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Pittsburgh's Newest Museum is Out of this World!
Voted #8 Best New Museum of 2024 by USA Today 10Best
Moonshot Museum offers an unprecedented opportunity to get up close and behind the scenes of the 21st century space industry. Pittsburgh's spacecraft are built right here, on view for all guests to witness. Engage with our interactive exhibits highlighting the wide variety of space careers now available in Pittsburgh and beyond. Learn about the process of engineering a lunar rover, cast your vote on the cutting edge subjects debated in the world of space law, design your own mission patch, and more. Consider what promise the future holds as you watch Pittsburgh engineers and technicians assemble Astrobotic's Griffin Lunar Lander, which is destined to reach the Moon's South Pole later this year. Come and be a part of this exciting story unfolding at Moonshot Museum.
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“Dr Brown sharing her story and connecting with families of children aged 0-5yrs. Dr J. is from the area and her story uplifts and connects which is a goal of our Family Center”
Jason Fate, Trying Together Program Coordinator
“Our students thought this was the best day ever because it gives hope to our lower income, extremely diverse school. About a third of our learners come from war-torn areas with nothing but the clothing they were wearing. Programs such as these give them hope for a brighter future. We loved the message that space exploration is the "biggest team sport," needing people from so many disciplines, including art, agriculture, etc... Our students also loved how local contributors to the space program were highlighted.”
Laura Lenk, PTA Secretary, Carnegie Elementary
“We loved the Moonshot Museum program coming to our school! We also felt very fortunate because Dr. Jimyse Brown is a former Wilkinsburg Student and she was able to speak with the students. She was able to show the students that she used to sit where they were and now she is the Director of this Space Musuem - Super Cool! In the audience the teachers and students were so amazed at how much Pittsburgh is involved in Space exploration and how fortunate we are to a front row seat in these new adventures. They really enjoyed the interactive experiments, especially the exploding soda and the shooting fog machine. The students continue to talk about how cool the live demonstration experiments were and how they want to try and go to the museum!”
Lisa Fortier, 4th Grade ELA Teacher, Turner Intermediate School
“I knew I loved space before but now I really want to be an astronaut!” Bill 9 years old. I’ve never seen the kids so interested in anything before, they’ve been talking about the presentation since Thursday.”
Paige Proudfit, Program Director, Bellevue YMCA BASE
"The students really enjoyed getting the opportunity to ask questions about space/space travel and how they are potentially the future of the space program."
Cameron Bost, Outreach Executive, Scouting America Scoutreach
Moonshot Museum Welcomes New Executive Director, Dr. Jimyse L. Brown
Pittsburgh, PA – June 12, 2024 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Moonshot Museum announced today that its board of directors…
Moonshot Museum Selected for $800k NASA Grant to Expand Outreach & Liftoff New Programs
[Pittsburgh, PA, March 29, 2024] - NASA’s Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions program (TEAMIIFULL) has…
Moonshot Museum Announces October Grand Opening
Moonshot Museum will be Pennsylvania’s first space museum and the first museum on the planet to focus…