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| - My first time visit to this lovely museum....Pittsburgh is so fortunate to have such a cool museum in such an excellent area....so many things to do, I could stay in that area all day long, and have!
My sister and I came in from Corapolis to view the "Vatican Splendors" exhibit. It is a funky, industrial, imaginative venue and not what you where you might expect to find an exhibit as say, religious as a traveling exhibit from the Vatican. Each ticket was $20 and it gave you access to all the museum exhibits.
I have been fortunate enough to visit Rome and take a detailed tour of it's treasures. Although this is only a taste of what you would find inside, it still gives you a brief look at many items most people might never see. Interestingly enough, some of the items are on loan from churches around the area so not all the items are from the Vatican.
It seems that many of the pieces are from the private collections of some Catholic mucky-mucks and as a Catholic myself, I find that hard to swallow...but who ever said that Catholicism was a religion for the people...but that's another story. :oP
All heavy coats, big bags and umbrellas are checked as you walk through the first gift shop. The museum is very well laid out, and when you are ready to leave, you exit through the second gift shop :o) There is a nice snack bar and plenty of room for strollers and wheel chairs. When you are done, walk up the street about 4 blocks to the Strip district and have fun exploring.
Cheers!
ps...You may want to check and see if any school groups are expected that day, we left just three fully loaded schools buses complete w/high schoolers rolled up....whew! We escaped just in time :o)
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