Cultural Breaks

Pittsburgh makes it easy for students to get cultured! Check here first for a complete list of student discounts.

From Warhol's Campbell Soup cans to Carnegie's Diplodocus, in Southwestern there are numerous things to enjoy at special student-friendly prices with a flash of your college ID.

	Provided that the NHL season will resume for the 2005-2006 season, you can see Mario Lemieux and the rest of the Penguins hit the ice from the best seats available for just $20 when you show up at the Mellon Arena one hour before gametime with your student ID. Check out the latest Penguin news here.
	Avant-garde and international film buffs love to take advantage of $5 student tickets at Pittsburgh Filmmakers, an organization that screens independent films at three movie houses in the Pittsburgh region: Harris Theater, Regent Square Theater and the Melwood Screening Room. You can also become a student member of the organization and treat yourself to free movies. Click here for more info.
	Explore Pittsburgh on land and water in a vintage WWII amphibious vehicle courtesy of Just Ducky Tours, and get a quacktastic $1 off admission with your student ID.
	Show your ID for $1.50 off your entrance fee to the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, where you can learn the humble origins of Heinz Ketchup and practice your Pittsburghese with a talking robot.
	Enjoy Technicolor prints of Mick Jagger and Mao Tse Tung wallpaper at almost half the regular price with your ID at the Andy Warhol Museum.
	As a student, get $3 off admission when you visit the constantly changing room-sized artwork exhibited at the Mattress Factory. *CMU students can get in for free all year and University of Pittsburgh students during the Fall and Spring semesters.
	At both the Carnegie Museum of Art* and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, where priceless paintings are intermingled with huge dinosaur skeletons, you can save $4 on the entrance fee with a college ID. *CMU and Pitt students get in free w/ID.
	Get $2 off admission price as a student when you explore the Victorian mansion, art museum and antique motorcar museum at the Frick Art & Historical Center.
	With $2 off admission with your student ID, the flower gardens at the Phipps Conservatory smell even better than usual.
	When students sign up for a free ARTSPassport membership* they receive: discounted tickets for over 20 shows (only $10* per ticket); the opportunity to beat the rush and purchase tickets in advance; discounts at partnering restaurants in the Cultural District and invitations to happy hours, cast parties and gallery openings. For information on how to get an ARTSPassport membership click here. *Membership good for all undergraduate and graduate students with a valid college ID.
	The world-famous Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will offer you its best available seats for just $12.75 if you have your college ID handy. Student Rush tickets are $14 for classical concerts if you show up 2 hours before the performance. True symphony fans will want to purchase a special student subscription for the concert season, just $12 per concert. To find out more go to www.pittsburghsymphony.org.