Guided Tour - Pittsburgh's Lost Steamboat, Treasures of the Arabia

Steam back in time to when Pittsburgh was the Gateway to the West with the History Center’s exhibition, Pittsburgh’s Lost Steamboat: Treasures of the Arabia, now through Jan. 4!

[robertcaffrey]

This is a fantastic museum, I love the guides passion for the museum and it's artifacts simply contagious.

[FLStelth]

Excellent presentation. That was very interesting.

[normpaddle]

WOW! Can't wait to visit someday. Thanks for the tour!

[StewartChaimson]

Great story, well told: kudos and thank you to everyone that made it possible!

[wimsele]

Fantastic tour and explanation! Many thanks to you!

[shanebo]

Can you imagine what a rush it must have been to discover and excavate this beauty!! I’m an amateur treasure hunter and I’m over the moon when I find an old bottle...This would probably give me a heart attack!

[JeanLibby]

I enjoyed my visit to the Heinz History Center and Treasures of the Arabia exhibit last September.  As a historian of John Brown, it was exciting and gratifying to see him pictured and the story of David Hoyt and the Sharps rifles.  I hope someone will write a specific historical article about this incident that the Heinz History Center portrays very well.

[fuscia]

The mule! 😭 I can’t believe I’ve never heard about this! They never did a special on Discovery when I was a kid. My 8 year old just learned about it in school, and told me about it. Now I’m obsessed. This presenter is really awesome too!

[aaronmccully]

There is a much bigger and more detailed museum in Kansas City Missouri. If you're ever there I highly recommend it.

[kari]

Amazing how all these artifacts were preserved, and really cool that this boat was found. I just don’t understand why nobody cared or had enough compassion, to save that poor mule. Just goes to show how unimportant he was to his owner or anyone else. People don’t deserve animals! Breaks my heart, and boils my blood. At least he’s with the Angels in Heaven!

[rvvanlife]

So if there were 500 of those steam ships that went down like the Arabia, are there more buried ships out there in need of being found? Are there now people out searching for them?

[sloanchampion]

nice museum though..great preservation effort...very well done..it's a labor of love and caring

[gibbsm]

lived in KC since '93, lived 5 blocks from the KC museum for nine years, and still have not been. I did peak thru the windows this eve. on my nightly walk. they remade the wheel and are resealing the water pool it paddles in. so didn't get to see it moving :(

[MrToband]

I think it's amazing that there were pre fabricated homes in the 1850s, always thought that was a fairly modern thing.

[merlemorrison]

Back in the mid 60's there was the hulk of a small steamboat in Greenville, PA. Legend had it that it used to run to Pittsburgh & back. Does anyone have any knowledge about this?

[clarkridlen]

That narrator wears me out. That's some busy hands on that dude!

[fuscia]

So they found so much stuff it fills 2 museums?! One in KC and one in Pittsburgh? I’d love to buy just one glass bottle. It’s insane!

[cdub]

This boat and family are National Treasures.

[craigdutton]

20 pumps to lower that water table ❤great job to even do that 🎉😂

[JohnnyLovely]

never thought id see someone so excited about 1850s underwear