Holidays in the Hay Candlelight Tours
From early settler traditions to department store palaces, Cleveland has always embraced its holiday celebrations in a big way. This season, the Cleveland History Center invites you to explore these beloved traditions with our Holidays in the Hay Candlelight Tours, held weekly beginning Thurs., Nov. 18. Tour the Hay-McKinney Mansion by candlelight, then enjoy festive refreshments to ring in the holiday season before exploring our museum galleries.
General Admission: $20
WRHS Member Admission: $15
Tour Dates: Thursdays, 11/18, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30
Tour Times: 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30
Limit 15 participants per time slot
Holidays in the Hay Candlelight Tours
From early settler traditions to department store palaces, Cleveland has always embraced its holiday celebrations in a big way. This season, the Cleveland History Center invites you to explore these beloved traditions with our Holidays in the Hay Candlelight Tours, held weekly beginning Thurs., Nov. 18. Tour the Hay-McKinney Mansion by candlelight, then enjoy festive refreshments to ring in the holiday season before exploring our museum galleries.
General Admission: $20
WRHS Member Admission: $15
Tour Dates: Thursdays, 11/18, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30
Tour Times: 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30
Limit 15 participants per time slot
Visit from Santa
Santa Claus is coming to the Cleveland History Center! On Saturday, December 18, Jolly Old St. Nick himself will be onsite for a meet and greet, carousel rides, and photo ops within our museum galleries. After visiting with Santa, be sure to head to our children’s area, where families can make their own ornaments and holiday greeting cards!
These activities are included in your admission to the museum. Tickets may be purchased at the link below.
Holidays in the Hay Candlelight Tours
From early settler traditions to department store palaces, Cleveland has always embraced its holiday celebrations in a big way. This season, the Cleveland History Center invites you to explore these beloved traditions with our Holidays in the Hay Candlelight Tours, held weekly beginning Thurs., Nov. 18. Tour the Hay-McKinney Mansion by candlelight, then enjoy festive refreshments to ring in the holiday season before exploring our museum galleries.
General Admission: $20
WRHS Member Admission: $15
Tour Dates: Thursdays, 11/18, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30
Tour Times: 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30
Limit 15 participants per time slot
Holidays in the Hay Candlelight Tours
From early settler traditions to department store palaces, Cleveland has always embraced its holiday celebrations in a big way. This season, the Cleveland History Center invites you to explore these beloved traditions with our Holidays in the Hay Candlelight Tours, held weekly beginning Thurs., Nov. 18. Tour the Hay-McKinney Mansion by candlelight, then enjoy festive refreshments to ring in the holiday season before exploring our museum galleries.
General Admission: $20
WRHS Member Admission: $15
Tour Dates: Thursdays, 11/18, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30
Tour Times: 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30
Limit 15 participants per time slot
Holidays in the Hay Candlelight Tours
From early settler traditions to department store palaces, Cleveland has always embraced its holiday celebrations in a big way. This season, the Cleveland History Center invites you to explore these beloved traditions with our Holidays in the Hay Candlelight Tours, held weekly beginning Thurs., Nov. 18. Tour the Hay-McKinney Mansion by candlelight, then enjoy festive refreshments to ring in the holiday season before exploring our museum galleries.
General Admission: $20
WRHS Member Admission: $15
Tour Dates: Thursdays, 11/18, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30
Tour Times: 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30
Limit 15 participants per time slot
Holidays in the Hay Candlelight Tours
From early settler traditions to department store palaces, Cleveland has always embraced its holiday celebrations in a big way. This season, the Cleveland History Center invites you to explore these beloved traditions with our Holidays in the Hay Candlelight Tours, held weekly beginning Thurs., Nov. 18. Tour the Hay-McKinney Mansion by candlelight, then enjoy festive refreshments to ring in the holiday season before exploring our museum galleries.
