Western PA Model Railroad Museum

The Museum is a volunteer-run nonprofit dedicated to the preservation of the history of railroading in the Pittsburgh region and is open only during the holiday season. 

Come explore the 4,000 square-foot “A Railroad Journey in Miniature” model train display. Set in the 1950s, the display captures the railroading industry as it made the transition from steam to diesel locomotives. It features model trains traveling between Pittsburgh and Cumberland, MD past numerous well-known landmarks, including the P&LE train station (now Market Square in Pittsburgh), J&L Steel Mill, Cox’s Department Store (McKeesport, PA), Falling Water, Ohiopyle PA, Helmstetter’s Curve and the Cumberland Station (Cumberland, MD).

The Museum has a first floor interactive area for children with train tables, a decorated Christmas tree and a Lionel toy train display.

The Museum is open thru Jan. 11 on Friday evenings, Saturdays and Sundays.
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Monongahela Plunge

 
 
 

On Jan. 1, the Pittsburgh Plunge just sort of happens. There are no leaders, no starting guns - just folks starting the year together. River cops patrol and people on shore help those struggling to climb up the bank.

Suggestion: park downtown and walk to the wharf.






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Ready for a New Year's Clean-Up?

Ready to clean up after holiday décor and festivities? Go to the Zero Waste link to find out where and when to recycle household items. (Look at the details - some place charge for some items.



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Winter Wonderland Open thru Jan. 11

With or without snow, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens will be a “Winter Wonderland”! This year, there is even more to see outdoors with the Winter Light Garden extended into the Discovery Garden packed with brightly colored orbs, cones and LED lights.

Hours for the Winter Flower Show are 9:30 a.m.-11 p.m. through Jan. 11, except on Dec. 24 when show closes at 5 p.m. and closed Christmas. Admission is $15 for adults, $14 for seniors and students, and $11 for children ages 2-18. Members and kids under 2 enter free.  Find out more

 

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Heinz Conservation Center

 
Will you be spending time with family talking about family history and treasures? Whether you want to preserve a family photo album or your grandmother's wedding dress, you can get help from a variety of specialists at the Heinz History Center. 


Contact The Museum Conservation Center at 412-454-6450 to find out more about workshops, services and supplies.

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Volunteer on New Year’s Eve

    






There are 2,015 reasons to be a Highmark First Night Pittsburgh volunteer—free parking, an event button, a volunteer kit packed with surprises—but the only one you really need is this: It’s fun!

There are dozens of ways to help, from being an Activity Monitor, Usher, Button-Checker, even Photographers’ Assistants. Anyone can volunteer: families, school groups, individuals looking for an interesting way to ring in the new year, and age and ability are no obstacle. Volunteers can be grandparents and retirees or elementary-age children. “Sometimes kids [coming to Highmark First Night Pittsburgh] are a little leery of adults. But if you have a kid their own age volunteering, they’ll think, This is cool, there’s another kid here, can’t be too bad. I think it’s great for kids to volunteer because they’re giving of themselves—they’re learning to be helpful.”


Shifts for Highmark First Night Pittsburgh volunteers vary in length, usually only a few hours, and all shifts are over by 11:30 p.m. so you can watch the fireworks and toast 2015 when the clock strikes twelve. And with your free event button, you can get into all the Highmark First Night Pittsburgh events. Volunteer

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Literary Evening with British historian Andrew Roberts

 

 
 
 
 

 

Andrew Roberts claimed his place as a world-renowned historian and author of Masters and Commanders, and The Storm of War. His newest book is a biography, Napoleon, “from the cradle to the grave,” based on new cutting-edge scholarship.

In 2011, NBC commissioned Roberts to commentate alongside Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera on the Royal Wedding of Prince William William to Kate Middleton, following his well-received broadcasts at the funerals of Diana, Princess of Wales and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and the wedding of Princes Charles to the Duchess of Cornwall. He also commentated for NBC on The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the birth of Prince George of Cambridge. Buy Tickets (most expensive ticket is $25)

 

 

 

Thursday, January 22 7:30 -  All tickets for the Nov 17th date will be honored.

Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15213

 

 

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