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The Museum is in honor of a man who seemed to stride from one achievement to another. But it is also a Museum about people who helped all along the way, and the places where they lived.
Visiting The George Westinghouse Museum
We are located In the Castle, at Herman & Commerce Streets in Wilmerding PA, 15148
Hours:
Monday through Friday 10 - 4
Saturday 11 - 3
Telephone: 412.823.0500
Suggested Donations:
Adults $3.00
Family $5.00
Children admitted Free with an adultwww.georgewestinghouse.com
The Family Room-features artifacts and other memorabilia relating to the Westinghouse family, including a priceless collection of tableware and glassware which graced many elaborate dinner parties at their homes in Pittsburgh and at Lenox, Massachusetts. In the foreground of the room is a magnificent 1925 bust of Mr. Westinghouse.
The Family Room
The Inventions Room
The Inventions Room is devoted to memorabilia and documents relating to his inventions, including some of his 361 patents. A corner arrangement displays patent papers, and on the wall is an original drawing by Mr. Westinghouse. A model of his patented city-wide telephone switching system is also featured.
The Achievement Room
The Achievement Room-displays artifacts, photographs and a spectacular 12-foot painting, all depicting the achievements of the companies founded by Mr. Westinghouse, their employees and communities. Here also are replicas of the twin Time Capsules which Westinghouse deposited at the New York World's Fairs of 1939-40 and 1964-65.
The Appliance Room
The Appliance Room-is a step back in time, a fascinating "kitchen of the past," featuring vintage Westinghouse appliances and old-time advertisements that promoted the virtues of Westinghouse products for the home.
Where can you visit a 19th-century American castle?
What's inside a time capsule that's sealed until 6939 A.D.?
Where can you hear a clip from the first radio broadcast?
Who was Elektro the Moto-Man-and Sparko, his dog?
What stopped a train so the railroad industry could boom?
What made city-wide phone service and electricity possible?
Whose workers had a pension fund and paid vacations by 1913?
Who created the first electrically lighted tennis court?
Find the answers to these questions at The George Westinghouse Museum.