MUSEUMS & MORE
Harmony Museum on Mercer Street in Harmony is open from 1 to 4 p.m. daily; closed 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>ToonSeum</B>, Pittsburgh's Museum of Cartoon Art at 945 Liberty Ave., will host "Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front" about the World War II cartoonist at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays, except holidays. Admission is $4 for adults and $3 for children ages 5 to 17; children younger than 5 are admitted free. Visit the Web site, www.toonseum.org. The ToonSeum is billed as one of only three museums in the nation dedicated exclusively to the cartoon arts.<B>Heinz History Center</B>, 1212 Smallman St., continues "Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation" celebrating Pittsburgh's impact on the world during the past 250 years, and "Behind the Scenes with the Pittsburgh Steelers: Photographs by Mike Fabus" plus "Forbes Field: A Century of Memories." Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, except holidays. Admission is $10 for adults, $9 for senior citizens age 62 and older, $5 for students with ID and for children ages 4 to 17, and free for children 3 and younger. Call 412-454-6000.<B>Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens</B> in Schenley Park continues "Life in the Gardens: Fräbel Glass at Phipps" through January. This exhibit features the work of German-born artist Hans Godo Fräbel, a founding father of modern glass sculpture. Phipps is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 10 p.m. Fridays, except holidays. Admission is $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 younger than 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, opened "Population Impact" about how the world's nearly seven billion humans are part of ecosystems. Continuing is the exhibit "Dinosaurs in Their Time" and through May 2 the traveling exhibition "Whales/Tohora." Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, with additional hours until 8 p.m. Thursdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Closed major holidays. Admission, which includes the Carnegie Museum of Art, is $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens, and $11 for students and children age 3 and older, and free for members and children younger than 3. Call 412-622-3131 or visit the Web site, www.carnegiemnh.org.
