The Heinz History Center

The Heinz History Center

We got back from the BVI and Jim was nice enough to give Jamie one day of rest on Monday before resuming out sightseeing. Who says I don’t have a heart.

But Tuesday it was right back at it. We went to the Heinz History Center. It’s hard to describe this place other than a museum that doesn’t really specialize in any one thing but has a hodgepodge of  different types of displays. They obviously have all kinds of Heinz paraphernalia, as well as things from Pittsburgh history, but they also have a large sports display and cultural display.

I won’t go into much more of a description, I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. I will say we spent about 3-4 hours in there and probably could have spent a few more.

An old Heinz delivery wagon and an old fire truck to it’s right
A cannon built in 1864. It weighed 1100 lbs and could fire a 200 lb cannonball 4 miles
Cannonballs
A 1936 Ford sedan built out of stainless steel. The body is still in it’s original condition
A 1941 Jeep
Some Heinz bottles from 1893
A racing boat from 1963
Paraphernalia and the car that won the 2000 Indianapolis 500
Original golf balls were filled with feathers
Effects from the Pittsburgh Pirates over the years
The uniform and bat worn by Bill Mazeroski when he hit the winning home run to win the 1960 World Series over the Yankees
Size 19 shoes worn by offensive tackle Max Starks for the Pittsburgh Steelers when they won the 2005 Superbowl
Some Heinz ketchup bottles stacked together to make a display
Some Heinz containers from throughout the world
A mock of the Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood shhow
For those of you that remember Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood
Items from Slovak history
Items from Polish history
Some old appliances
Some old rifles and swords
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