Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
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Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums is America's 1st presidential library - includes Hayes' mansion, tomb, museum & paved trails through estate.
What a gorgeous winter day at Spiegel Grove! We even saw an eagle fly over today. 🦅⛄❄ #rbhayespres #arboretum #lakeerielove #thisistoledo #ohiotheheartofitall
January 15, 2026 at 9:43 PM
What a gorgeous winter day at Spiegel Grove! We even saw an eagle fly over today. 🦅⛄❄ #rbhayespres #arboretum #lakeerielove #thisistoledo #ohiotheheartofitall
Sunshine and snow at Spiegel Grove today! Jan. 15, 2026 #rbhayespres #lakeerielove #ohiotheheartofitall
January 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Sunshine and snow at Spiegel Grove today! Jan. 15, 2026 #rbhayespres #lakeerielove #ohiotheheartofitall
Our website is down. We've contacted our provider and are working as quickly as possible to get it working again. In the meantime, if you need assistance, please call us during business hours at 419-332-2081. Thank you!
January 10, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Our website is down. We've contacted our provider and are working as quickly as possible to get it working again. In the meantime, if you need assistance, please call us during business hours at 419-332-2081. Thank you!
#LilHayes and #LilLucy joined us today at Ohio Statehouse as we kicked off the America 250-Ohio celebration! We're very excited for the year of events planned throughout the state and the nation. Check out what we have planned here: www.rbhayes.org/news/america...
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January 7, 2026 at 10:04 PM
#LilHayes and #LilLucy joined us today at Ohio Statehouse as we kicked off the America 250-Ohio celebration! We're very excited for the year of events planned throughout the state and the nation. Check out what we have planned here: www.rbhayes.org/news/america...
#rbhayespres
#rbhayespres
Reminder: We switch to our holiday hours starting Monday. Here are the details: www.rbhayes.org/news/2025/12...
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#rbhayespres
Hayes Presidential Library & Museum switches to winter hours Jan. 2, 2026
Visit President Rutherford B. Hayes' wooded estate named Spiegel Grove, home of America's first presidential library. Tour the president's 31-room Victorian mansion, see his tomb, visit the newly reno...
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December 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Reminder: We switch to our holiday hours starting Monday. Here are the details: www.rbhayes.org/news/2025/12...
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#rbhayespres
We are very sad to announce that due to extreme cold, sleigh and trolley rides are canceled for today. Ticket-holders will receive a phone call and refund for the price of their tickets. Thank you for your understanding. Happy New Year!
December 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We are very sad to announce that due to extreme cold, sleigh and trolley rides are canceled for today. Ticket-holders will receive a phone call and refund for the price of their tickets. Thank you for your understanding. Happy New Year!
Unfortunately, Mother Nature isn't cooperating with our sleigh and trolley rides. The rides are canceled for Monday, Dec. 29, and Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025.
Fingers crossed we can have them Wednesday, Dec. 31. We'll keep you posted.
Fingers crossed we can have them Wednesday, Dec. 31. We'll keep you posted.
December 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Unfortunately, Mother Nature isn't cooperating with our sleigh and trolley rides. The rides are canceled for Monday, Dec. 29, and Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025.
Fingers crossed we can have them Wednesday, Dec. 31. We'll keep you posted.
Fingers crossed we can have them Wednesday, Dec. 31. We'll keep you posted.
With the high winds, we, unfortunately, had to cancel sleigh and trolley rides for today - Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. We really hope we can have them tomorrow! All ticket-holders have received a phone call (check your voicemail if you missed it) and a refund.
#rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall
#rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall
December 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
With the high winds, we, unfortunately, had to cancel sleigh and trolley rides for today - Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. We really hope we can have them tomorrow! All ticket-holders have received a phone call (check your voicemail if you missed it) and a refund.
#rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall
#rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall
Looking for something fun to do with the family today, or just a quiet few moments to yourself? We're open until 3! The last tour of the Hayes Home is at 2 p.m. We also have plenty of last-minute gifts - many are even wrapped for you! - and everything is 10 percent off.
#rbhayespres #Christmas🎄🎁⛄
#rbhayespres #Christmas🎄🎁⛄
December 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Looking for something fun to do with the family today, or just a quiet few moments to yourself? We're open until 3! The last tour of the Hayes Home is at 2 p.m. We also have plenty of last-minute gifts - many are even wrapped for you! - and everything is 10 percent off.
