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Kamin Family Free Day - Sun., Sept. 1
Kamin Family Free Day - Sun., Sept. 1

Kamin Family Free Day

Online tickets for Kamin Family Free Day are sold out. A limited number of tickets will be available onsite – first come, first served.

Tickets For Kamin Family Free Day are only valid on Sun., Sept. 1. No rain checks or alternative free days will be offered.

Sun., Sept. 1
10 am–5 pm

Celebrate the end of summer with free general admission at the Science Center, courtesy of Dan and Carole Kamin! Enjoy four floors of interactive exhibits, plus hands-on, outdoor activities for MessFest until 3 pm!

  • Create giant bubbles and make your own glow-in-the-dark bubble prints
  • Go head-to-head in a pie eating contest
  • Use chemistry to make DIY squishy slime
  • Smash strawberries to find the DNA hidden inside
  • Use acids and bases to launch a rocket
  • Make your own artistic nebula with spin art
  • Soak your friends with eco-friendly water balloons
  • Let your creativity shine in the graffiti zone
  • Dance to beats provided by local DJs

Enjoy a selection of food trucks*

*additional cost

Please note: 

Children and parents with messy liquids and foam

Special thanks to our event partners:

  • Carnegie Museums
  • Andy Warhol Museum
  • Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh
  • Open Up Pittsburgh
  • Alcosan 
  • Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy 
  • Animal Friends
  • 1Hood Media
  • Tech25

MessFest is presented by

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