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Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival is planned for 6 to 10 p.m. June 8 downtown and beginning at 9 a.m. June 9 and 10 at Cooper’s Lake Campground near Slippery Rock. More than 2,000 Jeep owners from 28 states and Canada are already registered to attend with their Jeeps. Activities include on- and off-site trail rides, a Jeep Playground obstacle course featuring a mud pit, Jeep Invasion street party, and Mystery Road Rally. Visit bantamjeepfestival.com.

Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St., is open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, except holidays. Museum admission is $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students, and free for children younger than 8 accompanied by an adult. Guided tours are available with advance notice for no extra charge. Call 724-282-0123 or visit www.maridon.org.

Butler County Historical Society will have a dinner and program at 5:30 p.m. June 7 at Tanglewood Center, 10 Austin Ave., Lyndora. Reservations are required no later than Monday. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. followed by the program for the evening, “Fire on the Water.” James Gindelsperger of Johnstown will talk about the Confederate raider Alabama, which sank more than 60 Union merchant ships before it was sunk in a naval battle with the Kearsarge off the coast of France in 1864. Cost for the dinner and program is $12 per person. Call 724-283-8116 or stop at the office at 123 W. Diamond St.

Harmony Museum, 218 Mercer St., Harmony, will have an Herb and Garden Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 9 in the Harmonist Barn. Museum tours include the 1809 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, offered from 1 to 4 p.m. daily, except when the museum is closed Mondays and major holidays. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens age 60 and older, and $3 for youths ages 6 to 17. Call 724-452-7341.

PITTSBURGH

Fort Pitt Museum in Point State Park, part of the Smithsonian-affiliated Senator John Heinz History Center museum system, will be the site of “Artillery and Artificers” from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 9 and 10 and Aug. 4 and 5. Visitors can witness how artillerists at the historic fort prepared for cannon firings to defend the Point and learn how artisans like tinners and blacksmiths helped produce 18th century artillery. Call 412-454-6415 or visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org.

Children’s Museum, 10 Children’s Way, Allegheny Square, presents “Thomas & Friends: Explore the Rails” through Sept. 9 and “The Pigeon Comes to Pittsburgh: A Mo Willems Exhibit” through Sept. 2. Regular museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, except holidays. Admission is $16 for adults and $14 for children ages 2 to 18 and senior citizens. Children younger than 2 are admitted free. Call 412-322-5058 or visit www.pittsburghkids.org.

Carnegie Science Center on the North Side will open the Lego exhibit “The Art of the Brick” on June 16. Because of the popularity of this exhibit, timed entrances will be offered every 15 minutes. Science Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. General admission is $18.95 for adults and $11.95 for children ages 3 to 12. Call 412-237-3400.