Archeology

Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Ten towering dinosaur skeletons, including T. rex; mummies and other treasures from ancient Egypt; sparkling gems and minerals; African and North American wildlife; hands-on Discovery Room.

4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412.622.3131

Open all year

Admission Fee

Complete accessibility

Web site: Carnegie Museum of Natural History

James L. Kelso Bible Lands Museum

Artifacts collected through the past 70 years from the donations of interested individuals and from the seminary's share of its excavations at eight different sites in Palestine are displayed. Multifacited programs include teaching and guiding students in biblical archaeology classes and fieldwork; annual public lectures by leading Near Eastern archaeologists; and tours and open houses. Considered by many archaeologists to be one of the finest biblical museums in the United States.

Tours by appointment.

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
616 North Highland Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Allegheny County

E-Mail: kbowden@pts.edu

412.362.5610

Fax: 412.363.3260

Open Wednesdays, September - May

Web site: www.pts.edu/museum.html

Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Museum of Rural Life

The museum is home to the Meadowcroft Rockshelter National Historic Landmark, a 16,000-year-old site that has provided the earliest evidence of people in North America.

401 Meadowcroft Road
Avella, PA 15312

724.587.3412

Please call ahead in 2007 for museum hours and season schedule

Admission Fee

Web site: meadowcroft.pghhistory.org

Waynesburg College Museum

The Paul R. Stewart Museum at Waynesburg College collections include local Native-American prehistoric artifacts, fine examples of the Greensboro-New Geneva pottery, early American glass, and an excellent mineral and rock collection.

Waynesburg College
Waynesburg, PA 15370

724.852.3214

Open all year

Complete accessibility

Web site: www.waynesburg.edu/visit/museum/index.html