Fort Pitt Museum

Activity Overview

The Fort Pitt museum has a significant historical importance in shaping many world-wide events, and it showcases the history of western Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh. The museum is located in the historical Point state park, and it adjoins the Fort Pitt blockhouse. It is a 12,000 square-foot museum that highlights the role Pennsylvania played during the French and Indian war. Families must visit this museum to get to know many aspects of the history of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania. The museum is open daily.

Things to Do

• Families can do a variety of interactive and enriching activities at the museum, there are life-like museum figures, artifacts, interactive stations. One of the interesting life-like figures is of King Beaver, who was an 18th century Indian diplomat.
• Three historic rooms are recreated that show life inside the fort in the 1750's. The recreated rooms have many interesting artifacts to look for, including a British soldier's barrack.
• Children will enjoy the interactive object theater that shows life-like figures along with an introductory video.
• A recently restored and conserved 16-foot diorama shows Pittsburgh and Fort Pitt in 1765.
• The Fort Pit museum displays many interesting and historic 18th century artifacts.
• A current exhibition "History meets Hollywood at Fort Pitt", commemorates the 250th anniversary of Pontiac's Rebellion and the siege of Pittsburgh. The exhibit explores the Hollywood depiction of the events in a 1947 movie.
• Educational visits for children can be reserved at the museum.

Fort Pitt Museum Insider Tips

• A membership comes with many benefits.
• On-site guides are very informative.
• The museum has a small gift shop.