Museum passes

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The Museum Experience Kit offers library cardholders an opportunity to access historical sites and museums in the 
greater Pittsburgh area as well as Steubenville. 

Kits can be checked out for one week and can be reserved in advance. Most kits offer complimentary admission for 
2 adults and up to 6 children to each site. For OH Wow! Children's Science Museum there is a limit of 4 tickets. On 
the back of each museum pass is a QR code for a virtual kit that will further supplement your museum experience. 
Virtual kits are clickable PDFs containing fun educational materials provided by each participating site.

Most Museum Experience Kits are available from June 1 - December 1, however, the Heinz History Center Kit is 
available year round.

Our kits this year include:

Heinz History Center 
Fort Pitt
Meadowcroft
Ft. Steuben
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
Braddock’s Battlefield
Fort Ligonier
Depreciation Lands
OH WOW! Children’s Science Museum

Museum Experience Kits are available from June 1- December 1.  Patrons can choose one kit at checkout.  Kits check 
out for one week at a time and can be reserved in advance.  Kits are good for 2 adults and up to 6 children.

The Heinz History Center Kit is available year round.

On the back of each museum pass is a QR code for a virtual kit that will further supplement your museum experience.  
Virtual kits are clickable PDFs containing fun educational materials provided by each participating site.

Heinz History Center
Visit the Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood exhibit and the Kids Discovery Center. Don’t miss all things sports at the W. 
Pennsylvania Sports Museum. Top it off with all the special exhibits!

Fort Pitt Museum
Step back in time at Point State Park and discover what life was like for 18th-century residents. Learn about the role 
of Pittsburgh during the American Revolution, the French and Indian War, and the Early Republic.

Meadowcroft 
Experience 19,000 years of history at North America’s oldest site of human habitation. Then tour three recreated 
villages to learn what life was like for our earliest ancestors.

Fort Steuben
Historic Fort Steuben was built in 1786 by the First American Regiment for the protection of surveyors who had been 
sent by the Continental Congress to map the Northwest Territory. Visitors can tour the reconstructed fort to see the 
soldiers’ quarters guardhouse, hospital, and commissary, as well as the Federal Land Office. Historic Fort Steuben’s 
many exhibits, tours, and events tell the story of the daily life of the men who helped open the territories to 
settlement.

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
Take a ride into the past at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum where the trolley era is alive and well. Museum guides 
will put the trolley in its historical context, and explain what life was like 50-100 years ago.

Braddock’s Battlefield
Braddock’s Battlefield History Center is a small American museum and visitors center on the site of the Battle of the 
Monongahela of July 9, 1755. It features a collection of art, documents, and artifacts about the Braddock Expedition 
and the French and Indian War as it unfolded at the Forks of the Ohio.

Fort Ligonier
Check out Fort Ligonier and experience history like never before. The museum includes a collection of art and artifacts 
from across the globe — along with archaeological collections from the French and Indian War.

Depreciation Lands
The Depreciation Lands Museum is a vibrant Colonial era living history settlement, in an area that by 1805 was known 
as Talley Cavey. The museum seeks to present the lifestyle, hopes, and dreams, of the early European settlers in the 
Depreciation Lands, which includes their interactions with the local natives.

OH WOW! Children’s Science Museum
Explore while learning! Check out the hands-on activities at the OH WOW! Children’s Center in downtown Youngstown. 
OH WOW!®’s colorful, hands-on environment encourages independent thinking through interactive STEM-based 
exhibits and EDUtaining programs. Limit 4 tickets
 

For more information or to reserve your Experience Kit, please contact your library branch.


 


Source URL: https://www.steubenvillelibrary.org/services/passes