industrial Blvd., Bethel Park
Performs at the Byham Theater, downtown and Upper St. Clair High Theatre. The internationally renowned company performs classical ballet, contemporary works, neo-classics and special programming for children. $10-$25.
PITTSBURGH YOUTH POPS ORCHESTRA:
412/403-0002, Website
P.O. Box 15675, Pittsburgh, 15244
Youth pops orchestra performing a variety of classic and contemporary music. Auditions in the spring and fall.
PITTSBURGH YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA:
412/392-4872, Website
Pittsburgh
Free symphonic and chamber-music concerts at Heinz Hall, other locations in the area.
PLAYHOUSE JR.:
412/621-4445, Website
The Pittsburgh Playhouse of Point Park University, 222 Craft Ave., Oakland
Second-oldest children’s theater in the nation. General admission, $7.
PRIME STAGE THEATRE:
412/394-3353, Website
6 Allegheny Square East, North Side
Family-oriented plays for young adults that include adaptations of literature, new plays and other works that celebrate the achievements of young people and adults. Youth, $8; adults, $15; seniors, $13.
RAILROADERS MEMORIAL MUSEUM:
814/946-0834, Website
1300 Ninth Ave., Altoona
Hands-on interactive play area with costumes, building blocks, Thomas the Tank Engine play tables plus videos and books about trains. Adults, $7.50; seniors, $6; children 4-12, $4; children under 3, free.
Hours: M-Sat, 9am-5pm; Sun, 11am-5pm.
RIVERQUEST:
412/231-2712, Website
At Carnegie Science Center, North Shore
Get on board RiverQuest's EXPLORER, a green passenger vessel and river laboratory, for one-of-a kind year-round school trips, group tours, private charters and public ticketed sails. Seasonal ticketed programs feature science, ecology and history-themed excursions.
SALTWORKS THEATRE CO.:
412/621-6150, Website
569 N. Neville St., Shadyside
Nonprofit professional arts organization composed of the Social Issues School Tour, the Young Actor’s Studio and the Saltworks Players. Provides school assemblies that address drugs and alcohol, violence, bullying, Internet safety and more. Acting classes for ages 4-16 in Sewickley and Shadyside.
SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER:
412/454-6000, Website
1212 Smallman St., Strip District
Interactive history displays on Western Pennsylvania. Adults, $10; senior citizens, $9; children 4-17, students with ID, $5; children under 3, free.
Hours: M-Sun, 10am-5pm
SOUTH PARK CHILDREN’S THEATRE:
412/831-8552, Website
Intersection of Corrigan Dr. and Brownsville Rd., South Park
Summertime productions of classic children’s tales. Showtimes: M, 6:30pm; T, 10am and 6:30pm; W, 10 am. Box office: T-Sun, 11am-5pm. $2; children under 2, free.
SOUTHWEST BALLET:
412/279-8133, Website
26 E. Main St., Carnegie
Classical/modern syllabus from preschool through pre-professional. Summer intensive program, apprenticeship program and high school release program. Nutcracker performance in Dec. at Chartiers Valley High School.
THREE RIVERS YOUNG PEOPLES ORCHESTRAS:
412/391-0526, Website
212 Ninth St., Suite 401, downtown
Young people ages 8-18 perform at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland and Carnegie Library of Homestead. Adults, $8 in advance, $10 at the door; children, $4 in advance, $5 at the door. Check Web site for dates and times.
WESTMORELAND CHILDREN’S CHORUS:
724/830-1058
P.O. Box 518, Greensburg
Educational outreach of Westmoreland Choral Society; performance by young voices, appearing with Westmoreland Choral Society at Christmas and spring concerts and at concerts at Seton Hill University and throughout the community. Auditions in Aug. and Jan.; grades 4-8.
Hours: T, 6:30pm-7:30pm
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