MUSEUMS

July 28, 2011 Last Updated: July 28, 2011 02:37 PM Weekend Entertainment

Harmony Museum on Mercer Street in Harmony offers guided tours from 1 to 4 p.m. daily except Mondays. Reservations are suggested for weekends and required for groups. Call 724-452-7341 or 888-821-4822, or visit the website www.harmonymuseum.org.region

Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, 401 Meadowcroft Road in Avella, Washington County, is open noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $10 for adults, $9 for senior citizens, $5 for children 6 to 16, and free for children younger than 6. Call 724-587-3412 or visit the website www.heinzhistorycenter.org/meadowcroft.

Fort Pitt Museum in Point State Park examines the rifleman’s material culture, lifestyle and place in American history as part of a new exhibition, ”The American Frontier Rifleman: Tall Tales & Truth,” through Oct. 30. Admission is $5. Visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org.Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens presents the “Summer Flower Show: Living Harmoniously with Nature” through Sept. 27. The conservatory at One Schenley Park is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with extended hours until 10 p.m. Fridays. Admission is $12 for adults; $11 for senior citizens age 62 and older and students with valid ID; $9 for children ages 2 to 18; and free for children younger than 2. Call 412-622-6914 or visit www.phipps.conservatory.org.Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., concludes “Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World,” on Sunday. The exhibit features more than 150 artifacts and nearly 30 hands-on activities. The center is open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $9 for senior citizens age 62 and older, $5 for students with ID and for children ages 4 to 17, and free for children 3 and younger. Call 412-454-6000 or visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org.National Aviary, 700 Arch St., offers the new Sky Deck, giving Aviary guests an up-close view of falconry with shows daily at 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., weather permitting. Sky Deck is open to those age 6 and older. The aviary is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. General admission is $13 for adults, $12 for senior citizens, $11 for children ages 2 to 12, and free for those younger than 2. Tickets that include general admission plus the Wings! and Sky Deck shows are $21 for adults, $20 for senior citizens and $19 for children. Call 412-323-7235 or visit www.aviary.org.ToonSeum, Pittsburgh’s Museum of Cartoon Art at 945 Liberty Ave., has extended the original comic art exhibit featuring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and other iconic heroes through Aug. 21. Tickets are available at http://iconsandorigins.eventbrite.com. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $4 for adults and $3 for children ages 5 to 17; children younger than 5 are admitted free. Visit www.toonseum.org or call 412-232-0199.Carnegie Science Center on the North Side offers visitors the chance to go behind the scenes of USS Requin, a Cold War-era submarine docked on the Ohio River, and tour areas rarely seen by the general public from 9 to 11 a.m. Aug. 7 and 21. Due to the submarine’s structure, Requin Tech Tours require full mobility, and tour size is limited to 12 people. Participants must be age 15 or older. Cost is $20 for non-members and $15 for members. Call 412-237-1637. Visitors wishing to go on a self-guided tour of the USS Requin may do so daily from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sundays through Fridays, and from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturdays, throughout the summer. Self-guided tours of the submarine are included with general admission to the science center. Admission to the submarine is $5 for walk-ups. Regular science center admission is $17.95 for adults and $9.95 for children ages 3 to 12. Omnimax films are extra. Call 412-237-3400 or visit the website www.carnegiesciencecenter.org.