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Encyclopedia > Bayernhof Music Museum

Bayernhof Music Museum features a major collection of automated musical instruments from the 19th and 20th centuries. Located six miles northeast of downtown Pittsburgh in the suburb of O'Hara Township, Pennsylvania, it is housed in German-style mansion sited on an 18-acre, dramatic overlook some 540 feet above the Allegheny River Valley. City nickname: The Steel City Location in the state of Pennsylvania Founded 1758 Mayor Tom Murphy (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 151. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... OHara Township is a township located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. ... Mansion near Almelo, The Netherlands A mansion is a large and stately dwelling house for the wealthy. ... The Allegheny River (historically, especially in New York state, also spelled Allegany River) is a principal tributary of the Ohio River, which it forms with the Monongahela River at the downtown Pittsburghs Golden Triangle point. The river is approximately 325 mi (523 km) long, in the U.S. states...


Bayernhof is the name of the mansion itself, a $4.2 million project completed in 1982 as a private residence by Charles Brown III (1935-1999), founder and CEO of Gas-Lite Manufacturing Company in Pittsburgh. The 19,000 square-foot house includes a rooftop observatory, an indoor cave, a swimming pool with a 10-foot waterfall, 10 fireplaces, eight full baths, three powder rooms, three full-size kitchens as well as a completely restored copper still. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ...


The museum was a directive of Mr. Brown's will and it opened to the public in 2004.


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References

  • Johnna A. Pro (2004). Bayernhof Museum Opening: story by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 9, 2006.


 
 

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