My wife and I went here today. It’s an interesting museum all about Pittsburgh‘s history. They divide up the museum into small little sections with different themes, so you do not feel overwhelmed. They have a decent sized kids section if you are bringing children and you could probably see the entire museum in 2 to 3 hours.

This museum was right across the street from our hotel so it made for a convenient location for an afternoon visit. The museum still requires masks, even for vaccinated guests, and we didn’t care for that, especially when we noticed they weren’t consistent with this policy. We saw they were setting up the first floor for some sort of evening event and no one was wearing masks. As for the exhibits, we thought they were pretty interesting but we felt like we’d seen similar things at other museums with the exception of the Heinz and the Pittsburgh sports exhibits (and we weren’t interested in that). It’s definitely geared toward local interest which is fine. I don’t know that I would recommend it for out of area visitors but locals should definitely go.

Recommended to get a timed ticket before arrival due to COVID capacity restrictions. We arrived when they opened and despite the long line outside waiting for museum to open, once inside you don’t really see anyone else because the museum is so large. There are 5 floors to explore and each floor has multiple displays to go thru. It took us about an hour for each floor so by the 3rd floor we were getting weary. The ticket does allow you to come back the next day, which is not a bad idea at all if you want to give the same amt of attention to the 4th and 5th floors as you did the first three. Learned so much here and the museum is pristine and all displays are well thought out. Restrooms easy to access throughout the entire museum. They have an area dedicated to younger patrons, we did not go in that area but the kids in there looked as though they were having fun. Definitely a must stop for anyone in the Pittsburgh area.