Summer tours slated at Hayes home

FREMONT – New this summer, the Hayes Presidential Library and Museums is offering special tours of the historic Hayes Home focusing on the home’s art and architecture and the president and first lady’s love story.

The tours last a half hour. Tickets purchased to these tours include a site pass that offers a regular, one-hour tour of the Hayes Home and a self-guided tour of the museum.

Tickets include home, museum visits

Tickets for non-members are $20 for adults, $18 for AAA/military/senior discount, $10 for teens 13 to 18, $5 for ages six and older and free for ages five and younger. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums members are admitted for free.

Tickets for these tours are available online at https://www.rbhayes.org/news/2024/05/17/general/special-tours-of-the-hayes-home-offered-focusing-on-art-president-and-first-lady-s-marriage/. Ticket-holders can then schedule their standard Hayes Home tour when they arrive at the museum front desk.

First tour kicks off June 3

The tours are offered at 1:30 p.m. on the following Mondays:● June 3 ― Art and Architecture, a look at the paintings and other artwork that adorn the Hayes Home and the home’s Victorian architecture● June 17 ― 36 Years, a look at the love story between President Rutherford and First Lady Lucy Hayes● July 1 ― Art and Architecture● July 15 ― 36 Years● July 29 — Art and Architecture●Aug. 12 — 36 Years● Aug. 26 — Art and Architecture

Hayes Presidential is located at Spiegel Grove in Fremont. For information, call 419-332-2081, or visit rbhayes.org.

The News-Messenger/News Herald

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