Pittsburgh Play is on Sale at The Children's Museum!

One of my favorite places to visit in Pittsburgh is the Children's Museum!

There are so many events and activities the museum offers and being lucky enough to be in Pittsburgh where Mister Rogers is from, he is celebrated in this museum in several different ways within the museum and my favorite-- free admission on Mister Rogers birthday! If you don't want to wait until March 20th to visit next year, August is a fantastic time to visit with "Play Is On Sale"!

There are lots of creative, fun and educational exhibits to explore throughout the Children's Museum ... in fact, Play Is On Sale! this Summer at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh!

Enjoy Museum admission discounts* and giveaways every day of the week through August 29, 2014. 

Fantasy Weekends (Saturdays & Sundays)
--All Museum visitors dressed in a costume relating to the weekend's theme receive $3 off admission:
       Dress like a Movie Character - August 9-10

       Dress like an Alien, Monster or Space Hero- August 16-17

       Dress like an Animal - August 23-24 

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• Member Mondays

Museum members park free (as space permits) and have a chance to win prizes. Learn the weekly prizes here.

• T-Shirt Tuesdays

Free Museum t-shirt to the first 200 children visiting the Museum

• Weather Wednesdays

Child admission for children 2 and up is based on that day's forecasted high temperature for Pittsburgh, PA, by the National Weather Service, as forecasted at 5:00 pm the previous day 
e.g. 73 degrees = $7 child admission, 87 degrees = $8 child admission, etc.  July 23: 84 degrees = $8 child admission
If purchasing tickets online, use code WEATHER when checking out to receive the discount 

• Throwback Thursdays

Child admission = $7 - the child admission price in 2004 when we opened the expanded Museum
If purchasing tickets online, use code THROWBACK when checking out to receive the discount

• Hot Dog Friday

A free hot dog to the first 500 children visiting the Museum

*Play Is On Sale admission discounts (Weather Wednesdays, Throwback Thursdays and Fantasy Weekends) cannot be combined with other admission discounts.



Hours
10:00 am - 5:00 pm Every Day
Our Studio and MAKESHOP close at 4:30 pm daily.

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 Be sure to get your picture taken on Trolley! :)

My Lily in 2013 on Mister Rogers' birthday

Happy Birthday, Mr.Rogers!

One of Pittsburgh's treasures is Mr. Rogers.  Yeah, that Mr. Rogers.  Each year on his birthday, there are often free or discounted events around the city in his honor.  This year, Lily and I took advantage of the Children's Museum offering free admission. We went with my friend, Dina and her 2 year old daughter. It was a nice treat to spend a few hours with our baby girls out of the normal routine.


First, we did some painting.  This was Lily's first time painting, so I was excited to see what she'd do. :)

I loved seeing her in that cutie smock that went all the way to her feet, hoarding paint brushes, grabbing the brushes by the paint end, and occasionally splashing some color on the paper on the easel.

She was thrilled to be able to be free...and explore!

She was unsure about coming back down the ramp after playing with the magnetic cars, so she improvised  to ease her way back down.

 Lily was excited to play with the giant litebrite, fascinated by the pegs and then a little frustrated when she couldn't get them out. I love the look on her face when they got stuck.

She loved running from place to place, sitting on the toddler teeter-totter and saying "wheeeeee" as she went up and down. Instead of playing with birdseed through funnels, she tried eating it and didn't like it. ;)

As is typical, my early reader finds herself a book and is happy as a clam. She loveloveloves Sandra Boynton books and she found Blue Hat, Green Hat. She kept reading "oops" and my heart exploded.

{These books are GREAT gifts! you know, for those who ask about ideas for her. There are tons we don't have.}

We finished up with a snack and headed home for a nap.  It was a really fun day!