Events

Celebrating Women in March

Women’s History Events in Pittsburgh & Statewide

For Women's History Month in March 2026, Pennsylvania is hosting a wide range of events from historical tours and community marches to professional expos and storytelling slams.

Pittsburgh Events

Women’s Day March Pittsburgh
- Date & Time: Sunday, March 8, 2026, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Location: Starts at Market Square, ends at Point State Park
- Description: An annual demonstration advocating for gender equality and women's rights. The route follows Forbes Avenue to Wood Street and Fort Duquesne Boulevard.
- Cost: Free
Women in the Windows Tour
- Date & Time: Multiple dates starting March 5, 2026, at 12:00 PM
- Location: Heinz Memorial Chapel, S Bellefield Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
- Description: Guided tours highlighting the women depicted in the chapel's famous stained-glass windows, aligned with the 2026 theme of sustainability and fairness.
- Website: Heinz Memorial Chapel Calendar
Women in Public Safety Expo
- Date & Time: Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Location: The William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
- Description: A networking event for students and job seekers to meet with local, state, and federal first responders. Features guest speaker Brenda Tate, a retired Pittsburgh Police officer.
- Cost: Free
HERStory Slam
- Date & Time: Monday, March 23, 2026, 5:30 PM
- Location: Cathedral of Learning, Frick Auditorium (3rd Floor), Pittsburgh, PA 15213
- Description: A signature storytelling event where members of the university and local community share personal narratives exploring the diversity of womanhood.
- Website: University of Pittsburgh Events
Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges
- Date & Time: Thursday, March 19, 2026, 5:30 PM
- Location: Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
- Description: A cocktail reception and on-stage conversation hosted by WNBA star Ashley Battle, celebrating the success of Pittsburgh Promise alumnae.
- Cost: Individual tickets $150; Alumni $50

Statewide Events (PA)

Women's History Night
- Date & Time: Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
- Location: Museum of the American Revolution, 101 S 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
- Description: An after-hours event featuring a screening of "For the Common Good" and a discussion on the revolutionary women who shaped the nation.
- Website: AmRev Museum Events
EmergeHer: Women's History Month Edition
- Date & Time: Saturday, March 21, 2026, 10:00 AM
- Location: Penn Harris Hotel and Convention Center, 1150 Camp Hill Bypass, Camp Hill, PA 17011
- Description: A celebratory event highlighting women's contemporary and historical contributions to society.
Women Making History 2026
- Date & Time: Monday, March 30, 2026, 7:00 PM
- Location: Mercyhurst University, Performing Arts Center, 501 East 38th Street, Erie, PA 16546
- Description: The 33rd annual ceremony honoring remarkable women dedicated to the Erie community.
- Cost: Free
Revolutionary Women Program
- Date & Time: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 6:00 PM
- Location: Wissahickon Valley Public Library, 650 Skippack Pike, Blue Bell, PA 19422
- Description: An engaging educational program focusing on the courage and resilience of women throughout history. Museum of the American Revolution

tapescape

a fan favorite returns! tapescape opens saturday, january 24

The Children’s Museum is delighted to open its fourth version of Tapescape, an indoor climbing, sliding, rolling art installation made of more than 50 miles of packing tape stretched over a steel frame, designed by creator Eric Lennartson.

Explore and crawl through the twisting tunnels and curving walls of this unique climbing terrain showcasing an unexpected and delightful use of a common material.

Learn about Opening Weekend activities.

Tapescape will be open to explore 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM every day that the Children’s Museum is open.

My America: An Illustrated Experience

My America: New History Center Exhibit Kicks Off America’s 250th

As the region and the nation prepare to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026, the Senator John Heinz History Center has partnered with the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators (PSI) on a new exhibition that uses the power of illustration to reflect on the ideals at the heart of the America’s founding — freedom, equality, justice, and liberty. Opening this Saturday, Oct. 11 in the museum’s fifth floor Barensfeld Gallery, My America: An Illustrated Experience features 63 original works of art by 35 illustrators that answer the question: what does America mean to you? From paintings and portraiture to sculpture and cartoons, the artwork asks visitors to consider how American ideals have been realized, challenged, and redefined over time. The My America exhibition invites visitors to celebrate voices that shaped our nation, embrace diverse perspectives, and continue the shared work of building a more perfect union to mark America’s 250th anniversary. Exhibit highlights include:

Portraits of beloved Pittsburghers like civil rights activist Daisy Lampkin, environmentalist Rachel Carson, and television host Fred Rogers
A large-scale sculpture of 50 historical figures, including the flag-raisers at Iwo Jima, highlighted by imagery of Americans through time
Illustrations of iconic places, from Plimoth Plantation to Pittsburgh neighborhoods, that explore the power and meaning of home and community
The artwork “Thoughts and Prayers” which is designed to spark reflection and civil discourse about freedom of expression
Hands-on interactives that invite you to create your own art, from designing a felt flag to piecing together a puzzle that reflects your vision of America

