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History Center and Partners Awarded National Grant to Support Italian American Research
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Senator John Heinz History Center and its partners.
History Center Announces Honorees for 31st Annual History Makers Award Dinner
The Senator John Heinz History Center – the Smithsonian’s home in Pittsburgh – will recognize distinguished Pittsburghers for their exceptional contributions to the history of Western Pennsylvania, the nation, and the world at the 31st Annual History Makers Award Dinner on Thursday, May 16, at 6:30 p.m., at The Westin Pittsburgh.
History Center Voted America’s #1 History Museum
The Smithsonian-affiliated Senator John Heinz History Center has been voted as the #1 History Museum in America by USA Today as part of its annual Readers' Choice Awards.
History Center Extends Free Admission for Kids
This holiday season, the Heinz History Center, Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum, and Fort Pitt Museum are offering free admission for kids aged 17 and under, now through Dec. 31, 2023. Free admission for kids is generously supported by community partners UPMC and UPMC Health Plan in November and Howard Hanna Real Estate Services in December.
STRIP DISTRICT NEIGHBORS RELEASES 2023 “STATE OF THE STRIP” REPORT
Strip District Neighbors released its third annual “State of the Strip” report Thursday evening during its Town Hall meeting at CADENCE+ At the Strip. The report is a powerful tool for advocacy and planning for the Strip District neighborhood.
History Center to Host “History’s Mysteries: The Allegheny Arsenal Explosion”
On Halloween weekend, the Senator John Heinz History Center – the Smithsonian’s home in Pittsburgh – will host a book talk, “History’s Mysteries: The Allegheny Arsenal Explosion,” with History Center President and CEO Andy Masich and authors Tom Powers and James Wudarczyk of the Lawrenceville Historical Society, Friday, Oct. 28, from 6:30-8 p.m.
50 Years Later: Sports Museum Kicks Off Campaign to Honor Immaculate Reception Anniversary
The Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum, part of the Senator John Heinz History Center’s family of museums, unveiled a special campaign to commemorate the Immaculate Reception – the greatest play in NFL history – to mark its 50th anniversary this season.
History Center Free for Kids through October
The Senator John Heinz History Center – the Smithsonian’s home in Pittsburgh – will offer free admission for all kids aged 17 and under this October, sponsored by UPMC, throughout the History Center’s family of museums.
History Center Adds Collection of Pittsburgh Astronaut Jay Apt
The Senator John Heinz History Center – the Smithsonian’s home in Pittsburgh – recently added a collection artifacts, photos, documents, and other archival information to its Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives that explores the life of Pittsburgh astronaut Jerome “Jay” Apt.
History Center announces second annual "Civic Season"
The Senator John Heinz History Center – the Smithsonian’s home in Pittsburgh – is joining fellow leading civic and history organizations across the United States this month to launch the second annual Civic Season, in partnership with the Made By Us coalition.
From the Mills to the Met: New History Center Exhibition Explores
The Senator John Heinz History Center – the Smithsonian’s home in Pittsburgh – explores the gripping story of a Pittsburgh immigrant who endured poverty, tragedy, and other adversities to become one of the world’s most revered self-taught artists inside its new exhibition, Pittsburgh’s John Kane: The Life & Art of an American Workman, which opens this Saturday, May 21.
Four presenters took what many of us know of as a regional conflict which we call the “French and Indian War” involving the British and French Empires, as well as several indigenous nations and confederacies, and opened our eyes to a wider world conflict.