#rbhayespres #Christmas🎄🎁⛄
#rbhayespres #Christmas🎄🎁⛄
Hayes Home Holidays: Spirits of #Christmas 2025 is a wrap! Thanks to everyone who attended and all our amazing volunteers and staff who made it happen! Hayes Home Holidays is part of A Presidential Christmas, partially funded by Wright Leather Works LLC. Thanks to Wright Leather Works! #rbhayespres
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Hayes Home Holidays: Spirits of #Christmas 2025 is a wrap! Thanks to everyone who attended and all our amazing volunteers and staff who made it happen! Hayes Home Holidays is part of A Presidential Christmas, partially funded by Wright Leather Works LLC. Thanks to Wright Leather Works! #rbhayespres
Just in time for #Christmas2025, we have Serendip candles in our Museum Store: Mother Lucy and 1877. #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove
December 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Just in time for #Christmas2025, we have Serendip candles in our Museum Store: Mother Lucy and 1877. #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove
Great turnout for Lights of Spiegel Grove 2025! Thanks to sponsor GEM Rudolph Libbe Group. Lights of Spiegel Grove is part of our A Presidential Christmas series of events. Partial funding by Wright Leather Works. #rbhayespres #Christmas2025 🎄
December 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Great turnout for Lights of Spiegel Grove 2025! Thanks to sponsor GEM Rudolph Libbe Group. Lights of Spiegel Grove is part of our A Presidential Christmas series of events. Partial funding by Wright Leather Works. #rbhayespres #Christmas2025 🎄
Thanks to Croghan Colonial Bank's Croghan Cares Fund for its donation that made possible the purchase of lights for our Spiegel Grove Christmas tree that is being lighted tonight at Lights of Spiegel Grove! Details on that event here: www.rbhayes.org/news/2025/10...
#rbhayespres #christmas2025
#rbhayespres #christmas2025
December 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Thanks to Croghan Colonial Bank's Croghan Cares Fund for its donation that made possible the purchase of lights for our Spiegel Grove Christmas tree that is being lighted tonight at Lights of Spiegel Grove! Details on that event here: www.rbhayes.org/news/2025/10...
#rbhayespres #christmas2025
#rbhayespres #christmas2025
It's beginning to look a lot like #Christmas here at Spiegel Grove. #rbhayespres #Ohiotheheartofitall
December 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It's beginning to look a lot like #Christmas here at Spiegel Grove. #rbhayespres #Ohiotheheartofitall
Spiegel Grove is beautiful in the snow today. #rbhayespres #snowday #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #thisistoledo
December 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Spiegel Grove is beautiful in the snow today. #rbhayespres #snowday #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #thisistoledo
Thanks to Becca Mathews of RiverBend Homestead for teaching our Deck The Doors Wreath Class today here at Spiegel Grove! We used greenery cut fresh from The Grove. #rbhayespres #christmas2025 #Ohiotheheartofitall
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Thanks to Becca Mathews of RiverBend Homestead for teaching our Deck The Doors Wreath Class today here at Spiegel Grove! We used greenery cut fresh from The Grove. #rbhayespres #christmas2025 #Ohiotheheartofitall
Looking for the perfect gift? Our Museum Store has you covered! A #Krapmus bookmark, Hayes Presidential T-shirts and hats, custom charcuterie boards from our Spiegel Grove trees, localhistory books and more! #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #Christmas2025 #lakeerielove
November 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Looking for the perfect gift? Our Museum Store has you covered! A #Krapmus bookmark, Hayes Presidential T-shirts and hats, custom charcuterie boards from our Spiegel Grove trees, localhistory books and more! #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #Christmas2025 #lakeerielove
The veteran model train hobbyists who put on our annual model train clinic have generously offered to give a bonus model train clinic! It is next Saturday, Dec. 6, from 11 a.m to 4 p.m. in the museum auditorium with our "Hayes Train Special" model train display.
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The veteran model train hobbyists who put on our annual model train clinic have generously offered to give a bonus model train clinic! It is next Saturday, Dec. 6, from 11 a.m to 4 p.m. in the museum auditorium with our "Hayes Train Special" model train display.
