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Meadowcroft’s Pine Bank Covered Bridge
The Pine Bank Covered Bridge as it appeared in 1961. What’s more iconic to rural America than a covered bridge? In 1871, when Meadowcroft’s Pine Bank Bridge was constructed, there…
Cleaning the Fort Pitt Diorama
The model of Fort Pitt at the Fort Pitt Museum is an original museum fixture dating to the 1960s. The museum commissioned the local Pittsburgh business Holiday Displays to create…
#AskaCurator: Part 2
On Wednesday, Sept. 16, the History Center participated in #AskaCurator day on Twitter, an international event with over 1,000 participating museums from over 50 countries. The questions were fantastic and…
#AskaCurator: Part 1
On Wednesday, Sept. 16, the History Center participated in #AskaCurator day on Twitter, an international event with over 1,000 participating museums from over 50 countries. The questions were fantastic and…
Making Massy Harbison
“Are they real? Oh my goodness, they are so lifelike! Are they going to jump out at me? How are they made?” These are just a few of the questions…
How do they do it?: Recreating and Maintaining a Prehistoric Indian Village
From approximately 1050 to 1650, the Monongahela Indians sought out suitable ridges, saddles, and knobs among the Upper Ohio and Monongahela River drainages to establish their villages. Never the site…