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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.

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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Watch the procession for The Eyes of Freedom: Lima Company Memorial from Tiffin into Spiegel Grove here in Fremont this morning. The procession was led by Black Swamp Veterans Motorcycle Club and local law enforcement. "Eyes" will be open on our grounds Saturday - Monday. Access is free.
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks to our friends at @ohiomagazine.bsky.social for featuring our upcoming Spiegel Grove Stroll event with miniature horses! www.ohiomagazine.com/travel/artic... #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove
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Pet Miniature Horses at the Rutherford B. Hayes Home This Fall
Pet and brush miniature horses at Spiegel Grove, the Fremont estate of the 19th U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes. 
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Spiegel Grove Squires BBC joined with the Sandusky County Raptors Special Olympics Softball Team today for #vintagebaseball at Spiegel Grove! Members of the two teams joined together and then broke into two teams with the mixed players - the Trees and the Squirrels. Sponsored by Whirlpool.
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What a great morning! Serendipity Sips is here keeping everyone caffeinated, and out Spiegel Grove Stroll T-shirts are here for our strollers who have completed their 12th stroll. Want to join us? Details here: www.rbhayes.org/news/2026/06... #rbhayespres #arboretum #ohiotheheartofitall
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Thanks to everyone who attended our annual Tree Symposium today and to all our speakers and staff who made it happen. #rbhayespres #arboretum
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Thanks to everyone who joined us in celebrating First Lady Lucy Hayes' birthday on Saturday and to Stuck in a Story for bringing its books to us and our patrons for Lucy's special day! #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #firstladies
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thanks to everyone who made this eighth annual fundraiser a huge success! Thanks to our sponsors! Title sponsors Birchard Financial, LLC, and Wright Leather Works.
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Craft Beers, Cocktails & Corks at Spiegel Grove is on for tomorrow (Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026)! We've been monitoring the weather, and we're planning to have it. Details here: www.rbhayes.org/news/2026/06... #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #thisistoledo
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Check out these great raffle items for Craft Beers, Cocktails & Corks at Spiegel Grove! There are some tickets in there! PLUS, you asked; we answered. Find the answers to your frequently asked questions about the event, including getting tickets, here: www.rbhayes.org/news/2026/08... #rbhayespres
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Last Verandah Concert this season with the North Coast Big Band. Thanks so much to everyone who came to the concerts this year, the groups who performed, our staff and volunteers and our sponsors! Title sponsor: Fremont Federal Credit Union, additional funding by ProMedica Memorial Hospital.
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Thanks to our friends @wtol11.bsky.social for having us on "Good Day" yesterday to talk about our upcoming Craft Beers, Cocktails & Corks event, happening Saturday, Aug. 22. www.wtol.com/video/news/l... #rbhayespres #ohiowines
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Thanks to our friends at the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era for featuring our site! Read the blog post here: blog.shgape.org/field-notes-... #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #thisistoledo #HistoricHomesofAmerica
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Field Notes: The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums - SHGAPE Blog
In the second installment of “Field Notes: Public History in the GAPE,” Historian Joshua Dubbert, with support from Communications and Marketing Manager Kristina Smith, discusses the Rutherford B. Hay...
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Thanks to everyone who came to our Audiobook Walk last night here at Spiegel Grove and supported Pan Yan Books and Birchard Public Library. The walk was sponsored by Beck @friendshipkitchenoh. It kicked off our new romance #bookclub, The Perfect Union. #rbhayespres #romancenovels
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Can you think of a more beautiful place to walk and listen to audiobooks with your fellow bibliophiles than Spiegel Grove? Join us next Wednesday, July 29, for our free audiobook event from 6 to 7 p.m. The event is free. www.rbhayes.org/news/2026/07... #rbhayespres #LakeErieLove
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The Spiegel Grove Squires #vintagebaseball team took on the Lakeside-Marblehead Stonecrushers this afternoon at James Park in Marblehead, and everyone had a fun afternoon! Thanks to everyone who attended and to both teams! Thanks to the Squires' sponsor, Whirlpool Corporation. #rbhayespres
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
What a perfect day for GroveFest! Thanks to all of our vendors and to everyone who came and to our volunteers and staff who make it happen! #rbhayespres #OhioTheHeartofitAll #LakeErieLove
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Thanks to The Beacon for featuring the upcoming away game (but not that far away, you could make this one!) between the Spiegel Grove Squires BBC and Marblehead Lakeside Stone Crushers. www.thebeacon.net/no-gloves-no... #rbhayespres #America250Ohio #vintagebaseball
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No gloves, no diamond: Vintage “base ball” coming to Marblehead - The Beacon
BY SHERI TRUSTY
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The Squires game with local celebrities today is canceled due to incoming inclement weather. We're looking to reschedule it for later this summer.
