Guide to Pittsburgh's best museums

If you're looking to explore Pittsburgh's best museums, you'll have plenty to choose from. The city is home to many large museums with impressive offerings as well as smaller museums with specialized collections.

Visitors and residents of the area should check out Pittsburgh's best museums.

Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Ave.
412-622-3131
https://cmoa.org

Free daily drop-in tours are available with admission, and you'll be able to learn about the museum's collection from trained docents. Programs and workshops are offered for children, teens and adults. Exhibitions cover photography, Pittsburgh's great design objects and more. In addition, the museum hosts frequent events, such as an art and dance party and drop-in yoga classes.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4400 Forbes Ave.
412-622-3131
https://carnegiemnh.org

One of Pittsburgh's four Carnegie museums, the Museum of Natural History holds special events, including "After Dark" nights that feature hands-on activities, live music and demonstrations. Get up close with some of the museum's animals, such as snakes or skunks, or explore exhibits, such as "Age of Mammals: The Cenozoic Era" or the "Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems."

ToonSeum
945 Liberty Ave.
412-232-0199
http://toonseum.org

ToonSeum is one of the country's only comic art museums and has featured exhibitions, such as "The Graphic Art of Star Trek, Civil Rights in Comics and Cartoons" and "Wonder Woman: Visions." Children, teens and adults can take classes to learn how to draw comics. Monthly talks are presented by a working member of the Pittsburgh comics community.

Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
10 Children's Way, Allegheny Square
412-322-5058
https://pittsburghkids.org

The museum gives kids a chance to get active with water play installations, a multimedia art studio, a garden featuring edible plants from the region and a garage featuring things that drive, fly, and roll. Innovative programs include Destination Empathy, which lets kids dance like a bee, move through the grass like an insect and search for food through the eyes of a pigeon, all through immersive technology.

The Andy Warhol Museum
117 Sandusky St.
412-237-8300
www.warhol.org

Since Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh, it's only fitting that his hometown's museum has the largest collection of his art and archives in the world. Explore and immerse yourself in Warhol's art, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, videos, film and much more. You can also try some of his signature techniques and listen to touring bands from around the world.

Bicycle Heaven
1800 Preble and Columbus Ave.
412-734-4034
www.bicycleheaven.org

As the world's largest bicycle museum and shop, Bicycle Heaven has nearly 4,000 vintage to new bicycles. You can see bikes that have been seen in movies such as "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" and "Fences," as well as theme bikes featuring The Beatles, Elvis Presley and more. In addition to admiring the bikes, you can also get your bike fixed, tuned up or traded in for a different one.

Carnegie Science Center
One Allegheny Ave.
412-237-3400
www.carnegiesciencecenter.org

The Carnegie Science Center brings science to life with demonstration theaters featuring subjects such as the chemistry of cooking and basics of biology. It houses the Buhl Planetarium, a popular destination that has evening laser shows with 3-D atmospheric effects. It also gives visitors the chance to watch documentaries or popular Hollywood movies in the technology-packed Rangos Giant Cinema, which has a premium multichannel surround sound system and two 4K laser digital projectors.

The Clemente Museum
3339 Penn Ave.
412-621-1268
www.clementemuseum.com

Located in a historical firehouse, The Clemente Museum is small in size but has countless artifacts and photos from "The Great One," Roberto Clemente. Tours are available by appointment only. The tours are led by knowledgeable guides who share information about Clemente's career with the Pirates and his personal life.

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