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Butler County Heritage Center, 119 W. New Castle St., will display two model railroads on Sunday afternoons beginning this weekend and continuing through Jan. 4. Hours will be noon until 4 p.m.The museum also will be open from noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 28, the day of Butler's annual Spirit of Christmas Parade downtown. Refreshments will be served on Sunday and Santa Claus will drop in for a visit from noon until 2 p.m. Nov. 28.The Heritage Center also is home to the Jay Bee Miniature Circus, Austin and Bantam cars as well as the "jeep," which was produced in the city of Butler, and exhibits about Pullman-Standard, steel, oil and glass industries.Museum admission is $5 for adults, $2 for children ages 5 to 17, and free for those younger than 5. Call 724-283-8116.
Harmony Museum on Mercer Street in Harmony, representing the town founded in 1804 by pacifist German Lutheran Separatists and their Harmony Society, will display the unique Yobp-Eckstein log house village and toy railroad during regular guided tours of the museum through early January.Guided tours of three buildings are offered from 1 to 4 p.m. daily except Mondays and holidays; reservations are suggested for weekends and required for groups. Call 724-452-7341 or 888-821-4822, or visit the Web site, www.harmonymuseum.org.
<B>Carnegie Science Center</B>, One Allegheny Ave. next to Heinz Field on the North Side, hosts the traveling exhibition "Hubble Space Telescope: New Views of the Universe," through Jan. 12. Regular 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.Regular admission to the science center is $14 for adults and $10 for senior citizens age 62 and older and children 3 to 18. Parking is $3; people not visiting the science center pay more. Call 412-237-3400 or visit the Web site, www.carnegiesciencecenter.org.<B>National Aviary</B>, 700 Arch St., hosts FliteZone inside for a new show running from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Flamingos have been added to the spectacle.Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Christmas Day. Regular admission is $9 for adults; $8 for senior citizens; $7.50 for children ages 2 to 12; and free for children younger than 2. Call 412-323-7235 or visit the Web site, www.aviary.org.<B>Heinz History Center</B>, 1212 Smallman St., features its new exhibit, "Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation," tracing Western Pennsylvania's imprint on the United States and the world. From the Meadowcroft Rockshelter in Avella, Pa., 16,000 years ago to the roads, planes and houses of today, the long-term exhibition features people's stories.Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, except holidays. Admission 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>Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens</B> in Schenley Park is displaying among the plants some Donald M. Robinson photographs of the Chihuly glass that was exhibited at Phipps last year. The photography will be shown through Jan. 22.Phipps is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 10 p.m. on Fridays. Admission rates are $10 for adults, $9 for seniors age 62 and older and students with ID, and $7 for children ages 2 to 18. Phipps members and children under 2 are admitted free. Call 412-622-6914 or visit www.phipps.conservatory.org.<B>Carnegie Museum of Natural History</B>, 4400 Forbes Ave. in Oakland, is exhibiting "Born of Fire: The Life and Pottery of Margaret Tafoya" through Jan. 4. This first East Coast exhibit of the works of this master Pueblo potter features more than 75 pieces, with additional works by her mother and descendants, including rare early works from the Santa Clara Pueblo where she lived.Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens, $11 for children ages 3 to 18 and full¿time students with ID, and free to children younger than 3 and Carnegie Museums members.Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Call 412-622-3131 or visit the Web site, www.carnegiemnh.org.
<B>Compass Inn Museum, </B>Route 30 in Laughlintown, will host Candlelight Tours from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 14.Until Thanksgiving, the authentically restored stagecoach stop is decorated for the harvest season; after Thanksgiving, fresh pine and holly will prevail.Admission is $9 for adults, $6 for students and free for children age 5 and younger. Call 724-238-4983 or visit the Web site, www.compassinn.com.<B>Ligonier's Festival of Lights</B> takes place from Dec. 6 to 14 between noon and 7 p.m. daily. Admission to the festival is $4 for adults and $1 for children. Call 724-238-6818 or visit www.ligonierhistoricalsociety.org.
