Cathedral of Learning
A 42-story Gothic Revival teaching building at the University of Pittsburgh. Its ground-floor 'Nationality Rooms' are designed in the styles of more than 30 ethnic traditions, including a Chinese classroom.
The Cathedral of Learning stands about 163 meters tall and is one of the tallest educational buildings in the Western Hemisphere. Its ground-floor lobby has dim, soaring vaults like a medieval church. On the first and third floors are 31 Nationality Rooms, donated by ethnic communities. The Chinese Room is modeled on a Beijing courtyard house, with a Confucius theme, and it is still used for classes. You can rent an audio guide at the ground-floor service desk to tour on your own, and the rooms can be entered when no class is in session. The nearby Heinz Memorial Chapel has beautiful stained glass and is worth a stop on the way. Admission is free.
Opening hours
Building approx. 07:00–22:00; National Classroom tour times per school announcements
Nearby sights
- Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History
- Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Schenley Park
- Strip District
- Saint Anthony's Chapel
- Heinz History Center
- The Andy Warhol Museum