Reminder: We switch to our holiday hours starting Monday. Here are the details: www.rbhayes.org/news/2025/12... #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!

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.

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

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🎄🎁⛄

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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... #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

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

What a fabulous day and turnout for #CivilWar Winter Camp 2025! Thanks to everyone who attended and supported it, to our title sponsor, Mosser Construction, to our reenactors and volunteers, all the presenters and our staff. #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall

Thanks to our friends at the Sandusky Register for featuring our #CivilWar Winter Camp happening this Saturday: sanduskyregister.com/news/646396/.... #rbhayespres #OhioTheHeartofitall #lakeerielove #thisistoledo

Thanks to our friends @cleveland.com for reminding everyone that we are still open and not affected by the government shutdown: www.cleveland.com/travel/2025/.... Come see us! #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #thisistoledo

We're excited to announce we'll be having a blood drive with the @americanredcross.bsky.social on Saturday, Jan. 17, from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Please sign up to donate with our visitor services manager, Linda Lopez-Fouts at 419-332-2081, ext. 225, or [email protected]. #rbhayespres #blooddrive

Learn about the mole, a creature that lives here at Spiegel Grove, an accredited arboretum. #rbhayespres #arboretum

This blue cup and saucer from a child’s play set belonged to Fanny Hayes, daughter of Pres. Hayes, when she was a child. This piece was recently donated to us by the Fairfield County Heritage Association and William T. Sherman House in Lancaster. Thank you to both! #rbhayespres

The Museum Store is ready for Civil War Winter Camp! Come in and get your supplies for this fun and educational event, happening Saturday, Oct. 25. www.rbhayes.org/news/2025/07... New this year, a cavalry band will play on horseback! Sponsored by Mosser Construction. #rbhayespres

We had so much fun with our members during #Booseum this morning! This is one of our #memberperks, which are sponsored by KF Construction. #rbhayespres #Halloween2025

We're excited to announce we've published another book that arrived today! "The Story of Spiegel Grove: Rutherford B. Hayes, his Family, and their Home" is written by Historian Josh Dubbert and designed by Marketing/Communications Mgr Kristina Smith, who also took the photos featured in the book.

ICYMI: Here's the full video from the wreath-laying ceremony at President Hayes' tomb that took place on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. Each year, the sitting U.S. president sends military representatives to lay a wreath in honor of Hayes' birthday, which is Oct. 4. youtu.be/0Ik2Dm0NRZw #rbhayespres

And here are a few pics from the wreath-laying in honor of President Hayes' birthday, which was Oct. 4. Each year, the sitting U.S. president sends military representatives for this meaningful ceremony. Despite the government shutdown, this still took place, and we are grateful. #rbhayespres

Here are a few more pics from the naturalization ceremony for new citizens that took place yesterday at Spiegel Grove. Welcome, fellow Americans! #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #thisistoledo

Today, 20 immigrants because official U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony here at the Hayes Home at Spiegel Grove during our Rutherford B. Hayes Day celebration! We also had the annual wreath-laying by members of the U.S. military and Hayes family at President Hayes’ tomb for his bday.

Just a reminder, we are a state-owned site and are not affected by the government shutdown. We do not receive any federal funding. Events on Sunday, Oct. 5, for Rutherford B. Hayes Day will take place as scheduled. However, there could be some changes regarding military guests due to the shutdown.

Thanks to the Sandusky Register for featuring our grant award from the Jeffris Family Foundation! We're excited to take on a new restoration project of the Hayes Home. sanduskyregister.com/news/638694/... #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #thisistoledo

Thanks to Sashem Brey and cameraman JD at 13abc for featuring our site and President Hayes's upcoming birthday for its "We The People" America 250 series! Watch the segment here: www.13abc.com/2025/09/29/w... #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #LakeErieLove #ThisisToledo #America250 #America250Ohio

Coming to a mailbox near your - if you're a Hayes Presidential Library & Museums member - is the Fall Statesman! Can't wait to read it? You can see it online here: www.rbhayes.org/clientupload... You don't have to be a member to read online. #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove

We had a great time at History Roundtable with Mike Gilbert on Saturday! Mike talked about the Fabulous '50s and why that decade was pivotal in many ways in American history. There are two sessions of History Roundtable left this season: www.rbhayes.org/news/2025/03... #rbhayespres

We were excited to welcome this group tour from Southeast Michigan to Hayes Presidential today! They enjoyed a presentation about our grounds, trees and historic White House gates by John Havens, building & grounds superintendent.

What a fantastic turnout for the opening of Terra State Community College's "Sounds of Sandusky County" exhibit here at Hayes Presidential! J. Brennan Willis, Terra's director of music, liberal arts and business, gave an excellent presentation and then everyone was able to see the exhibit.

Join us tomorrow for free tea samples with The Summer Kitchen Girls! #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #teatime

We are so excited to announce that we are now a certified autism center through the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES). www.instagram.com/reel/DOvpglU...

We're so excited for the special exhibit by Terra State Community College opening here at Hayes Presidential tomorrow! "Sounds of Sandusky County" tells some amazing stories of the local recording studio and artists who performed here. www.rbhayes.org/news/2025/09...

Congratulations to Dave Ashton, member of our building and grounds crew, on his retirement! Dave worked here for 21 years, and we celebrated with him today with a cookout at the carriage house. Thank you for your many years of service, Dave! Enjoy your retirement!

Thanks to our friends at @ohiomagazine.bsky.social e for featuring our upcoming event Calling All Spirits: Spiritualism in the Victorian era taking place on two nights in October in the Hayes Home dining room. www.ohiomagazine.com/ohio-life/ar.... #rbhayespres #Halloween2025

We are thrilled to announce that our historian, Joshua Dubbert, has written a biography of Rutherford B. Hayes that we have published and have for sale in our Museum Store! "Rutherford B. Hayes: A Life of Service and Honor," is available for $19.99. #rbhayespres

#Cemtember is upon us! If you're a Hayes Presidential Library & Museums Member, your #MemberPerk this month is going to a different area museum all month and learning the stories behind them. #rbhayespres #historiccemeteries #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #thisistoledo #membership

We're sad to announce that the Aug. 20 Verandah Concert featuring North Coast Big Band will not be rescheduled. Unfortunately, we were not able to find a date that would work for rescheduling. Thanks for your understanding. We hope to have this excellent band back next year! #rbhayespres

We had our first meeting of the Reading from the President's Library Book Club today, and it went great! Thanks to everyone who came, and to our sponsors, Richard & Kathy Smith. Book Club details here: www.rbhayes.org/news/2025/06... #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #bookclub