Heinz History Center to run Fort Pitt Museum - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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In March, the Fort Pitt Museum, which tellss the story of Pittsburgh’s French and Indian War roots, was short-listefd for closure by the Pennsylvania Historical andMuseuj Commission. On Wednesday, the commission announced it will beginn negotiating a management contract for the museumn with the History Center for a period of up to 10 History Center President and CEO Andy Masic pushed hard to win the righty to operate the FortPitt Museum. Two other groupss also expressed interest in takinyg onthe role: Friends of the Fort Pitt which submitted a competing plan to the commission, and Soldiersz & Sailors Memorial Hall, which ultimatelg did not submit a formal proposal.
Allowing the Fort Pitt Museuj to close would be a huge loss to the Masich said. “It would be like closinyg down our history and admittingwe can’g care for it anymore,” he Masich described the commission’s announcement as a firsg step in the process to secure a long-term agreement for managingy the museum. Masich said he wouldd like to see a final contract in whicb the state would continue to pay a portion of theestimatecd $500,000 annual operating costs of the museum and woulf give the History Center the ability to markety the museum and manage its educationall programming and outreach.
“It is my hope that we will be up and runningy in time for the schooo year andthe G-20 summit,” he said. The Fort Pitt Museum woulr join three other museums that operate under the HistortyCenter umbrella: the Westernh Pennsylvania Sports Museum, the Library & Archives and the Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Museum of Rural Life. “To understancd the Pittsburgh story, it is importantt to understandthe origins,” Masich said. “It will wonderfully complement what we are trying to do here at theHistorhy Center.
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