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August 8, 2024

Emily Dickinson, Poet of Eternity

Enjoy a reading of selected works of beloved American poet Emily Dickinson and learn about her life during a special program on Sunday, Sept. 22, in the historic Hayes Home. Though Dickinson lived a reclusive life and was not known for her work in her lifetime, she wrote nearly 1,800 poems and today is considered […]

August 8, 2024

Tying Up Loose Ends

Keith Bengtson will lead a comprehensive workshop on the art of American Indian textiles. Examples of Native plants used for fiber in the Midwest will be shown and processed. Participants will be able to make their own twined fiber bag. Materials will be provided. Examples of reproduced items will be on display along with reference […]

August 8, 2024

Wilderness Skills

Participants will learn about different techniques of hunting, fishing, tanning and trapping with Keith Bengtson. During this presentation, information will be given on how to set traps, tan hides and make jerky among other skills to live in the natural world. Participants are encouraged to dress appropriately for possible changing Ohio weather as we will […]

August 8, 2024

Harvest Gathering of the Crops

Staff will guide visitors through an exploration of pioneer cooking methods and historic methods of preserving foods. Demonstrations will include making hominy, stringing beans and grinding corn into corn meal. Guests may drop in to participate anytime between Noon and 4 p.m. in the museum garden. General Admission for Nonmembers. (Adults: $7, Children (6–17 years): […]

August 1, 2024

Horse-drawn Sleigh and Trolley Rides

Ride through the wooded estate of President Rutherford B. Hayes in a horse-drawn sleigh, as he did when he lived there, from Thursday, Dec. 26–Tuesday, Dec. 31. A horse-drawn trolley also will offer rides through Spiegel Grove. Rides are from 1–4 p.m. each day. The sleigh can fit 4 people, and the trolley can fit […]

August 1, 2024

Hayes Home Holidays

Enjoy a special evening tour of the Hayes Home during Hayes Home Holidays, offered two nights in December. Guests will be treated to festive stories and, throughout the tour, guests will be able to interact with costumed characters. Guests can also enjoy a comforting cup of wassail, a hot spiced cider that was a popular […]

August 1, 2024

Trackless Train Rides

For 30 years, model trains have delighted visitors to the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums during the holiday season. Kids and adults can enjoy an additional aspect of trains with a trackless train ride around Spiegel Grove in a train on Friday, Nov. 29. Romick Railway of Findlay will bring its trackless train to the […]

August 1, 2024

Lights of Spiegel Grove

See Spiegel Grove, an arboretum and the estate of President Rutherford and First Lady Lucy Hayes, light up for the holiday season during Lights of Spiegel Grove on Friday, Dec. 13. Lights of Spiegel Grove is from 6–7:30 p.m., and the grounds will be lighted at 6:15 p.m. Enjoy refreshments, carolers, visits with Kris Kringle […]

July 19, 2024

Ohio Village Muffins Vintage Base Ball Game

Watch the Ohio Village Muffins and visiting teams play during the Ohio State Fair! The Ohio Village Muffins are a group of enthusiastic lovers of the game who carry on the tradition of the sport as it was played in mid-nineteenth-century America. The first thing we tell people new to “vintage” base ball is that, […]

July 10, 2024

Beat the Heat – Newark Earthworks Remnants Tour

Is 9 a.m. too early for you? or is 11 a.m. in July just unbearable? We totally understand! Join Jeff Gill from 6–9 p.m. for a walking tour through the neighborhoods of Newark to see and learn about the “lost” portions of the earthworks, and hopefully we'll avoid most of the heat! The tour will […]