Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Norwegian Classroom was designed in an 18th century peasant style using Norwegian building techniques, painted decoration, and craftsmanship. Spruce boards are laid in a herringbone pattern slanting upward to a plane of flat boards decorated by two hand-carved, painted rosettes with a symbol for the midnight sun.

The ceiling contains a coiling golden five-clawed imperial dragon surrounded by clouds denoting nature's energy and freedom

The Chinese Classroom is inspired by the design of a palace hall in Beijing's Forbidden City and is dedicated to the memory of Confucius and his democratic ideal of classless education. A slate portrait of Confucius is present that is patterned after one in the Confucian temple at his birthplace of Qufu in Shandong Province.

The Swedish Classroom reflects a peasant cottage. A subtle sense of humor associated with the Swedish people is revealed in the room's paintings. In this painting, Justice uses her blindfold to hold scales that appear balanced but have an off-center fulcrum.

The Swedish Classroom reflects a peasant cottage and contains murals in the style of the 18th-century painter from Hälsingland, Gustav Reuter. The fresco on the wall depicts of Three Wise Men dressed as cavaliers riding to Bethlehem, in two directions. In their midst is Sweden’s patron saint, St. Catherine.

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