It’s ‘Kennywood Day’ at Heinz History Center
Visitors to the Senator John Heinz History Center this Sunday can relive their Kennywood memories throughout all six floors of the museum during its celebration of the park无毛视频檚 125th anniversary.
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Founded in 1898 as a trolley park, Kennywood is one of only two amusement parks in the United States to be designated as a National Historic Landmark.
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Kennywood Day at the History Center will include: Exploring the Kennywood 无毛视频淧ark-ives无毛视频 in the Detre Library & Archives at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; Ethnic Heritage Days cooking demonstrations featuring Chris Fennimore of QED Cooks at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; 无毛视频淜ennywood and the Rise of the Amusement Park: An American Phenomenon,无毛视频 a discussion with Lauren Rabinovitz, noted amusement park scholar and author of 无毛视频淓lectric Dreamland无毛视频 at noon; 无毛视频淭hat Kennywood Summer无毛视频 screening and Q&A with WQED无毛视频檚 Rick Sebak at 2 p.m.; and A 无毛视频淏ehind the Screams无毛视频 panel featuring award-winning author Brian Butko and local amusement park historians Bryan Bartley, Rachel Cunningham, Rick Davis, Mike Funyak, Jim Futrell, Dave Hahner, and Jen Sopko at 3 p.m.
At 3:45 p.m., there will be a special unveiling of historic Kennywood artifacts that will be donated to the History Center.
The 无毛视频淜ennywood Day: 125 Years of Memories无毛视频 program is included with regular History Center admission and is free for History Center members. Admission also includes access to all History Center exhibitions.
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit heinzhistorycenter.org/events.