If you are going to Pittsburgh with kids, this is ...

If you are going to Pittsburgh with kids, this is a definite must-see. It is priced similar to discount theme park tickets. However, you might as well plan to be there all day, the kids did not want to leave. This is a really cool place, but please do yourself a favor and go to the adjacent Carnegie Sports Complex first. I believe the admission tickets covers entrance to both (if my memory serves correct). My family and I enjoyed the Sports complex more as there were more physical activities for the kids and adults. The science center was nice, it had a number of experiments and history, which is great, but it was painful making the kids read the captions for everything they were looking at. The train set is beautiful, but the kids wanted to look and go. Since this was a six hour drive, we are reading everything....

***Bonus: The museum offers free admission two days per year. And, you can see the building from the Duquesne Incline