MUSEUMS & MORE
Harmony
Museum represents the town founded in 1804 by pacifist German Lutheran Separatists, and their Harmony Society. The area was resettled in 1815 when Mennonite "second founder" Abraham Ziegler bought the society's holdings. The museum offers guided tours from 1 to 4 p.m. daily except Mondays and holidays; reservations suggested for weekends and required for groups. Call 724-452-7341 or 888-821-4822, e-mail hmuseum@zoominternet.net., or visit the Web site, www.harmonymuseum.org.
Passavant House and Buhl House, historic house museums of the Zelienople Historical Society, at 243 and 221 S. Main St. in Zelienople, are open for regularly scheduled tours beginning at 1 and 2:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays through September. Admission, which covers both houses, is $5 for adults, $3 for students. Call 724-452-9457.
<B>National Aviary</B>, 700 Arch St., will host a visit by Dora & Diego from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The final showings of FliteZone will be at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Monday. Summer hours are in effect and are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Monday. Half-priced admission is offered weekdays through September. Call 412-323-7235 or visit the Web site, www.aviary.org.<B>Carnegie Science Center</B>, One Allegheny Ave. next to Heinz Field on the North Side, concludes "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" on Monday. This exhibit requires a separate, timed-entrance ticket. Science Center hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays; closed holidays. Call 412-237-3400 or visit www.carnegiesciencecenter.org.<B>Heinz History Center</B>, 1212 Smallman St., presents "Pittsburgh Recast," featuring more than 50 pieces of work by members of the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators, through Sept. 7. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, except holidays. Admission includes both the History Center and Sports Museum and is $9 for adults, $7 for senior citizens older than 61, $5 for students with ID and for children ages 6 to 18, and free for children younger than 6. Call 412-454-6000.
<B>Old Economy Village</B>, Route 65, Ambridge, will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Gertrude Rapp's birthday with activities on Sunday. Rapp was born on Aug. 31, 1808, in Harmony, Pa. She became Western Pennsylvania's first internationally recognized businesswoman. Admission is free on Sunday. Call 724-266-4500. Tickets are available at the visitor center at 270 16th St., Ambridge.
