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Brand-New Moonshot Museum Among Top Reasons to VisitPittsburgh This Winter
Looking for something new and exciting in Pittsburgh for your meetings or big events? Make room in your itinerary to visit our new space museum, take in the arts at first-ever exhibits or plan a tour at a just-opened brewing facility.
Fly Me To the Moon (and Mars)
Visitors can take one giant leap toward space exploration at Moonshot Museum, Pennsylvania’s first space museum and the only museum in the world to focus exclusively on career and community readiness for the 21st century space industry. Moonshot is now officially open!
Co-located at the headquarters of space robotics company Astrobotic, this Only in Pittsburgh attraction provides hands-on, interactive encounters. Space explorers of all ages and backgrounds will marvel at the sight of the assembly of a real lunar spacecraft while also navigating one interconnected experience that puts them in charge of a simulated space mission.
When it comes to space exploration, why stop at the Moon? Mars: The Next Giant Leap, opens at the Carnegie Science Center on Nov. 19. The new exhibition launches visitors on a 300-million-mile journey to Mars, where they will explore relevant, contemporary issues that surround space exploration. This new 7,400 square foot permanent exhibition gallery is the most expansive new experience added since the Science Center opened in 1991.
The arts continue to thrive in Pittsburgh with two new, first-of-their-kind exhibitions now open. The Andy Warhol Museum presents Andy Warhol’s Social Network: Interview, Television and Portraits through Feb. 20, 2023. This first-time exhibition seeks to answer the question of how Pittsburgh pop artist Andy Warhol would fare in a fast-paced world of social media through thoughtful examinations of his work in television, print and portrait commissions.
The Frick Art Museum examines self-taught artists throughout the history of the United States with American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection, on display through Jan. 8, 2023. The first folk art exhibition in the Frick’s history, American Perspectives includes sculptures, paintings and other objects that each share a powerful, lived experience unique to the nation’s history.
There's so much happening in the visual and performing arts, we have to break it into two sections! Contemporary Craft showcases innovation and transformation in the glass medium with Transformation 11: Contemporary Works in Glass, on display through March 18, 2023. This groundbreaking exhibition features 17 contemporary artists from around the world who push the boundaries of traditional techniques and elevate glass from the ordinary to the extraordinary.
August Wilson House officially opened its doors on Aug. 13. Located at 1727 Bedford Ave., in the Hill District neighborhood, the restored childhood home of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson is now an arts center for programming, workshops and panel discussions while also serving as a destination for resources related to Wilson’s life and work.
Now Serving
If your meetings and events attendees are all about the food and drink, Pittsburgh has two new options to spotlight, too.
Foodies have yet another reason to flock to Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood with the opening of The Parlor Dim Sum, the new restaurant from chef-restaurateur Roger Li. The retro neon sign and unique Mahjong tile art beckons diners to a Cantonese and dim sum menu with elevated flavors. Dim Sum is ordered via checklist including Li’s upscale versions of everything from siu mai to roasted pork buns, crystal shrimp dumplings and fried wontons. An extensive menu of Cantonese BBQ, noodle dishes and from the wok favorites will keep diners coming back (reservations highly recommended).
Rolling out four hundred cans of beer per minute, Pittsburgh Brewing Co.’s new stainless steel brewing facility in Creighton features state-of-the-art technology. With brewery tours, a restaurant, an onsite store and a distillery in the works, Pittsburgh Brewing Co. will be an exciting addition to the region’s established craft beverage scene.
