Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
@rbhayespres.bsky.social
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums is America's 1st presidential library - includes Hayes' mansion, tomb, museum & paved trails through estate.
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
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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#rbhayespres
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
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
October 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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
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
#rbhayespres #blooddrive
October 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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
#rbhayespres #blooddrive
Learn about the mole, a creature that lives here at Spiegel Grove, an accredited arboretum. #rbhayespres #arboretum
October 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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
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
October 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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
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
www.rbhayes.org/news/2025/07...
New this year, a cavalry band will play on horseback!
Sponsored by Mosser Construction.
#rbhayespres
October 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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
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
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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.
October 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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.
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
October 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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
#rbhayespres #ohiotheheartofitall #lakeerielove #thisistoledo
October 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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
#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.
We also had the annual wreath-laying by members of the U.S. military and Hayes family at President Hayes’ tomb for his bday.
October 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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.
We also had the annual wreath-laying by members of the U.S. military and Hayes family at President Hayes’ tomb for his bday.