{"id":126783,"date":"2026-03-01T14:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T14:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/126783\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T14:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T14:39:07","slug":"presque-isle-lighthouse-becomes-latest-miniature-model-added-to-kamin-science-center-exhibit-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/126783\/","title":{"rendered":"Presque Isle Lighthouse becomes latest miniature model added to Kamin Science Center exhibit \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Kamin Science Center recently unveiled the newest model on the museum\u2019s iconic Miniature Railroad and Village exhibit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Visitors had a chance to vote on what model from the region they wanted to see added to the display. They chose the Presque Isle Lighthouse from Erie, affectionately known by locals as \u201cthe flashlight.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">It\u2019s now the third model voted into the exhibit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s really exciting to involve the community and get people really excited about the models that are going to be on the railroad,\u201d Kim Amey said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The lighthouse officially made its display debut on Saturday, when the entire exhibit reopened, and joins 57 other mini models celebrating local history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Kamin Science Center recently unveiled the newest model on the museum\u2019s iconic Miniature Railroad and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[31492,59127,59121,59122,45619,73,75,74,59124,59126,59125,57942,59123],"class_list":["post-126783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-kamin-science-center","tag-lighthouse","tag-miniature-railroad","tag-miniature-railroad-and-village","tag-model","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-science-center","tag-pittsburgh-science-center-miniature-railroad","tag-pittsburgh-science-center-railroad","tag-presque-isle-lighthouse","tag-science-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}