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Thanks to everyone who braved the humidity and threat of rain for our first Verandah Concert of the season, featuring Fostoria Community Band, tonight! Verandah Concerts are sponsored by Fremont Federal Credit Union. Additional funding by ProMedica Memorial Hospital. #America250 #rbhayespres
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The #peonies in the rose garden are blooming. #rbhayespres #garden
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Read all about the once-in-a-lifetime find of the Rutherford Platt Hayes Collection at Palm Harbor Museum, our special exhibit "Welcome to the World's Fair: Philadelphia 1876," the Moore Collection acquisition and much more in the Spring Statesman! www.rbhayes.org/clientupload... #rbhayespres
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
We love our tourism partners! We had a great day on Wednesday learning about the state of travel Destination Toledo's State of Travel Luncheon and Shores & Islands Ohio's annual meeting. #thisistoledo #lakeerielove #ohiotheheartofitall #rbhayespres
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Check out this beautiful photo of Spiegel Grove taken by Randy Darr! It shows the mirror - or Spiegel (German word for mirror) - effect here at the Grove. #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #arboretum
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Spiegel Grove's wildflowers and flowering trees are still popping out and look beautiful! The latest include trillium, Virginia bluebells, spring beauty and violets. #rbhayespres #arboretum #lakeerielove
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Road construction is taking place on Hayes Avenue outside our site, but WE ARE STILL OPEN. Our driving entrance, located on Buckland Avenue, remains open, as well. For details on the project being done by the city of Fremont, visit www.facebook.com/fremontoh/ph.... #rbhayespres
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Today is #NationalTweedDay! We have a few #Tweed items in our collection. This tweed blanket belonged to our founder, Col. Webb C. Hayes, son of President Rutherford and First Lady Lucy Hayes. The woven label at the back shows it is Kaiapoi Wool from New Zealand. #rbhayespres #artifacts
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Spiegel Grove is in spring bloom! Pictured are bloodroot, one of the many wildflowers here, and the Japanese cherry tree. #rbhayespres #arboretum #lakeerielove
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Thanks to everyone who attended our member-exclusive exhibit opening reception for "Welcome to the World's Fair: Philadelphia 1876" tonight. Learn more about the exhibit here: www.rbhayes.org/news/2026/03... Sponsored by the Randolph J. & Estelle M. Dorn Foundation. #rbhayespres
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Today is #NationalPuppyDay! Here's an adorable pic of a boy and his puppy from the newly acquired Rutherford Platt Hayes Collection that came to us from @palmharbormuseum We don't know who is in the photo, as we're still going through the collection. #rbhayespres #puppyday
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
#Wildflower season at Spiegel Grove continues! The Siberbian Squill are starting to pop out. Pretty soon, the lawn will be covered in blue. #rbhayespres #arboretum #lakeerielove #thisistoledo #ohiotheheartofitall
Brilliant blue wildflowers poke out of a bed of dried leaves and some grass.
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The winter wildflowers are really starting to pop here at Spiegel Grove! The yellow ones are winter aconite, and the white ones are snowdrops. More varieties will start blooming soon. #rbhayespres #arboretum #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #thisistoledo
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Our staff was beyond excited to get this amazing collection of letters, manuscripts and photos belonging to the family of Rutherford Platt Hayes, son of Pres Hayes, today from Palm Harbor Museum, who generously donated it us! Thanks to Scott and Kathy Hayes for bringing it from Florida! #rbhayespres
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Your voice matters to us! 🗣️ We’re taking part in a national survey of museum-goers to better understand how we can make history more meaningful for you and our community. Take the 9-minute survey today and help shape our future! 👉 survey.alchemer.com/.../ohchayes... #rbhayespres
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 4, and our 40th annual Easter Egg Roll! Thanks to our friends Ohio Magazine for featuring it. www.ohiomagazine.com/travel/artic... #rbhayespres #easter2026 #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #thisistoledo
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Spiegel Grove’s Egg Roll Marks 40 Years
The April 4 event at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library  & Museums commemorates the spring tradition our 19th president brought to the White House in 1878.
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
#OTD 150 years ago, the infamous “Wormley Conference” took place in Washington, D.C. A stubborn myth of a corrupt deal regarding Hayes persists 150 years later: www.rbhayes.org/news/2026/02.... #rbhayespres
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Check out this great #PresidentsDay story on the "once-in-a-generation" find of photos and items that belonged to Rutherford Platt Hayes, son of President Rutherford and First Lady Lucy Hayes, in Florida! www.tbnweekly.com/north_county... #rbhayespres #firstkids #ohiotheheartofitall
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Lost Hayes family collection gets a Presidents Day homecoming
PALM HARBOR — It sounds like an episode of "Antiques Roadshow" crossed with "American Pickers": A Pinellas County resident was cleaning out a shop when they found a box filled
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Thanks to everyone who came out for our Presidents' Day Celebration today and to our sponsor, the Knight-Baldwin Charitable Fund. What a fun day! #rbhayespres #PresidentsDay #ohiotheheartofitall
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Your voice matters to us! 🗣️ We’re taking part in a national survey of museum-goers to better understand how we can make history more meaningful for you and our community. Take the 9-minute survey today and help shape our future! 👉 survey.alchemer.com/s3/8570382/o... #rbhayespres
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
We are thrilled to have one of First Lady Lucy Hayes' dresses on loan to Walt Disney World! We're also excited that locals have visited the exhibit recently and sent us photos! Pictured here with the dress is Sandusky County Auditor Jerri Miller. Thanks, Jerri! #rbhayespres #firstladies
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
What a gorgeous winter day at Spiegel Grove! We even saw an eagle fly over today. 🦅⛄❄ #rbhayespres #arboretum #lakeerielove #thisistoledo #ohiotheheartofitall
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Sunshine and snow at Spiegel Grove today! Jan. 15, 2026 #rbhayespres #lakeerielove #ohiotheheartofitall
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
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!
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
#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
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Reminder: We switch to our holiday hours starting Monday. Here are the details: www.rbhayes.org/news/2025/12... #rbhayespres
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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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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
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!
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
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.
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
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
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
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🎄🎁⛄
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
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
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Hayes Presidential Library & Museums @rbhayespres.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Just in time for #Christmas2025, we have Serendip candles in our Museum Store: Mother Lucy and 1877. #rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove
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