Museums & More
COUNTYButler County Historical Society’s Senator Walter Lowrie House Museum presents the last public showing of “The Civil War in Pennsylvania,” a 500-square-foot exhibit featuring four life-size historic figures, modular panels describing Pennsylvania’s contributions, and original items from the collections of the historical society. The traveling exhibit includes figures of Martin Delany, an abolitionist from Pittsburgh who became the highest ranking African-American member of the Union Army, and Strong Vincent, an attorney from Erie who was famous for his cry of “Don’t give an inch” during the defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Friday and Wednesdays through Saturdays from Dec. 2 to 19. Admission is free, though donations are accepted. Call 724-283-8116 or visit www.butlerhistory.com.Harmony Museum, 218 Mercer St., which had planned to host the commemoration of George Washington’s 1753 mission to the Ohio Country on Nov. 28, has rescheduled the event to February to coincide with another traditional Washington observance. Museum tours are offered from 1 to 4 p.m. daily except when the museum is closed Mondays. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens, and $3 for youths ages 6 to 17. Call 724-452-7341.
PITTSBURGHCarnegie Science Center, North Side, reopens the Miniature Railroad and Village on Tuesday. The science center is open regularly from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays through Fridays. General admission is $18.95 for adults and $11.95 for children ages 3 to 12. Call 412-237-3400 or visit CarnegieScienceCenter.org. The center will be closed Nov. 26.Children’s Museum, Allegheny Square, will be closed Nov. 26 for Thanksgiving but will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 27. The 16th annual Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Sweater Drive continues through Dec. 15. The display “Voyage to Vietnam: Celebrating the Tet Festival” runs through Jan. 17. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $14 for adults and $13 for children ages 2 to 18 and senior citizens. Visit www.pittsburghkids.org.Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., displays the World War II flight jacket of legendary Hollywood actor, decorated U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, and Indiana, Pa., native Jimmy Stewart as part of the museum’s “We Can Do It! WWII” exhibition. Center admission is $15 for adults, $13 for seniors, $6 for students and children ages 6 to 17, and free for children 5 and younger. Admission rate for active and retired military is $6. Visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org.Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, presents “Out of This World! Jewelry in the Space Age” and the interactive exhibit “Animal Secrets.” Admission is $19.95 for adults, $14.95 for senior citizens, $11.95 for children ages 3 to 18, and free for children under 3. Visit www.carnegiemnh.org.Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 700 Frank Curto Drive, will have Saturdays with the Sugar Plum Fairy creative movement class and story telling for parents and children from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday and Dec. 5. The program is free with admission, which is $15 for adults, $14 for seniors and students and $11 for children ages 2 to 18. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, and until 10 p.m. Fridays. Call 412-622-6914.National Aviary, 700 Arch St., has new male snowy owls “Tundra” and “Glacier” on exhibit until temperatures warm in spring. Aviary hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $14 for adults, $13 for senior citizens and $12 for children ages 2 to 18; shows are extra. Call 412-323-7235 or visit www.aviary.org.
