Children will be admitted free in February at the Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh.

Admission to the Senator John Heinz History Center and Fort Pitt Museum will be free for children age 17 and younger during Black History Month in February and Women’s History Month in March.

Regular admission applies for all adult visitors and groups through these two months.

At the history center, families can explore six floors of award-winning exhibitions and interactive learning spaces at its 1212 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, facility.

At the Fort Pitt Museum, families can take in-depth explorations of the history and culture of American Indian tribes who once called Western Pennsylvania home in the museum’s new exhibition, “Homelands: Native Nations of Allegheny.” Created in collaboration with federally recognized Delaware, Seneca, Seneca-Cayuga and Shawnee tribes. The exhibition illuminates the past, present and future of the region’s Indigenous tribes. The museum is at Point State Park, 601 Commonwealth Place, Pittsburgh.

The history center and Fort Pitt Museum are open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Fort Pitt Museum is an indoor/outdoor museum that is administered by the Senator John Heinz History Center in downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. Fort Pitt Museum website