Carousel Afternoons at Schenley Plaza: A Pittsburgh Family Ritual
In the shadow of the Cathedral of Learning, the PNC Carousel at Schenley Plaza spins its gentle magic — a Victorian-style carousel of hand-painted animals...
Month : October 2026
Storytimes, Songs and Saturday Fun at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
The best free entertainment in Pittsburgh wears a library card. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh runs a citywide calendar of children’s storytimes, baby and toddler lapsits,...
A Day of Science with the Kids at Kamin Science Center
Pittsburgh’s Kamin Science Center might be the easiest family ‘yes’ in town. Four floors on the North Shore stack the day perfectly: little kids splash...
Fall Flower Show: ‘Alice’s Adventures in Autumn’ Delights Families at Phipps Through November 1
Down the rabbit hole and into the chrysanthemums: Phipps Conservatory’s Fall Flower Show: Alice’s Adventures in Autumn runs through November 1, 2026 — a family-perfect...
Phipps with Kids: Butterflies, Discovery Garden and a Garden Railroad
Phipps Conservatory is secretly one of Pittsburgh’s best children’s museums — it just happens to be made of plants. Kids roam the Butterfly Forest in...
MuseumLab: Where Pittsburgh’s Big Kids Make Big Things
When kids outgrow the water table, Pittsburgh has a next step. MuseumLab, the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh’s creativity campus for youth 10 and up, occupies...
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh: A North Side Wonderland for Curious Kids
Some museums whisper. The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh hums, splashes and builds. Set in a landmark former post office joined to the grand old Buhl...
Meet a Sloth, Feed a Lorikeet: Animal Encounters Kids Love at the National Aviary
Some zoo days you watch. At the National Aviary, you participate. Pittsburgh’s bird zoo builds its days around encounters: hand-feeding rainbow lorikeets as they flutter...
Feathered Fun: A Family Visit to the National Aviary
On Pittsburgh’s North Side, the National Aviary is a rainforest you can walk into. America’s only independent nonprofit zoo dedicated exclusively to birds houses more...
Kids Kingdom: The Children’s Zoo Inside the Pittsburgh Zoo
Before ‘children’s zoos’ were everywhere, Pittsburgh built one of the first — and Kids Kingdom at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is still where the...
