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Harmony Museum on Mercer Street in Harmony offers guided tours from 1 to 4 p.m. daily except Mondays. Reservations are suggested for weekends and required for groups. Call 724-452-7341 or 888-821-4822: visit www.harmonymuseum.org.

<B>Fort Pitt Museum</B> in Point State Park is closed through Sunday for exhibition maintenance and updating. It reopens Monday. The museum currently features “The American Frontier Rifleman: Tall Tales & Truth,” which runs through April 30. Visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org.<B>Heinz History Center</B>, 1212 Smallman St., continues “Stars and Stripes: An American Story” through June 17. The center is open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $9 for senior citizens, $5 for students with ID and for children ages 4 to 17, and free for children 3 and younger. Call 412-454-6000 or visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org.<B>ToonSeum</B>, Pittsburgh’s Museum of Cartoon Art at 945 Liberty Ave., presents more than 50 pieces of original comic strip art all from April 11, 2010. The exhibit is a who’s who of modern American comics, featuring Garfield, Beetle Bailey and Doonsebury among others. The exhibit runs through January in the ToonSeum’s Lou Scheimer Gallery. “Funky Turns 40,” celebrating the legacy of the first wave of positive black animated characters of the 1970s, opens Wednesday and continues through March 10. Admission is $4 for adults and free for children age 12 and younger. Call 412-232-0199 or visit www.toonseum.org. 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.<B>Children’s Museum</B>, 10 Children’s Way, Allegheny Square, celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day from Saturday through Monday with dance performances by Hill Dance Academy Theatre at 1 and 2 p.m. Saturday, The August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble at 2 p.m. Sunday, and readings, music and a Dr. King portrayal on Monday. These activities are free with museum admission. “How People Make Things” continues through Feb. 5, and “Tough Art” concludes Monday. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $12 for adults, $11 for children ages 2 to 18 and senior citizens, and free for children younger than 2. Call 412-322-5058 or visit www.pittsburghkids.org.<B></B>

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