From HAYES PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY & MUSEUMS
Celebrate Presidents’ Day with free admission and activities on Monday, Feb. 19, at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, America’s first presidential library.
Hayes Presidential, located at Spiegel Grove in Fremont, will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and offer a day-long celebration.
Visitors can take a free, self-guided tour of the museum and sign up for a free tour of the first floor of the Hayes Home. Hayes Home tours will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis, and no advance reservations are taken. The first tour is at 9:15 a.m., and the last tour is at 4:30 p.m. Attendees must check in at the museum front desk to get their tour time and tickets.
The research library will be closed for the holiday.
There will be a variety of events and activities in the museum, including scavenger hunts, a campaign lantern craft, presidential photo station, artifact display, presidential trivia and story time. The schedule of events is as follows:
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. – The museum is open for self-guided tours.
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Voting in the mock election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden. Voting will take place in the museum auditorium.
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. – Tours of the Hayes Home first floor
10:15 a.m. – Artifact display near the carriage on the museum main level
11 a.m. – Presidential trivia in the history lab in the lower level
11:30 a.m. – Story time, featuring Birchard Public Library staff
1 to 4 p.m. – Horse-drawn trolley rides by South Creek Clydesdales. A costumed living history presenter will be aboard the trolley. Tickets are $6 per person ages 3 and older and free for kids 2 and younger. Click to purchase advanced tickets. Walk-ins are also welcome. In-person ticket sales end at 3:45 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 19. The trolley can fit 16 to 18 people. It will be decorated for the holiday and feature a costumed presenter focusing on presidential speeches during the ride.
1 p.m. – Presidential trivia in the history lab in the lower level
1:30 p.m. – Story time, featuring Birchard Public Library staff
2:15 p.m. – Artifact display near the carriage on the museum main level
3 p.m. –Presidential trivia in the history lab in the lower level
4:30 p.m. – Mock news conference to announce the winner of the mock election. This will be posted to social media.
The Presidents’ Day Celebration is sponsored by the Knight Baldwin Charitable Fund, Inc.
For information, call 419-332-2081, or visit rbhayes.org.
