Science museum · Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
Kamin Science Center
Formerly the Carnegie Science Center and renamed the Kamin Science Center in 2025, with hands-on exhibits, a planetarium, a detailed miniature railroad and village, and the submarine USS Requin outside.
What you will find
- Museum or exhibits
- Observatory
Make a day of it
Nearby
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Duquesne Incline
A cable railway of 1877 climbing Mount Washington in its original wooden cars, with an observation deck looking straight down onto the rivers, the Point and downtown.
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Fort Pitt Museum
Inside a reconstructed bastion of the 1760s fort at the Point, exhibits tell the story of the French and Indian War and the struggle for the forks of the Ohio.
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Point State Park
At the tip of downtown, where the Allegheny and Monongahela meet to form the Ohio, with the great fountain, the Fort Pitt Museum and the 1764 Blockhouse from the frontier fort.
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National Aviary
Free-flying birds share walk-through habitats with visitors at this zoo just for birds, where penguins, owls and parrots star in close-up encounters.
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Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Hands-on play for kids in the old Allegheny post office and Buhl Planetarium buildings, with a makerspace, water-play room and art studio.
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Mattress Factory
Room-size art installations you walk into, including permanent works by James Turrell and Yayoi Kusama, in former factory buildings on the North Side.
