History museum · Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
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.
What you will find
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Nearby
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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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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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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.
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Monongahela Incline
Opened in 1870 and widely described as the country's oldest continuously operating funicular, it climbs Mount Washington from Station Square to the overlooks on Grandview Avenue.
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Andy Warhol Museum
Seven floors devoted to Andy Warhol, with paintings, films, time capsules and a room of floating silver pillows to play among.
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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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