MUSEUMS & MORE
Harmony Museum on Mercer Street in Harmony has raised its admission fees. Admission is now $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens, and $3 for youth ages 6 to 17. Guided tours include the main museum building and wine cellar and a neighboring early 19th century house, both built by the communal Harmony Society, and a Mennonite log house. Tours are offered 1 to 4 p.m. daily except Mondays. Call 724-452-7341 or visit www.harmonymuseum.org.
Old Economy Village in Ambridge is open year-round so visitors can see what life was like for the Harmonists during winter. Admission is available at the visitors center, 270 16th St. Cost is $10 for adults, $9 for senior citizens, $6 for children ages 3 to 11, and free for active military personnel. Old Economy is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Call 724-266-4500.
Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., presents “1968: The Year That Rocked America.” Admission is $15 for adults, $13 for visitors age 62 and older, $10 for students and children ages 6 to 17, and free for children 5 and younger. Call 412-454-6000 or visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org.ToonSeum, Pittsburgh’s Museum of Cartoon Art at 945 Liberty Ave., hosts an exhibit of animation in “The Art of AKIRA Returns” through April 28. Admission is $5 for adults and children age 13 and older and $1 for children ages 6 to 12. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Call 412-232-0199 or visit www.toonseum.org.Children’s Museum, 10 Children’s Way, Allegheny Square, presents “Move with Art” Saturday through May 12. Visitors can pull levers to move a 10-foot wooden man, create images on a giant Kaleidoscope and feed rubber balls to a life-size wooden cow at this new exhibit that highlights original hands-on art pieces from the six years of the museum’s “Tough Art” program. Opening weekend activities are planned. Regular hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $13 for adults, $12 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.Carnegie Science Center, North Side, presents Spaceplace, a permanent exhibit featuring a two-story walk-in replica of the International Space Station. Center admission is $17.95 for adults and $11.95 for children ages 3 to 12. Call 412-237-3400 or visit CarnegieScienceCenter.org. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays through Fridays.
