Contributed RECOGNIZED — The Heinz History Center has earned national accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums.

PITTSBURGH — The Senator John Heinz History Center, the Smithsonian’s home in Pittsburgh, has earned national accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums, the museum field’s high profile, peer-based review of an institution’s operations and impact.

The AAM Accreditation includes the history center’s family of museums, including Fort Pitt Museum, Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village and Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum.

Recognized as the field’s gold standard for museum excellence for 55 years, AAM accreditation signifies a museum’s quality and credibility to the entire museum community, governments and outside agencies and the museum-going public.

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