Visitor Safety Guidelines
We’ve taken extraordinary measures to ensure that your visit is safe and that you receive the experience that you trust and expect from a visit to any of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.
The Science Center will open 10 am–noon on Sunday for those in our community who are most at risk – seniors, visitors with disabilities, or those with compromised immune systems. We ask that other visitors respect these dedicated hours. Capacity will be even further limited during that time period.
Please note: All restaurants in Allegheny County are closed for dining due to public health concerns surrounding COVID-19. This includes Riverview Café at Carnegie Science Center.
Visitor Safety Guidelines
We’ve taken extraordinary measures to ensure that your visit is safe and that you receive the experience that you trust and expect from a visit to any of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.
The Science Center will open 10 am–noon on Sunday for those in our community who are most at risk – seniors, visitors with disabilities, or those with compromised immune systems. We ask that other visitors respect these dedicated hours. Capacity will be even further limited during that time period.
Please note: All restaurants in Allegheny County are closed for dining due to public health concerns surrounding COVID-19. This includes Riverview Café at Carnegie Science Center.
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At Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh:
WHAT WE ARE DOING
- Limiting the number of visitors in the building and controlling traffic flow
- Regularly disinfecting common touch points
- Providing hand sanitizing stations at convenient locations
- Providing masks to employees while on property
- Providing gloves for employees to wear as needed
- Screening employee health before each shift
- Ensuring a sufficient number of employees to perform all safety measures
- Ensuring a sufficient number of employees to control access and monitor social distancing
- Instituting timed ticketing and encouraging advance ticket purchases (eliminating on-line service charges).
Please note: Tickets are being sold up to four weeks in advance.
- Closing a limited number of areas or exhibits that cannot be sanitized regularly (Ropes Challenge and Rock Wall in Highmark SportsWorks® and some interactive exhibits in Little Learner Clubhouse)
WHAT WE ASK OF OUR VISITORS
- Each visitor must wear a face mask that covers their nose and mouth
- Masks should not be placed on children under age 2. If you have a medical condition that prevents you from wearing a mask, please check in with our Admissions team when redeeming your timed entry ticket.
- Please maintain at least six feet between your group members and others
- Please use hand sanitizer before and after you interact with exhibits
- Please stay to the right on the ramps and stairs and only use elevators if necessary
- Purchase tickets online, in advance of your visit (service charge has been temporarily eliminated)
- If you must purchase at the ticket counter, please use a credit card or touchless payment
- Limit elevator use – If you need the elevator, limit one family or social group per ride
For your safety and the safety of those around you, all visitors age 3 years and over are required to wear masks over the nose and mouth. All museum staff and volunteers will be wearing masks, too. Let’s all follow this important CDC Guideline to protect ourselves and each other.
Please note: We reserve the right to require that visitors who do not follow posted safety guidelines or instructions from our staff will be asked to leave the premises. Failure to comply with this policy or rude or aggressive behavior will not be tolerated. Please see our Visitor Conduct Policy for more information.
PLAN YOUR EXPERIENCE
Mummies of the World: The Exhibition is extended by popular demand!
Reserve your tickets online today.
USS Requin (SS 481)
Learn about our new submarine tour format.
NEW Sunday hours for vulnerable/at-risk populations
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Your safety is our number one goal! We know that you expect a great experience when you visit the Science Center and thoughtful measures have been taken to ensure that we meet your expectations. Here are answers to questions you may have about your new museum experience.
Carnegie Science Center reserves the right to require visitors who are not following the guidelines to leave the property.
These protocols are recommended by the PA Department of Health and the US Centers for Disease Control.