MUSEUMS
Old Stone House hosts a Pioneer Day celebration from noon to 5 p.m. June 16 showing what it may have been like to be a settler in Western Pennsylvania. Donation is $3 per person or $5 per family. Old Stone House is at the intersection of Routes 8, 528 and 173.
Harmony Museum, Mercer Street, Harmony, will have its 10th annual herb and garden fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 9. Admission is free. Call 724-452-7341 or e-mail hmuseumzoominternet.net.
Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village in Avella, Washington County, is open for the season. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $10 for adults, $9 for senior citizens, $5 for children ages 6 to 17, and free for children under 6. Call 724-587-3412.
Fort Pitt Museum in Point State Park hosts Summer Saturdays at the Fort programs featuring re-enactors and demonstrations on June 9, July 14 and Aug. 11. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 6 to 17. Call 412-454-6415.Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens at One Schenley Park presents its summer flower show “Fountains of Youth” through Sept. 30. Phipps is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 10 p.m. Fridays. Admission is $12 for adults; $11 for senior citizens and students with ID; $9 for children ages 2 to 18; and free for children younger than 2. Call 412-622-6914 or visit phipps.conservatory.org.Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., offers the last chance for visitors to see “America’s Best Weekly: A Century of The Pittsburgh Courier.” The exhibit closes Sunday. “Stars and Stripes: An American Story” continues through June 17. The center is open daily 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.National Aviary, 700 Arch St., hosts “Parrots of the Caribbean” in the Helen M. Schmidt FliteZone Theater. Also, the aviary’s rooftop Sky Deck theater is open for the season, featuring birds of prey in free-flight demonstrations above the aviary. The aviary is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $13 for adults, $12 for senior citizens, $11 for children ages 2 to 18, and free for children younger than 2. Call 412-323-7235 or visit www.aviary.org.ToonSeum, Pittsburgh’s Museum of Cartoon Art at 945 Liberty Ave., celebrates a jazz film icon with the Betty Boop Film Festival from 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $12. Visit www.boopfest.eventbrite.com. Regular admission is $4 for adults and free for children age 12 and younger. 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. Call 412-232-0199 or visit www.toonseum.org.Children’s Museum, 10 Children’s Way, Allegheny Square, presents “The Wizard of Oz Children’s Educational Exhibition” through Sept. 2. 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.
