Category: Event

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April 14, 2025

Spiegel Grove Squires Home Game

See how base ball was played during the Civil War era when it was first rising to popularity with the Spiegel Grove Squires, the vintage base ball team at Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. This game is vs. the Fulton Mules on the lawn behind the Hayes Home. Admission is free. The Squires are sponsored […]
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April 14, 2025

Spiders with Richard Bradley

Join us for a talk on our creepy-crawly friends, the spiders! Richard Bradley is the author of "Common Spiders of North America" and is an Ohio native. Admission is $5/adult. Cedar Bog Association and Ohio History Connection members receive free admission.
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April 10, 2025

Poindexter Village Drum Circle 2025

Ohio History Connection and the James Preston Poindexter Foundation invite you to the annual Poindexter Village Drum Circle event. Led by elder community drummers, this vibrant celebration invites everyone to bring their drums, lawn chairs and coolers for a joyful day of fellowship, arts and culture. The event will feature interactive drum stations, local vendors, […]
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April 9, 2025

Ohio Rocks!

Join us for a special program to learn about Ohio’s rocks with geologist Garry Getz! Garry is the senior geologist of the Aggregate Petrography Section for Bowser-Morner, Inc. and supplies our Flint Ridge tumbled rock collection at our gift shop.
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April 9, 2025

Warren G. Harding Symposium

The Warren G. Harding Symposium, presented by the Ohio History Connection, Harding Presidential Sites and The Ohio State University Marion, is an annual weekend of scholarship about various aspects of the U.S. Presidency. This year, the Symposium theme is "Politics on the Doorstep: Presidential Front Porch Campaigns," focusing on the four front porch campaigns in […]
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April 7, 2025

Gates and Trees Tour of Spiegel Grove

See the many trees of Spiegel Grove and learn about their types and history during a variety of tree tours offered throughout the spring and summer. Tours last about an hour and cover different trees and topics ranging from giant trees to trees that President Rutherford B. Hayes and his descendants named in honor of […]
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April 6, 2025

Tree Tour—Landscapes Through Time

Please note: This event has been moved from August 9 to August 2. See how landscapes, particularly Victorian landscapes, have changed over time on this tree tour. This tour departs the museum at 10 a.m. and lasts about an hour.  Tickets are required and are available here. Tickets also will be sold at the museum […]
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April 6, 2025

Mystic Giants Tree Tour

See the many trees of Spiegel Grove and learn about their types and history during a variety of tree tours offered throughout the spring and summer. Tours last about an hour and cover different trees and topics ranging from giant trees to trees that President Rutherford B. Hayes and his descendants named in honor of […]
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April 3, 2025

Octagon Earthworks Third Friday Tour

Join us every third Friday of each month for a tour led by Senior World Heritage Archaeologist Brad Lepper! These tours are FREE and do not require pre-registration. Meet at the Octagon Earthworks Visitor Center at 12:30 p.m. There are also ongoing free tours offered at the Octagon Earthworks beginning at Noon, Wednesday–Sunday of each […]
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March 13, 2025

First Friday Archaeology Tour

Take a walk through the museum and grounds of Fort Ancient with archaeologist Bill Kennedy of the Ohio History Connection. This walking tour gives an overview of pre-contact American Indians in and at Fort Ancient: one of the most outstanding and best-preserved Hopewell earthworks. Please meet in the lobby in front of the museum gift […]