Nationality Rooms
Nationality Rooms is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 280 m. Hannas Knob stands 417 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cathedral of Learning, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.
The story
The Nationality Rooms are a group of 31 classrooms in the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning depicting and donated by the national and ethnic groups that helped build the city of Pittsburgh. The rooms are designated as a Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation historical landmark and are located on the 1st and 3rd floors of the Cathedral of Learning, itself a national historic landmark, on the University of Pittsburgh's main campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Although of museum caliber, 29 of the 31 rooms are used as daily classrooms by University of Pittsburgh faculty and students, while the other two (the Early American and Syrian-Lebanon) are display rooms viewed through glass doors, utilized primarily for special events, and can only be explored via special guided tour. The Nationality Rooms also serve in a vigorous program of intercultural involvement and exchange in which the original organizing committees for the rooms remain as participants and which includes a program of annual student scholarship to facilitate study abroad. In addition, the Nationality Rooms inspire lectures, seminars, concerts exhibitions, and social events which focus on the various heritages and traditions of the nations represented. The national, traditional, and religious holidays of the nations represented are celebrated on campus and the rooms are appropriately decorated to reflect these occasions. The Nationality Rooms are available daily for public tours as long as the particular room is not being used for a class or other university function.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q6979818, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- University of Pittsburgh
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Grand View Scenic Byway
- 23.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Millennium Panther: 0.1 mi
- Conney M. Kimbo Art Gallery: 0.1 mi
- Dippy: 0.1 mi
- Light Up!: 0.2 mi
- Nicholas Lochoff Cloister: 0.2 mi
- Soldiers & Sailors Lawn: 0.1 mi
- Schenley Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Ascension Green: 0.4 mi
- Boundary Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Shady Oak Yard: 0.5 mi
- Home Plate from Forbes Stadium: 0.2 mi
- The Hiker - Spanish American War Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Roslyn Place: 1.1 mi
- The Doughboy: 1.5 mi
- Freedom Corner: 1.7 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 0.6 mi
- Herron Hill: 0.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.3 mi
- Riverview Hill: 2.5 mi
- Clayton Hill: 2.7 mi
- Oakcliffe Greenway: 0.9 mi
- The Saddle: 2.8 mi
- Grandview Overlook Park: 3.1 mi
- Hays Woods Park: 3.3 mi
- Chatham Village Greenspace: 3.6 mi
- Stephen Foster Memorial Museum: 0.1 mi
- International Academy of Jazz Hall of Fame: 0.1 mi
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History: 0.2 mi
- University Art Gallery: 0.2 mi
- Alcohol House: 0.2 mi
- Phipps Conservatory: 0.4 mi
- Kraus Winter Garden: 0.5 mi
- Phipps Conservatory: 0.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 0.5 mi
- Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden: 0.5 mi
- Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 7.9 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 7.9 mi
- Grove: 9.0 mi
- Upper Orchard: 10.0 mi
- Cathedral of Learning: 0.0 mi
- Stephen Foster Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Heinz Memorial Chapel: 0.1 mi
- William Pitt Union: 0.1 mi
- Pittsburgh Yarn Company: 3.2 mi
- Thornburg Beach: 6.5 mi
- Tiger Beach: 7.1 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.7 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.7 mi
- Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 16.8 mi
- Hay's Wall: 3.7 mi
- Fossils Cliff: 10.7 mi
- Point Pleasant: 21.7 mi
- Thompson Run Falls: 7.1 mi
- Snake Run: 22.1 mi
- Francis Spring: 11.7 mi
- Lacock Spring: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Nationality Rooms. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannas Knob | SW 221° | 417 m | 18.2 mi |
| Pollocks Knob | S 179° | 407 m | 13.3 mi |
| Herron Hill | NNW 340° | 384 m | 0.8 mi |
| Rich Hill | NNE 32° | 365 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mt. Sycamore | ENE 57° | 229.2 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:13 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:14 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 31 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Braddock Lock 2, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/1666899036
Day trips start here
- Green Tree · 5 mi
- Mt. Lebanon · 7 mi
- Ross Township · 7 mi
- Robinson Township · 9 mi
- Coraopolis · 12 mi
- Franklin Park · 12 mi
Take the scenic way to Nationality Rooms.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.