As of this Labor Day, setting foot inside the Heinz History Center isn't going to cost a dime for the younger set, all thanks to a hefty $11.5 million endowment from philanthropists Daniel and Carole Kamin. In a sweeping gesture of generosity, the Pittsburgh power couple has ensured that admission fees won't keep any kids away from the annals of history. "The Kamin 'Kids for Free' initiative will usher in a new era for the history center, and, I hope, for the children of Pittsburgh," Andy Masich, Heinz History Center President, asserted in a statement that WTAE reported on.
And it's not just a fleeting holiday offer—children up to the age of 17 can saunter through the doors any day they please, and school groups aren't left out in the cold either, their admission is on the house now too, before the change tickets were only free for the tiny tots under five while the bigger kids had to shell out $11. "Thanks to Dan and Carole Kamin, kids from our region and across the country can more easily experience the History Center's nationally recognized exhibitions and programs," Masich conveyed in a press release from CBS News Pittsburgh reported.
Touted as the largest museum dedicated to history in the Keystone State and a firm favorite of USA Today readers, who recently anointed it America's best history museum, the Senator John Heinz History Center stands as a towering testament to Pennsylvania's past.
