Visitors can create, learn and play using real tools and real processes at the following weekly classes.
Tot Time Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 11:00 am – noon
Children ages 18 months through 3 years and their caregivers learn through hands-on activities, songs and stories based on Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory.
$5 for members, $6.25 for non-members. Admission to the Museum not included. Multiple class discounts available.
Prototype Day Tuesdays, 11:00 am - Noon & 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Have some fun with us as we test or build something related to a new exhibit idea. Stop by and see what we are cooking up for you every Tuesday.
Garage Workshop Class Times Join a Workshop Specialist in the Garage Workshop, with a different theme each week. Each theme will begin on Wednesdays.
Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Wednesday
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Saturday
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
2:00 - 4:30 pm
Sunday
Noon - 2:00 pm
3:00 - 4:30 pm
*Visitors are welcome to explore and experiment independently in the Workshop when a specialist is not on duty.
Rollercoaster Week Feb 3rd - Feb 9th
Play with momentum and energy in our Garage/Workshop. Explore these natural phenomena hands on by making ball and track roller coasters.
Rube Goldberg Week Feb 10th - Feb 16th
Play with cause and effect in honor of the celebrated cartoonist Rube Goldberg. Design and build a series of events that produce the wackiest of results.
Incline Week Feb 17th - Feb 23rd
Pittsburgh has the unique landscape that requires unique solutions to problems. Learn how simple machines like the incline plane and pulley allow people to commute up and down our hills.
Invention Pittsburgh Week Feb 24th - Mar 2nd
Pittsburgh is the birthplace to many innovations that go unnoticed. Join us as we look at the history of the people of Pittsburgh’s inventions. Then make your own invention in our Workshop.
