I've lived in PGH for a year now and really don't know a whole lot of history about the region. So going to the Heinz History Center made sense. After passing by billboards for the Pittsburgh's sunken steamboat the Arabia I decided to go. I had been in the great hall of the building, which is super gorgeous, so my hopes were high. I brought my 5 year old on Memorial Day and delighted to find out his admission was free, but mine was 15 bucks. The steamboat exhibit for the Arabia was decent. The kid's areas were boring and my kid was quickly over them. The museum isn't terrible but its seems to have old school exhibit styles in this modern chic loft space. Some of the exhibits were more modern and well- presented and others were just those corny mannequins with blurbs. Maybe I struggled to find the cohesion in the lay out here. The most interesting part for me was the exhibit on items from Pittsburghs ethnic neighborhoods.\n2-3 stars.
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