MUSEUMS
Harmony Museum, Mercer Street, Harmony, offers 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 www.harmonymuseum.org.
regionFort Ligonier, Route 30, Ligonier, hosts “George Washington Returns” for Community Day on Sunday. Fort hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and noon to 4:30 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 to 14, and free for children 5 and younger. Call 724-238-9701.
<B>Fort Ligonier</B>, Route 30, Ligonier, hosts “George Washington Returns” for Community Day on Sunday. Fort hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and noon to 4:30 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 to 14, and free for children 5 and younger. Call 724-238-9701.
<B>Children's Museum</B>, 10 Children's Way, Allegheny Square, present “Dora the Explorer Live! Dora's Pirate Adventure” from Saturday through Sept. 4. A MakeShop: SewShop will be offered at 3 p.m. Friday and at 10 a.m. Saturday. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $11 for adults, $10 for children ages 2 to 18 and senior citizens, and free for children younger than 2. Parking is $5 for nonmembers or $3 for members. On-street, metered parking also is available. Call 412-322-5058 or visit www.pittsburghkids.org.<B>Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens</B> from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays through the last week of October hosts local farmers featuring certified organic foods, including vegetables, fruit, meat, cheese, eggs and honey. The “Summer Flower Show: Living Harmoniously with Nature” continues 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.<B>National Aviary</B>, 700 Arch St., has opened the new Sky Deck, giving aviary guests an up-close view of falconry. The young birds have been trained by the staff. Sky Deck shows are held daily at 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., weather permitting, through the end of summer. Sky Deck is open to those age 6 and older. The aviary is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day. 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.<B>ToonSeum</B>, Pittsburgh's Museum of Cartoon Art at 945 Liberty Ave., in celebration of Father's Day, will admit dads free on June 19; children under 13 will also be admitted free. Admission for everyone else is $4. Dad's also will a receive a ToonSeum gift. The film “All-Star Superman,” an adaptation of Grant Morrison's 12-issue comic series, will be screened at 7 p.m. June 16. Original comic art featuring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and other iconic heroes continues through July 31. Tickets are available at the website http://iconsandorigins.eventbrite.com. Museum 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.<B>Fort Pitt Museum</B> 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. Adult admission is $5. Visit www.heinzhistory center.org.<B>Carnegie Museum of Natural History, </B>4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, invites visitors to “Explore Evolution” through July 24. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, with additional hours until 8 p.m. Thursdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission, which includes the Carnegie Museum of Art, is $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens, and $11 for students with ID and children ages 3 to 18, and free for members and children younger than 3. Call 412-622-3131 or visit www.carnegiemnh.org.