Making History Blog
5 Questions with Interpreter Lisa Maust
Historical interpreters help tell the story of Meadowcroft through the centuries. Visitors exploring the site’s three recreated villages see history come to life as interpreters share information and reenact…
Wintering in the Ohio Country with James Smith
“Portrait of Col. James Smith,” artist unknown, c. 1800-1810. Courtesy Warren J. Shonert Americana Collection, Eva G. Farris Special Collections, W. Frank Steely Library, Northern Kentucky University. James Smith’s…
Forks of the Ohio Homeschool Series
Students sift through dirt unearthed at Point State Park with state employees to identify the history of the Point through simple archeology. One day a month during the spring…
5 Questions with… Interpreter Sarah Kizina
Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village invites learners to get out of the classroom and experience history in action. Through its three recreated villages representing the 16th, 18th, and 19th…
Earthrise
Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968. That evening, the astronauts-Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell,…
Tuning in the Holidays: Recalling Pittsburgh’s Connections to the TV Holiday Special
Poster for the 1978 NBC TV showing of “The Stingiest Man in Town,” 1978. Alcoa employees received this as an insert in the company newsletter in November 1978. Aluminum…
A Few of our Curators’ Favorite Things
In 1961, two years after “The Sound of Music” opened on Broadway and four years before the movie was released, Julie Andrews sang the song “My Favorite Things” on…
From Westinghouse to Disney: Exploring Pittsburgh Robotics Past and Present
From steel mills to steel robots, Pittsburgh is no stranger to industry. The city’s long history of technological innovation dates back to its early days as America’s steel capital,…
5 Reasons to Visit the History Center This Holiday Season
As family and friends flock to the city this holiday season, there’s only one place to take them for a day of out of this world fun. The Heinz…
West and South from Philadelphia: Early American Powder Horns Made by Horners, Combmakers, & Turners
In colonial America, bovine animals like cows, steer, and oxen sustained a variety of trades, from slaughtermen and butchers to tanners and shoemakers. In addition to these, a now-little-known…