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FuzzPunkMutt t1_ja7mp7z wrote

The Children's Museum and the Heinz History Museum.

I do like both of them. I'll admit that I just haven't been to many children's museums, so I can't comment as to the accuracy of the report, but regardless of how they stack up nationally I think most the museums here in Pittsburgh are pretty great.

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Lil_Phantoms_Lawyer t1_ja7plfe wrote

I'm surprised the Children's Museum is there tbh. It's nice, but I've been to a lot and most of them are nicer. The Clay Center in Charleston, WV was a surprisingly awesome Children's Museum that I wish we had in Pittsburgh. The imaginative play area was just so wonderful and something our Children's Museum lacks.

Heinz History Center is truly a gem though and I'm glad both made the list.

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WellTimedPoop t1_ja7vmsp wrote

Check out the Strong Museum of Play up in Rochester if you've never been. We took our toddler back in september, and it was incredible. It's also massive, and the top floor has a museum of toys and video games which was awesome for the adults

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_Booster_Gold_ t1_ja88ku9 wrote

Yes, this one is cool. They're adding on to it right now, too.

The video game section was slightly disappointing to me. But we enjoyed it overall.

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Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_ja96okb wrote

Baltimore children's museum is awesome too. worth a mnitrip.

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WellTimedPoop t1_ja9r9uf wrote

Good to know! I’ve got friends in Baltimore and were planning on going this summer just for the aquarium. We’ll have to do both!

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Lil_Phantoms_Lawyer t1_ja7yhp9 wrote

That ones good, there is a cool music-centric one in Toledo, and Indianapolis is just entirely next level.

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WellTimedPoop t1_ja7ytg1 wrote

Oh sweet, I starred them both in google maps to keep in mind for future road trips. Most of my team is in the indy area and the ones with kids rave about their museum but I assumed it was local bias

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Lil_Phantoms_Lawyer t1_ja7zjej wrote

Indy's museum is just massive. Pittsburgh Childrens Museum is 80,000 sq ft, the Carnegie natural history is 115,000 and Indianapolis Children's Museum is 374,000.

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Vanessa279 t1_ja8kwgm wrote

The outdoor section with all the sports is amazing! My kids could have stayed there all day.

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raptorthebun t1_ja7si9g wrote

This is really surprising to me. I can't comment on the history museum, but I've moved around quite a bit in the last 10 years while having kids and the children's museum in Pittsburgh was one of our least favorite ones. The Carnegie Science Center /Sports Museum on the other hand was amazing and we went there all the time. I even enjoyed those as an adult.

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aMaleNurse2000 t1_ja8f99k wrote

Museums are great. The zoo owners should be jailed though.

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