Children's Museum of Pittsburgh

MISSION
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh provides innovative museum experiences that inspire joy, creativity and curiosity.

VISION
We provide the highest quality exhibits and programs for learning and play. We are a partner and a resource for people who work with or on behalf of children.

KEY VALUES
Commitment to Good Design Principles: The Children’s Museum is committed to quality design and firmly believes that attention to aesthetics and practicality creates functional, welcoming community spaces. This philosophy guided the 2004 Museum expansion, its development of exhibits and is the basis for the vision of the Buhl Community Park at Allegheny Square.

Play with Real Stuff:The Museum’s “play with real stuff” design philosophy promotes an organizational commitment to the use of authentic materials and processes in its exhibits and overall design.

Commitment to Diversity: Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh is committed to providing an environment of inclusion and respect for visitors, staff and board that is free of discrimination.

AUDIENCES SERVED*
306,000 visitors annually
6,193 member families
5,946 senior citizens admissions
24,313 children visited on field trips
12,720 of those children were from Title One Schools

*Fiscal Year 2017

COMMUNITIES SERVED
North Side Neighborhood
City Pittsburgh
Surrounding counties (Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Washington, Westmoreland)

PARTNERSHIPS
The Museum shares its 80,000 square foot space with the following organizations who work with or on behalf of children:

Allies for Children (child advocacy group)
Reading is FUNdamental Pittsburgh
The Saturday Light Brigade (family radio program)
Head Start/Pre-K classrooms for the Pittsburgh Public Schools
University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Learning in Out-of-School Environments (UPCLOSE)
ECONOMIC IMPACT
72 full-time jobs
108 part-time jobs
$8.4M operating budget (fiscal year 2018)

NATIONAL AWARDS
USA Today’s Best Museums for Families list, 2017
Parents magazine’s 15 Best Children’s Museums list, 2015
Kiwi magazine’s 6 Green Children’s Museums to Visit, 2015
Parents magazine’s 10 Best Children’s Museums list, 2011
Institute of Museum and Library Services National Medal, 2009
Four-star rating from Charity Navigator – the highest rating – in FY 2008, 2005, 2004
Western PA Environmental Award, 2008
Rudy Brunner Award for Urban Design Excellence, Gold Medalist, 2007
National Historic Trust for Preservation Honor Award, 2006
Silver LEED Rating, 2006
American Institute of Architects National Honor Award, 2006
Association of Science and Technology Center’s Leading Edge Award for Business Practices, 2005
American Association of Museum’s Gold Muse Award for Websites (www.pittsburghkids.org), 2005
Association of Children’s Museum’s Promising Practice Award for design partnership with UPCLOSE, 2004