Museums & more
COUNTY
Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St., features Asian art and German Meissen porcelain. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. Admission is $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students, and free for children younger than 8 accompanied by an adult. Call 724-282-0123 or visit maridon.org.
Butler County Historical Society at the Senator Walter Lowrie House Museum, 123 W. Diamond St., can be reached at 724-283-8116 or www.butlerhistory.com.
Harmony Museum, 218 Mercer St., offers tours 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 6 to 17. Call 724-452-7341.
PITTSBURGH
Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., will open “American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition” on Feb. 10. For February as Black History Month, the center will host a screening of “The Lost Tapes: Malcolm X” at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Regular admission is $16 for adults, $14 for senior citizens, and $6.50 for children 6 to 17. Call 412-454-6000.
National Aviary, 700 Arch St., presents penguin chicks, which were born Dec. 16 and 20. The aviary is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $14 for adults and $13 for senior citizens and children 2 to 12. Call 412-323-7235.
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 700 Frank Curto Drive, is open 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and until 10 p.m. Fridays. Admission is $17.95 for adults, $16.95 for senior citizens and students, and $11.95 for children 2 to 18. Call 412-622-6914.
Children’s Museum, Allegheny Square, is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $16 for adults and $14 for children 2 to 18 and senior citizens. Call 412-322-5058.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Ave., is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except closed Tuesdays. Extended hours are until 8 p.m. most Thursdays. Admission is $19.95 for adults, $14.95 for senior citizens, and $11.95 for children 3 to 18. Call 412-622-3131.
Carnegie Science Center, North Side, is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. most days. Admission is $18.95 for adults and $11.95 for children 3 to 12. Call 412-237-3400.
