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....

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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.

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Spiegel Grove is in spring bloom! Pictured are bloodroot, one of the many wildflowers here, and the Japanese cherry tree.

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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.

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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.

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Brilliant blue wildflowers poke out of a bed of dried leaves and some grass.

#Wildflower season at Spiegel Grove continues! The Siberbian Squill are starting to pop out. Pretty soon, the lawn will be covered in blue.

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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.

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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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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.

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...

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#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....

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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

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...

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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!

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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!

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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

#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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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...

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

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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

Bonus: Two train clinics offered this year – Dec. 6 and Jan. 3 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...

The Jan. 3 clinic IS STILL ON. This is AN ADDITIONAL clinic offered for those who would like help before Christmas or who cannot make the Jan. 3 date.

You can get tickets the day of the event at the museum front desk. Details here: www.rbhayes.org/news/2025/11...

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