2025 Annual Conference
See the City!
Pittsburgh? Yes, PITTSBURGH, one of the coolest cities you’ve probably never thought about.
For the culture seeker, budding historian, sports enthusiast and urban adventurer, there’s no place quite like Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It’s one of the most historic and culture-rich cities in the USA with its foundation dating back to the mid-1700s. Pittsburgh is a destination that posts impressive numbers, too: 90 distinct neighborhoods, 40 craft breweries, 29 world-class colleges and universities, a 14-block Cultural District, fantastic world-class restaurants, great shopping, four Carnegie Museums and four professional sports teams. To top it all off, Pittsburgh boasts one of the most Instagram-worthy skylines in the country.
While we want you to attend EVERY SESSION at the AAA conference, here are some totally cool things to do in Pittsburgh (between sessions, of course!)
Go on an art adventure and create your own modern masterpiece with Andy Warhol (our official AAA Saturday night event)
https://www.warhol.org/
Visit Mr. Rogers at the Heinz History Center. (And much more …..including two floors of amazing sports history featuring the Steelers, Pirates and Penguins)
https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/whats-on/history-center/
Eat, Eat, Eat – Amazing restaurants that reflect the diverse history of Pittsburgh
https://www.visitpittsburgh.com/restaurants-culinary/
Shop, shop, shop – amazing shopping districts like The Strip District
https://www.visitpittsburgh.com/neighborhoods/strip-district/
Explore offerings at the August Wilson African American Cultural Arts Center, one of the largest cultural organizations in the country focused exclusively on sharing the African American experience and presenting artistic expression that reflects the prestige, authority and vision illuminated in the work of August Wilson, who was born in Pittsburgh .https://awaacc.org/
Go natural (ooh) at the world-class Carnegie Museum of Natural History
https://carnegiemnh.org/
Immerse yourself in fun, experiential art at the Mattress Factory or Randyland
https://travel.usnews.com/Pittsburgh_PA/Things_To_Do/Mattress_Factory_64746/
https://travel.usnews.com/Pittsburgh_PA/Things_To_Do/Randyland_64747/
See the 2023 Tony Award Winning Best Musical – Kimberly Akimbo
https://trustarts.org/production/94989/kimberly-akimbo
For the classy AAA members (you know, that’s everyone of you) explore the world-renowned Frick, Pittsburgh
https://www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/
Visit the world’s largest bicycle museum (and voted Pittsburgh’s #1 museum by cool people) Bicycle Heaven
https://www.visitpittsburgh.com/directory/bicycle-heaven-museum/
Ascend to heights and get a fantastic view of one of the most photographed skylines in the US on the Duguesne Incline
https://travel.usnews.com/Pittsburgh_PA/Things_To_Do/Duquesne_Incline_62195/
Tour PNC Park, Home to the Pittsburgh Pirates https://www.mlb.com/pirates/ballpark/tours#off-season
Get up close to the Steelers on tours of Acrisure Staduim, Home of the Pittsburgh Steelers. https://acrisurestadium.com/stadium/tours-experiences/
Rent a car and take a drive to the Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece of architecture, Fallingwater
https://fallingwater.org/
Oh, and we hear there’s an early St. Patrick’s Day celebration (the infamous Pittsburgh St. Patty’s Bar Crawl) on March 8. It’s so much fun, Pittsburghians do it twice (on the following weekend as well!). (However, please note, we do not endorse the excessive consumption of alcohol or skipping meetings, no, really, we mean it… hello, are you listening?)
Pittsburgh is also the corporate headquarters of (to name a few) Kraft Heinz, Dick’s Sporting Goods, GNC, American Eagle, Master Chef, Pittsburgh Paints, PNC Bank, Starkist (sorry Charlie) Tuna, St. Joseph’s Aspirin, US Steel, Wet-N-Wild Water Parks, Olympic Paints and Stains, and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Penguins.
So what are you waiting for? Get your papers submitted and join your AAA family in Pittsburgh, March 2025.
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