MUSEUM

September 04, 2008 Last Updated: September 04, 2008 09:27 AM Weekend Entertainment

Passavant House and Buhl House, historic house museums of the Zelienople Historical Society, at 243 and 221 S. Main St. in Zelienople, are open for regularly scheduled tours beginning at 1 and 2:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays through September. Admission, which covers both houses, is $5 for adults, $3 for students. Call 724-452-9457.

Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden, 4905 Fifth Ave., exhibits "Land of Milk and Honey" with new plantings, displays and tours, through Sept. 15. The garden displays more than 100 temperate and tropical plants grown in ancient Israel. Hours are noon to 1 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays, as well as 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays through August. Admission is free as is parking. Call 412-621-6566.Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., concludes "Pittsburgh Recast," featuring more than 50 pieces of work by members of the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators, on Sunday. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, except holidays. Regular admission includes both the History Center and Sports Museum and is $9 for adults, $7 for senior citizens older than 61, $5 for students with ID and for children ages 6 to 18, and free for children younger than 6. Call 412-454-6000.Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Ave. in Oakland, has opened the final phase of "Dinosaurs in Their Time," featuring the return of the museum's Tyrannosaurus rex, which is joined by a second T. rex, with the two frozen in a confrontation. "In Harmony with Nature II: Photos by Donald M. Robinson" runs through Sept. 14. "Insects, Ink & Inklings: Illustrations by Jane Hyland" runs through Nov. 1. Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens, $11 for children ages 3 to 18 and full-time students with ID, and free to children younger than 3 and Carnegie Museums members. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays, plus for the summer, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays as well. Call 412-622-3131 or visit the Web site, www.carnegiemnh.org.