The exhibition also celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators, one of the largest illustrator groups in the United States. Visitors can meet and interact with PSI artists throughout the exhibit’s opening day on Saturday, Oct. 11. My America: An Illustrated Experience will be on view through Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. Celebrating America’s 250th in Pittsburgh The exhibition is a core component of the History Center’s year-long commemoration of the U.S. Semiquincentennial, marking the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, in partnership with America250PA. America250PA was established by the Pennsylvania state legislature and Governor in 2018 to plan, encourage, develop, and coordinate the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, Pennsylvania’s integral role in that event, and the impact of its people on the nation’s past, present, and future. My America is also part of the History Center’s America 101 initiative, which empowers and inspires citizens to learn more about history and civics through public programs, special exhibitions, digital learning tools, and educational curriculum. Learn more at heinzhistorycenter.org. The Senator John Heinz History Center, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution and the largest history museum in Pennsylvania, presents American history with a Western Pennsylvania connection. The History Center was voted as the #1 history museum in America by readers of USA TODAY (2024, 2025) and “Pittsburgh’s Best Museum” by Pittsburgh Magazine (2022, 2023, 2024). The History Center and Sports Museum are located at 1212 Smallman Street in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. The History Center’s family of museums includes the Sports Museum; Fort Pitt Museum in historic Point State Park; and Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, a National Historic Landmark located in Avella, Pa., in Washington County. The History Center and Fort Pitt Museum are always free for kids, supported by the Kamin “Free for Kids” Initiative. More information is available at heinzhistorycenter.org.

Featuring 63 original works of art by 35 illustrators, My America: An Illustrated Experience uses the power of illustration to reflect on ideals associated with the American Revolution and the pillars at the heart of the nation’s founding — freedom, equality, justice, and liberty. Image: “History of Persistence” by James Mellett.

Aim High: Soaring with the Tuskegee Airmen

The exhibit includes the Black Wings, American Dreams of Flight exhibit

Don’t miss our newest exhibit inspired by the tools, tasks and history of airplanes and flying! Children of all ages can imagine themselves as future aviators through hands-on activities including rocket building and launching, a cockpit flight trainer and wearable wings.

The exhibit includes the Black Wings, American Dreams of Flight exhibit featuring a series of historic artifacts that tell the story of how African Americans, despite facing racial barriers, attained great achievements in the world of aviation.

Aim High: Soaring with the Tuskegee Airmen was created by Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh in partnership with Hosanna House, Inc.

hands-on components

Cockpit Flight Trainer: Step into the role of flight captain in the Cockpit Flight Trainer, where you get a pilot’s vantage point complete with control panel, flight videos and a row of actual seats
Plane and Rocket Building & Launching: Build your own paper airplane or rocket, then use the launcher to fire it through the air to hit the bullseye
Imagination Mirrors: Try on costumes from various aviation fields, then stand in front of an interactive mirror and play the part!
Land the Plane Maze: Tilt a large table maze inspired by air traffic control radar to avoid obstacles and guide your “plane” to a safe destination on the landing strip
Wearable Wings: Build a pair of airplane wings or an entire rocket ship to wear, then “fly” through the sky
Things that Fly Praxinoscope: Draw anything that flies and make it come to life around a spinning column using this early form of animation

Aim High: Soaring with the Tuskegee Airmen is presented in Pittsburgh by
PPG Foundation.

Black Wings, American Dreams of Flight is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, and made possible by the generous support of MetLife Foundation.

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Carnegie Museum of Art

Black Photojournalism Heinz Galleries Sept. 13, 2025–Jan. 19, 2026

Photojournalism is work and it is livelihood, it is craft and it is documentation, it is a way to be in the world and to share the world, it is a way to resist oppression while insisting on the fullness of life.

Black Photojournalism presents work by nearly 60 photographers chronicling historic events and daily life in the United States from the conclusion of World War II in 1945 to the presidential campaigns of 1984, including the civil rights movements through the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Drawn from archives and collections in the care of journalists, libraries, museums, newspapers, photographers, and universities, the original work prints in the exhibition were circulated and reviewed in publishing offices before anything went to print. Each one represents the energy of many dedicated individuals who worked to get out the news every single day. One picture leads to another, making visible multiple experiences of history while proposing ways of understanding today as tomorrow is being created.

Responding to a dearth of stories about Black lives told from the perspectives of Black people, Black publishers and their staff created groundbreaking editorial and photojournalistic methods and news networks. During a period of urgent social change and civil rights advocacy, newspapers and magazines, including the Afro American News, Atlanta Daily World, Pittsburgh Courier, Chicago Defender, and Ebony, transformed how people were able to access seeing themselves and their communities. Their impact on the media landscape continues into the digital present.

The exhibition, designed by artist David Hartt, is co-organized by Dan Leers, curator of photography, and Charlene Foggie-Barnett, Charles “Teenie” Harris community archivist, in dialogue with an expanded network of scholars, archivists, curators, and historians.

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