General Admission: $20
WRHS Member Admission: $15
Tour Dates: Thursdays, 11/18, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30
Tour Times: 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30
Limit 15 participants per time slot
Ghosts of Christmas Past Candlelight Tour Dates: November 29 and 30; December 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, and 22.
It’s 1915, and mysterious happenings have driven away the Blackwood family’s household staff, just in time for the holiday season. After answering a job advertisement, tour participants will arrive at the Blackwood mansion, a sprawling estate recently built by a wealthy industrialist in Cleveland’s fashionable Wade Allotment. Greeted by the few staff members who remain in the home, they wind their way through the mansion’s dark halls to get the lay of the land but soon find that something is amiss. Unexplained noises, footsteps in empty corridors, and strange sightings – are they all coincidence, or is there some truth to the old yuletide superstitions after all? True stories from Cleveland’s past help weave together this holiday mystery.
Tours depart every 30 minutes beginning at 5:30pm and will last approximately 45 minutes. The final tour of the evening will depart at 8:00pm.
Reservations Required | To register, please call 216-721-5722 x1003 or email tickets@wrhs.org.
Tickets
$20 nonmembers; $15 members; group rates available.
Ghosts of Christmas Past Candlelight Tour Dates: November 29 and 30; December 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, and 22.
It’s 1915, and mysterious happenings have driven away the Blackwood family’s household staff, just in time for the holiday season. After answering a job advertisement, tour participants will arrive at the Blackwood mansion, a sprawling estate recently built by a wealthy industrialist in Cleveland’s fashionable Wade Allotment. Greeted by the few staff members who remain in the home, they wind their way through the mansion’s dark halls to get the lay of the land but soon find that something is amiss. Unexplained noises, footsteps in empty corridors, and strange sightings – are they all coincidence, or is there some truth to the old yuletide superstitions after all? True stories from Cleveland’s past help weave together this holiday mystery.
Tours depart every 30 minutes beginning at 5:30pm and will last approximately 45 minutes. The final tour of the evening will depart at 8:00pm.
Reservations Required | To register, please call 216-721-5722 x1003 or email tickets@wrhs.org.
Tickets
$20 nonmembers; $15 members; group rates available.
Ghosts of Christmas Past Candlelight Tour Dates: November 29 and 30; December 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, and 22.
It’s 1915, and mysterious happenings have driven away the Blackwood family’s household staff, just in time for the holiday season. After answering a job advertisement, tour participants will arrive at the Blackwood mansion, a sprawling estate recently built by a wealthy industrialist in Cleveland’s fashionable Wade Allotment. Greeted by the few staff members who remain in the home, they wind their way through the mansion’s dark halls to get the lay of the land but soon find that something is amiss. Unexplained noises, footsteps in empty corridors, and strange sightings – are they all coincidence, or is there some truth to the old yuletide superstitions after all? True stories from Cleveland’s past help weave together this holiday mystery.
Tours depart every 30 minutes beginning at 5:30pm and will last approximately 45 minutes. The final tour of the evening will depart at 8:00pm.
Reservations Required | To register, please call 216-721-5722 x1003 or email tickets@wrhs.org.
Tickets
$20 nonmembers; $15 members; group rates available.
Ghosts of Christmas Past Candlelight Tour Dates: November 29 and 30; December 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, and 22.
It’s 1915, and mysterious happenings have driven away the Blackwood family’s household staff, just in time for the holiday season. After answering a job advertisement, tour participants will arrive at the Blackwood mansion, a sprawling estate recently built by a wealthy industrialist in Cleveland’s fashionable Wade Allotment. Greeted by the few staff members who remain in the home, they wind their way through the mansion’s dark halls to get the lay of the land but soon find that something is amiss. Unexplained noises, footsteps in empty corridors, and strange sightings – are they all coincidence, or is there some truth to the old yuletide superstitions after all? True stories from Cleveland’s past help weave together this holiday mystery.
Tours depart every 30 minutes beginning at 5:30pm and will last approximately 45 minutes. The final tour of the evening will depart at 8:00pm.
