Your Family's Guide to Adventure During ARRS 2026
While you’re engaging with radiology education, we invite your family to explore a city bursting with history, innovation, and unforgettable fun. Pittsburgh is a playground for all ages, and we’ve curated this guide to help you discover the very best family-friendly destinations our city has to offer. Make the most of your downtime and create lasting memories together in Pittsburgh.
Museums and Educational Fun
Carnegie Museums
You can’t go wrong with the Carnegie Museums, a four-in-one ticket to discovery. At the Carnegie Science Center, your family can ignite their curiosity with five floors of hands-on exhibits. Across town, step back in time at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History to walk among giants in its world-renowned dinosaur hall. Right next door, you can explore masterpieces at the Carnegie Museum of Art and celebrate a pop-art icon at The Andy Warhol Museum, dedicated to the Pittsburgh native’s work.
Heinz History Center
Explore six floors of interactive exhibits where your family can visit the original set of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, design Pop Art in the Discovery Place, and even score the winning goal for the Penguins in the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum. It’s no wonder it was named America’s top history museum.
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh
At one of the best children’s museums in the country, it’s all about creative, hands-on play. Kids can splash in the water zones, create a masterpiece in the art studio, or engineer something amazing in the building areas. It’s the perfect place for them to learn and explore.
Moonshot Museum
For an experience your kids will never forget, head to the Moonshot Museum. They can watch engineers build real lunar spacecraft in real-time and even take on interactive space missions. It’s the only place in the world where you can get this close to an active mission to the Moon.
National Aviary
Step into America’s only independent indoor zoo dedicated to birds. Inside the National Aviary, hundreds of beautiful and exotic birds fly freely around you in large, natural habitats. Be sure to check out the interactive feedings and shows for an up-close encounter.
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium
Journey from lush forests to the ocean floor in a single day. As one of only six combined zoo and aquarium institutions in the nation, this park offers a seamless celebration of wildlife. Watch creatures run, leap, and crawl through naturalistic habitats, then marvel at a vibrant underwater world teeming with aquatic life.
Unique Pittsburgh Experiences
Duquesne Incline
Take a ride on a piece of living history. The iconic red cable cars of the Duquesne Incline have been climbing Mt. Washington for over 140 years. The view from the top is the absolute best in the city. It’s a perfect photo opportunity and a memory you won’t soon forget.
Gateway Clipper
See Pittsburgh from its most stunning angle: the water. Hop aboard the Gateway Clipper Fleet for a relaxing ride on the three rivers. You’ll get breathtaking views of the city skyline while a narrator shares cool facts and stories about Pittsburgh’s history and landmarks.
Liberty Magic
Get ready to be amazed at this intimate magic venue in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. Following in the footsteps of Harry Houdini, who once performed on this very street, today’s master magicians deliver incredible performances that will leave your family wondering, “How did they do that?”