Zoo and aquarium · Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium
African elephants, gorillas and big cats live at this hillside zoo in Highland Park, which also has an aquarium and a Kids Kingdom play area.
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The Frick Pittsburgh
Henry Clay Frick's restored mansion, Clayton, along with a car and carriage museum, an art museum and a greenhouse on landscaped grounds.
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Carnegie Museum of Art
Ancient to contemporary art, a Hall of Architecture filled with plaster casts of great buildings, and the long-running Carnegie International exhibition.
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Dinosaurs posed in lifelike scenes, among them Dippy the Diplodocus and the first Tyrannosaurus rex ever described, plus a dazzling hall of minerals and gems.
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Cathedral of Learning
Rising 42 stories at the heart of the university campus, a Gothic skyscraper with a vaulted stone Commons Room and the Nationality Rooms, classrooms styled after cultures worldwide.
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum
Built to honor Civil War veterans, this grand Beaux-Arts memorial hall now salutes all branches of the military, with artifacts from the Civil War to recent conflicts.
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Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Orchids, tropical forest rooms and seasonal flower shows fill a glittering 1893 Victorian glasshouse in Schenley Park, beside a pioneering green building.
