Experience Kits: Be a Tourist in Your Own City!
Museum passes with FREE ADMISSION for two adults and up to six children under 18
In partnership with the History Center Affiliates Program, we are offering FREE ADMISSION for two adults and up to six children under 18 to a number of museums and historical sites around Pittsburgh! The kits circulate for one week at a time and can be reserved in advance.
Our 2024 Experience Kit season includes admission to:
- Heinz History Center (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Devoted to the history and heritage of Western Pennsylvania, the History Center is Pennsylvania’s largest history museum and a proud affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.
- Kit also includes admission to: Fort Pitt Museum and Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village
- Historic Fort Steuben (Steubenville, OH )
- Historic Fort Steuben was built in 1787 and was named after Friedrich Wilhelm Steuben, a Prussian army officer who was George Washington’s drillmaster in the Revolutionary War.
- Braddock’s Battlefield History Center (North Braddock, PA)
- The BBHC, in North Braddock, Pa., stands on the very ground where the Battle of the Monongahela — better known as “Braddock’s Defeat” — took place. It is the most widely recognized battle of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) which developed into the first world-wide great powers conflict, the Seven Years’ War (1756-63). This battle was crucial to the military education of a young George Washington and helped inform his destiny as commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolution.
- Depreciation Lands Museum & Park (Hampton Township, PA)
- The Depreciation Lands Museum and Park was created by Hampton Township in 1973 and seeks to preserve and interpret the early years of European settlement in the Depreciation Lands, land set aside in Western Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1783 to compensate its soldiers for service in the Revolutionary War.
- Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (Chartiers Township, PA)
- The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum came to Chartiers Township, Washington County in February 1954 with three trolleys and a dream that was born in 1941. Today, that dream is a reality. PTM now boasts a collection of 52 cars, over 600 members worldwide, 140 active volunteers, and over 38,000 visitors each year. With your support, we can fulfill our mission to keep the Trolley Era alive for generations to come.
- Fort Ligonier (Ligonier, PA)
- Fort Ligonier is a reconstructed British fort from the French and Indian War, located in Ligonier, PA. The fort was built in 1758 as winter quarters for soldiers, and it was used to house supplies of the British army and to defend the supply line crucial to the community.
*Pass can be used in lieu of suggested donation (although donations always welcome!)
Virtual experience kits
Plus: Before you go, explore the museum’s “virtual experience kit!” Discover what you might see during your visit, learn more about the history of the site, and find other fun things to do in the area while you’re there. Images and text in this virtual kit are “clickable,” and will direct you to external sites.
