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MuseumLab™ is a museum for older kids, where they can experiment with art, technology and more. Right here in Pittsburgh.
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh is growing along with your family, creating Museum Lab as a place where kids 10+ can have cutting-edge experiences in art, tech and learning. It’s just the thing for their inquiring minds, increasing skills and independent inclinations. Museum Lab is about experimenting and learning alongside our partner organizations that are helping us create programs for Museum Lab, including Manchester Academic Charter School. You can get lost climbing, sliding and hanging out in a three-story artwork made with rope woven around the framework of the steel bookshelves of this former library (affectionately known as The Stacks, opening this summer.) And with the creation of Museum Lab, we’ll have created the largest cultural campus for children in the country. So bring the kids in your life - while they’ll still be seen with you.
A look back at Creatives Unwind at MuseumLab 💚🎨
Good music good energy and plenty of creativity filled the night as we made connected explored and just took some time to unwind together
Big thank you to DJ Arie Cole for setting the vibe and to everyone who came out and made the night what it was 🎧✨
Until the next one 👀
Creatives Unwind is happening tomorrow night at MuseumLab 🎧✨
DJ Arie Cole is getting warmed up with a shot on our new mini golf course ⛳ and tomorrow you’ll have the chance to create connect explore and unwind with us
PLUS 👀 you could even win tickets to see Chance the Rapper 🎟️🔥
📅 September 18
⏰ 6–9 pm
📍 MuseumLab
🎶 Sounds by DJ Arie Cole
🎨 LEGO zine making creative projects + more
🥤 Drinks and light refreshments included
Grab your spot and come unwind with us 💚
09/16/2026
Get hands-on with hand sewing 101 at MuseumLab 🧵
Middle schoolers in grades 6–8 can explore the basics of hand sewing while learning new tools materials and creative skills along the way
📅 September 17
⏰ 3:30–5:30 pm
📍 MuseumLab
🎟️ Free for mlabPASS holders
Come make something with us 💚
09/08/2026
Such a great night of conversation and connection at The Art of Event Planning ✨
A huge thank you to our panelists and everyone who joined us at MuseumLab to talk creativity strategy and all the behind the scenes work that goes into bringing memorable events to life
Here’s a look back at the night 📸
09/05/2026
Come create connect and unwind with us 💚
Creatives Unwind is back at MuseumLab for an evening of making and connecting with Pittsburgh’s creative community. Build with LEGO, make a zine, bring a project you’re already working on or simply come explore the space while DJ Arie Cole sets the vibe 🎶
📅 Friday September 18
⏰ 6:00–9:00 PM
📍 MuseumLab
🎟️FREE
Come curious and leave inspired
09/04/2026
Make something from scratch this weekend at MuseumLab. 🌿📄
Learn how to turn recycled fibers into your own handmade paper, then make it your own with pulp painting, dried flower petals, seeds + more. You’ll leave with multiple sheets created by YOU!
📅 Saturday, September 5 + Sunday, September 6
⏰ 3:00–4:30 PM
📍 MuseumLab
🎟️ Ages 9+ | Adults welcome
✨ FREE for mlabPASS holders | 50% off for Museum members
Spots are limited — register ahead and come make with us!
This weekend at MuseumLab: Bookbinding! 📚✂️
Turn paper, thread, and a little creativity into something completely your own. Join us in MakeLab to learn a variety of bookbinding techniques while creating your own sketchbook or journal from scratch.
Presented in partnership with PublicSource, this workshop is also a chance to build skills you can use to create and submit your own zine!
📅 August 29 & 30
⏰ 1:00 PM & 3:00 PM
📍 MuseumLab
🎟️ Ages 9+ | Adults welcome
✨ FREE for mlabPASS holders | 50% off for Museum members
Spots are limited — grab yours and come make something with us!
Turn your ideas into something worth sealing. ✉️🔥
Join us at MuseumLab for our Wax Seals Workshop, where you’ll design your own seal, laser cut it from acrylic, melt wax, and use your creation to emboss a one-of-a-kind design.
📅 August 21 | 3:00–4:30 PM
📅 August 22 | 1:00–2:30 PM & 3:00–4:30 PM
📅 August 23 | 1:00–2:30 PM & 3:00–4:30 PM
🎟️ $15 per participant
👥 Ages 9+ — adults are welcome too!
✨ FREE for mlabPASS holders
✨ Museum members receive 50% off
Spots are limited, so grab yours and come make something uniquely yours at MuseumLab!
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08/12/2026
Join us at MuseumLab for our Wood Carving workshop, where you’ll learn to safely use hand and power tools to transform a piece of wood into your own mini sculpture.
📅Friday, August 14
3:00 - 4:30 PM
📅Saturday, August 15
1:00 - 2:30 PM
3:00 - 4:30 PM
📅Sunday, August 16
1:00 - 2:30 PM
Please note: The 3:00 PM workshop on Sunday, August 16 has been CANCELLED.
$15 per person
FREE for mlabPASS holders
50% off for Museum members
Ages 9+ | Adults welcome
Spots are limited so grab yours and come make something with us!
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6 Allegheny Square, Suite 101
Pittsburgh, PA
15212
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| Saturday | 12pm - 5pm |
| Sunday | 12pm - 5pm |