Children"s Museum of Pittsburgh

Ek Bilgiler

The Children's Museum store offers a wide selection of educational and exciting products for children of all ages. We carry items that complement current exhibits and programs at the Museum. Favorite choices include arts and craft materials, water-soluble face painting crayons, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood puppets, games, toys and Children's Museum shirts, hats and mugs. Children's Museum of Pittsburgh has been housed within the Old Post Office building since 1983 and is recognized as a regional asset for its adaptive use of historic property. The 20,000 square foot building of Italian Renaissance design is listed with the National Registry of Historic Places and was designed by William Aiken, architect for the U.S. Treasury Department. It is graced with a four-story, copper domed rotunda adjoined by an enclosed courtyard. The building opened in 1897 as the main post office for the city of Allegheny and was saved from destruction by Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. It was deeded to the Children's Museum in 1991.