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 www.harmonymuseum.org.
<B>Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens</B> in Schenley Park continues the summer flower show, "Gargoyles in the Garden," through Sept. 12. Also open is the annual butterfly forest through Sept. 6. The farmers market at Phipps Conservatory includes Riverview Dairy of Emlenton offering multiple flavors of goat cheese and goat milk from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays through October on the lawn. The conservatory is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with extended hours until 10 p.m. Fridays. Admission is $12 for adults, $11 for senior citizens age 62 and older and students with valid ID, $9 for children ages 2 to 18. Call 412-622-6914 or visit phipps.conservatory.org.<B>Pittsburgh Children's Museum,</B> 10 Children's Way, Allegheny Square, is showing an international children's painting competition exhibition through Aug. 1. This competition invites children from around the world, ages 6 to 14, to illustrate their personal view of the environment. Museum hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays; and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays, except holidays. Admission is $11 for adults; $10 for senior citizens older than 65 and children ages 2 to 18, and free for children younger than 2. Parking is $5 for nonmembers. Call 412-322-5058 or visit www.pittsburghkids.org.<B>ToonSeum</B>, Pittsburgh's Museum of Cartoon Art at 945 Liberty Ave., hosts ""The Art of AKIRA" through July 18, about the film by Katsuhiro Otomo. Regular museum hours are 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. Museum admission is $4 for adults and $3 for children ages 5 to 17; children younger than 5 are admitted free. Visit www.toonseum.org.<B>Heinz History Center</B>, 1212 Smallman St., continues "Discover the Real George Washington: New Views from Mount Vernon," an exhibition from George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens, through July 18. The exhibition features nearly 100 objects, including full-scale figures of Washington, architectural models, decorative and fine art items, maps, manuscripts and paintings. Continuing are "Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation" celebrating Pittsburgh's impact on the world over the past 250 years, and "Behind the Scenes with the Pittsburgh Steelers: Photographs by Mike Fabus." 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>Carnegie Science Center</B>, One Allegheny Ave., North Side, on select Sunday mornings this summer will offer behind the scenes tours of the USS Requin, the Cold War-era submarine docked on the Ohio River outside the center. Requin Tech Tours will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. on Sunday as well as July 11 and Aug. 8. Regular science center admission is $17.95 for adults and $9.95 for children ages 3 to 12; admission is discounted for senior citizens on Tuesdays. Parking is $5. 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>Carnegie Museum of Natural History</B>, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, opens "Pittsburgh Adorned: Classic to Contemporary" featuring more than 80 pieces of jewelry from private local collections and those of the Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History. 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 with ID and children ages 3 to 18, and free for members and children younger than 3. Call 412-622-3131 or visit www.carnegiemnh.org.
