Fort Pitt Museum
Fort Pitt Museum is an indoor/outdoor museum that is administered by the Senator John Heinz History Center in downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: American museum
- Address: PA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Pitt Block House and Point State Park.
Fort Pitt Block House
Historic building
Photo: Kevin Myers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fort Pitt Block House is a historic building in Point State Park in the city of Pittsburgh. It was constructed in 1764 as a redoubt of Fort Pitt, making it the oldest extant structure in Western Pennsylvania, as well as the "oldest authenticated structure west of the Allegheny Mountains".
Point State Park
Park
Photo: John, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Point State Park is a Pennsylvania state park which is located on 36 acres in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, US, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River.
Acrisure Stadium
Stadium
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Acrisure Stadium, formerly known as Heinz Field, is a stadium located in the North Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. It primarily serves as the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League and the Pittsburgh Panthers of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Acrisure Stadium is situated 2,800 feet northwest of Fort Pitt Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Pittsburgh and Chatham Village.
Downtown Pittsburgh
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Downtown Pittsburgh is the main business district and urban center of life in the city. Constrained by the Allegheny River on the north and the Monongahela River on the south, which join to form the Ohio River at what is known as the "Point", Downtown has been forced to grow upwards.
Chatham Village
Neighborhood
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Chatham Village is a community within the larger Mount Washington neighborhood of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and an internationally acclaimed model of community design.
Allegheny West
Neighborhood
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Allegheny West is a historic neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's North Side. The Pittsburgh Historic Review Commission voted in favor of designating the neighborhood as a city historic district in September 1989.
Fort Pitt Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.4407° or 40° 26′ 27″ northLongitude
-80.00969° or 80° 0′ 35″ westElevation
725 feet (221 metres)Open location code
86GXCXRR+74OpenStreetMap ID
way 109499955OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
5190083Wikidata ID
Q5471847
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