Christmas, Hanukkah and other holiday traditions are apparent around every corner in the greater Pittsburgh area. But there are just some holiday places and exhibits that stand out - the ones that delight people year after year. Enjoy the holiday season in Pittsburgh at one of these beautifully decorated holiday places.
Photographer: GPCVBCelebrate Christmas around the world between mid-November and mid-January as the Nationality Classrooms are
decorated in the traditional holiday styles of the countries they represent. The 26 rooms depict Pittsburgh's diverse ethnic heritage with examples from Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia, the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
Photo by Michael Orban/Carnegie Science Center.A Pittsburgh tradition that has enchanted millions of visitors through the years, the Miniature Railroad & Village features handmade scale replicas of historic sites from around Western Pennsylvania. Free with admission to the Carnegie Science Center.
Each holiday season, five fancifully decorated 20-foot trees grace the grand Hall of Architecture at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Oakland. Nearby, in the Hall of Sculpture, the Neapolitan
Presepio is an elaborate recreation of the nativity scene, one of the finest and most complete examples of its kind.
The colors of the holiday season explode at Phipps Conservatory each winter, as colorful poinsettias, delicate winter flowers and fragrant evergreen trees entice visitors to the annual Winter Flower Show. Extended evening hours during the second half of December bring candlelight and musical entertainers as well. Plus, Santa Claus makes an appearance each weekend for photos and cookies!
Enjoy Christmas the way it used to be at the Harmony Museum in Butler County. The main museum building, Wagner House annex, the Ziegler log house and other homes in this restored old German village, former home of the Harmonists, are beautifully decorated for the holidays
7. Macy's Holiday Windows
Macy's continues the Kaufmann's tradition of animated holiday windows, on display from Light Up Night in mid-November through the holiday season.
Every room in the lovely mansion at Hartwood Acres is decorated for the holiday season, with holiday tours running mid-November through early January. Candlelight tours are especially fitting with the holidays - offered on certain days by reservation only.
Each holiday season, from Light Up Night in November through Epiphany in January, the Pittsburgh Crèche delights vistors to downtown Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Creche, a larger-than-life nativity scene, is the world’s only authorized replica of the Vatican’s Christmas crèche on display in St. Peter’s Square in Rome.
