Fort Pitt Museum will temporarily close in January for a few updates

PITTSBURGH -- The Fort Pitt Museum, part of the Senator John Heinz History Center family of museums, will temporarily close beginning Monday for exhibition maintenance and updates.

The museum will re-open to the public on Feb. 1.

During the temporary museum closure, curators will update exhibition lighting, perform routine maintenance, clean the museum's iconic diorama that depicts 18th-century Pittsburgh in miniature and install new objects to the second-floor galleries.

Members of the Fort Pitt staff will travel to Oklahoma to participate in a series of hands-on historical workshops with the Delaware Tribe of Indians, one of several federally recognized tribes whose homelands include the Western Pennsylvania area.

Prior to the closure, visitors have a few days to learn about the world-shaping events that occurred at the Forks of the Ohio and visit the "Guyasuta: The Life and Legend of a Seneca Chief exhibition" before it officially closes on Sunday.

Kids receive free admission to the Fort Pitt Museum now through Dec. 31, thanks to support from Howard Hanna Real Estate Services.

For information, visit heinzhistorycenter.org/fort-pitt.