Skip to content
Nationality Rooms, Pittsburgh, PA

Photo: Chloe Fan from Wellesley, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Sightseeing

Nationality Rooms

A set of themed classrooms at the University of Pittsburgh that honor the ethnic communities that helped build the city.

1209 Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 · Pittsburgh, PA

About Nationality Rooms

The Nationality Rooms sit inside the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning and celebrate the heritage of Pittsburgh's diverse communities. Most of the rooms are still used as university classrooms, so students learn in spaces shaped by these cultures. The rooms host lectures, concerts, exhibitions, and holiday celebrations, and a committee structure keeps the original community groups involved. Tours are offered, and the program funds student and educator scholarships for study abroad.

  • #university
  • #historic landmark
  • #classrooms
  • #cultural heritage
  • #guided tour

What's around here?

The closest stops to Nationality Rooms, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Sightseeing
    History Buff

    Cathedral of Learning

    No admission fee

    Step into a 42-story Gothic Revival tower with a vaulted Commons Room and classrooms designed around world cultures.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    Right next doorMore like this

  • Museums
    Family Favorite

    Carnegie Museum of Natural History

    $25–$50

    See mounted dinosaur skeletons, minerals and gems, ancient Egypt and Arctic life across 20 galleries.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    Steps awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Museums

    Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum

    Under $25

    A Pittsburgh memorial and museum honoring people who served in all U.S. military branches, across every era and conflict.

    Steps awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Museums
    Rainy-Day Pick

    Carnegie Museum of Art

    $25–$50

    Walk through galleries of painting, sculpture and design, plus a hall filled with full-size plaster casts of historic buildings.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    0.2 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sightseeing
    Iconic

    Pittsburgh, PA

    No admission fee

    Pennsylvania's second-largest city, anchored by three rivers, a storied steel heritage, and a skyline best seen from Mount Washington.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    0.5 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing
    Iconic

    PNC Park

    Under $25

    Watch the Pirates play with the downtown skyline and the Roberto Clemente Bridge rising beyond the outfield.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    2.8 mi awayMore like this

Near Nationality Rooms

More of the same kind

Keep exploring