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  Location within Pennsylvania | |
| Established | 1879 Current location: 1996 |
|---|---|
| Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40°26′48″N 79°59′32″W / 40.4466°N 79.9922°W |
| Type | History Museum |
| Director | Andrew Masich (President & CEO) |
| Curator | Anne Madarasz (Director Curatorial Division/Chief Historian/Director WPSM) |
| Website | www.heinzhistorycenter.org |
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The Senator John Heinz History Center, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution,[1] is the largest history museum in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. Named after U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III (1938–1991) from Pennsylvania, it is located in the Strip District of Pittsburgh.
The Heinz History Center is a 275,000-square-foot (25,500 m2)[2] educational institution "that engages and inspires a diverse audience with links to the past, understanding in the present, and guidance for the future by preserving regional history and presenting the American experience with a Western Pennsylvania connection."[3]
In 2024, the Heinz History Center was named the best history museum in America by readers of USA Today as part of their annual Readers' Choice poll.[4]
- ^ "About". Heinz History Center. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
- ^ "Paying homage to the past\Regional history center opens with pomp and pageantry". Post-Gazette. April 29, 1996.
- ^ "About". Heinz History Center. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ "Best History Museum (2024) - USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards". 27 February 2024.