We kicked off the #Christmas season today with the opening of the "Hayes Train Special" model train display, sponsored by Croghan Colonial Bank and The Knight Family, and train rides through Spiegel Grove, sponsored by GEM Rudolph Libbe Group. #rbhayespres
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We kicked off the #Christmas season today with the opening of the "Hayes Train Special" model train display, sponsored by Croghan Colonial Bank and The Knight Family, and train rides through Spiegel Grove, sponsored by GEM Rudolph Libbe Group. #rbhayespres
Here's some Presidential #Thanksgiving history, as the holiday nears. President Hayes never pardoned a turkey, but he does get a mention in this article:
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
#rbhayespres #thanksgivingdinner #turkey #potus
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
#rbhayespres #thanksgivingdinner #turkey #potus
The White House's history with Thanksgiving, and how the turkey pardon came to be
The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who established the national holiday.
www.yahoo.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Here's some Presidential #Thanksgiving history, as the holiday nears. President Hayes never pardoned a turkey, but he does get a mention in this article:
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
#rbhayespres #thanksgivingdinner #turkey #potus
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
#rbhayespres #thanksgivingdinner #turkey #potus
We're thrilled to announce we're the newest location for Shores & Islands Ohio's Chronolog photo station!
Put your smart phone into the holder, snap a photo and use the QR code to upload your photo. It'll go into a time-lapse that will create a video of our site.
#rbhayespres #lakeerielove
Put your smart phone into the holder, snap a photo and use the QR code to upload your photo. It'll go into a time-lapse that will create a video of our site.
#rbhayespres #lakeerielove
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We're thrilled to announce we're the newest location for Shores & Islands Ohio's Chronolog photo station!
Put your smart phone into the holder, snap a photo and use the QR code to upload your photo. It'll go into a time-lapse that will create a video of our site.
#rbhayespres #lakeerielove
Put your smart phone into the holder, snap a photo and use the QR code to upload your photo. It'll go into a time-lapse that will create a video of our site.
#rbhayespres #lakeerielove
Kin Hunters President Rebecca Fisher presents Head Librarian John Ransom with a $500 check for the Hayes Presidential Library. The money will be used to purchase a book in honor of Earl J. Wammes, who was a long-time member of the Kin Hunters. Wammes died in September. Thank you, Kin Hunters!
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Kin Hunters President Rebecca Fisher presents Head Librarian John Ransom with a $500 check for the Hayes Presidential Library. The money will be used to purchase a book in honor of Earl J. Wammes, who was a long-time member of the Kin Hunters. Wammes died in September. Thank you, Kin Hunters!
Big thanks to Gene Smith and the Gen. James Birdseye McPherson House in Clyde for the fantastic tour for our members. This was the November member perk, one of many Hayes Presidential Library & Museums members enjoy. Not a member? Join here: www.rbhayes.org/main/members...
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November 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Big thanks to Gene Smith and the Gen. James Birdseye McPherson House in Clyde for the fantastic tour for our members. This was the November member perk, one of many Hayes Presidential Library & Museums members enjoy. Not a member? Join here: www.rbhayes.org/main/members...
#rbhayespres
#rbhayespres
The back parking lot and area behind the museum are open to again to vehicles and walkers after our chiller (air conditioning unit) was removed and a new one installed this morning on the museum and library building.
Thanks to everyone for their patience and support!
#rbhayespres
Thanks to everyone for their patience and support!
#rbhayespres
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The back parking lot and area behind the museum are open to again to vehicles and walkers after our chiller (air conditioning unit) was removed and a new one installed this morning on the museum and library building.
Thanks to everyone for their patience and support!
#rbhayespres
Thanks to everyone for their patience and support!
#rbhayespres
Photos from Civil War Winter Camp on Saturday, sponsored by Mosser Construction. What a great day! Thanks to our reenactors, volunteers, staff and all who helped make this event happen and to all who attended!
#rbhayespres #civilwar #reenacting #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #thisistoledo
#rbhayespres #civilwar #reenacting #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #thisistoledo
October 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Photos from Civil War Winter Camp on Saturday, sponsored by Mosser Construction. What a great day! Thanks to our reenactors, volunteers, staff and all who helped make this event happen and to all who attended!
#rbhayespres #civilwar #reenacting #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #thisistoledo
#rbhayespres #civilwar #reenacting #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #thisistoledo