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History / Museums

Museums

» Greene County Historical Society and Museum  
At the Greene County Historical Society Museum you can take a trip into the past through the exhibits and displays of local artifacts dating from the early native Monongahela culture to the early 20th Century.

» Pennsylvania Trolley Museum  
Climb aboard for a ride into the past! Hear the clang of the bell, feel the powerful electric motors and the clatter of the heavy steel wheels over the rails. Experience the sights, sounds and feel of an earlier era as a vintage streetcar takes you on a three mile round trip and more than a century of history!

» Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center  
The Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center is an internationally acclaimed museum and research facility devoted to preserving and presenting the sweeping history and heritage of the Western Pennsylvania region. The History Center occupies the former Chautauqua Lake Ice Company building, conveniently located in downtown Pittsburgh, just one block from the David Lawrence Convention Center. A dramatic permanent exhibit installation is "Points in Time: Building a Life in Western Pennsylvania, 1750-Today." Other features include changing exhibit galleries, Library and Archives, children's Discovery Place, Museum Shop and Cafe, and the offices of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, the state's largest, established in 1879.

 

 

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