Harmony train displays open

The Harmony Museum’s annual Christmas season model railroad displays, have opened for the season. They will continue into early January.

The antique Yobp-Eckstein log village with O-gauge train and trolley, and the Royer two-train HO layout created in 2012, can be seen during guided museum tours.

The platforms are in a multipurpose room of the Wagner House annex that includes a permanent exhibit about area railroad history.

The Yobp-Eckstein village combines a Civil War era train and early 20th century street car, both 1950s Lionel toys, with log structures hand-built in the 1930s.

The museum offers guided tours from 1 to 4 p.m. daily with the exception of Mondays. Tours are available by appointment. Call 724-452-7341.

Kaufmann’s window shown

PITTSBURGH — The Senator John Heinz History Center presents a Kaufmann’s/Macy’s holiday display through January.

The display features objects from the downtown department store’s holiday displays, including:

The original chair used by Santa Claus at Kaufmann’s

Macy’s Christmas elf and reindeer parade costumes

Cinderella Christmas window figures

The mailbox from Kaufmann’s, where children stuffed their letters addressed to Santa’s North Pole residence

The Santa costume from the Macy’s Holiday Parade; and

Mr. and Mrs. Claus ornaments, Christmas wreath decorations, props and shopping bags.

The items are among more than 100 historical objects recently donated to the history center by Macy’s, including artifacts from the store’s beauty salons, Tic Toc restaurant, and Arcade Bakery.

Additional items from Kaufmann’s/Macy’s will be featured in the museum’s new Visible Storage exhibition in the Sigo Falk Collections Center, which is set to open in early 2016.

The Heinz History Center at 1212 Smallman St. is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Call 412-454-6000 or visit heinzhistorycenter.org.