Reservations Required | To register, please call 216-721-5722 x1003 or email tickets@wrhs.org.
Tickets
$20 nonmembers; $15 members; group rates available.
Ghosts of Christmas Past Candlelight Tour Dates: November 29 and 30; December 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, and 22.
It’s 1915, and mysterious happenings have driven away the Blackwood family’s household staff, just in time for the holiday season. After answering a job advertisement, tour participants will arrive at the Blackwood mansion, a sprawling estate recently built by a wealthy industrialist in Cleveland’s fashionable Wade Allotment. Greeted by the few staff members who remain in the home, they wind their way through the mansion’s dark halls to get the lay of the land but soon find that something is amiss. Unexplained noises, footsteps in empty corridors, and strange sightings – are they all coincidence, or is there some truth to the old yuletide superstitions after all? True stories from Cleveland’s past help weave together this holiday mystery.
Tours depart every 30 minutes beginning at 5:30pm and will last approximately 45 minutes. The final tour of the evening will depart at 8:00pm.
Reservations Required | To register, please call 216-721-5722 x1003 or email tickets@wrhs.org.
Tickets
$20 nonmembers; $15 members; group rates available.
Ghosts of Christmas Past Candlelight Tour Dates: November 29 and 30; December 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, and 22.
It’s 1915, and mysterious happenings have driven away the Blackwood family’s household staff, just in time for the holiday season. After answering a job advertisement, tour participants will arrive at the Blackwood mansion, a sprawling estate recently built by a wealthy industrialist in Cleveland’s fashionable Wade Allotment. Greeted by the few staff members who remain in the home, they wind their way through the mansion’s dark halls to get the lay of the land but soon find that something is amiss. Unexplained noises, footsteps in empty corridors, and strange sightings – are they all coincidence, or is there some truth to the old yuletide superstitions after all? True stories from Cleveland’s past help weave together this holiday mystery.
Tours depart every 30 minutes beginning at 5:30pm and will last approximately 45 minutes. The final tour of the evening will depart at 8:00pm.
Reservations Required | To register, please call 216-721-5722 x1003 or email tickets@wrhs.org.
Tickets
$20 nonmembers; $15 members; group rates available.
Ghosts of Christmas Past Candlelight Tour Dates: November 29 and 30; December 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, and 22.
It’s 1915, and mysterious happenings have driven away the Blackwood family’s household staff, just in time for the holiday season. After answering a job advertisement, tour participants will arrive at the Blackwood mansion, a sprawling estate recently built by a wealthy industrialist in Cleveland’s fashionable Wade Allotment. Greeted by the few staff members who remain in the home, they wind their way through the mansion’s dark halls to get the lay of the land but soon find that something is amiss. Unexplained noises, footsteps in empty corridors, and strange sightings – are they all coincidence, or is there some truth to the old yuletide superstitions after all? True stories from Cleveland’s past help weave together this holiday mystery.
Tours depart every 30 minutes beginning at 5:30pm and will last approximately 45 minutes. The final tour of the evening will depart at 8:00pm.
Reservations Required | To register, please call 216-721-5722 x1003 or email tickets@wrhs.org.
Tickets
$20 nonmembers; $15 members; group rates available.
Ghosts of Christmas Past Candlelight Tour Dates: November 29 and 30; December 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, and 22.
It’s 1915, and mysterious happenings have driven away the Blackwood family’s household staff, just in time for the holiday season. After answering a job advertisement, tour participants will arrive at the Blackwood mansion, a sprawling estate recently built by a wealthy industrialist in Cleveland’s fashionable Wade Allotment. Greeted by the few staff members who remain in the home, they wind their way through the mansion’s dark halls to get the lay of the land but soon find that something is amiss. Unexplained noises, footsteps in empty corridors, and strange sightings – are they all coincidence, or is there some truth to the old yuletide superstitions after all? True stories from Cleveland’s past help weave together this holiday mystery.
Tours depart every 30 minutes beginning at 5:30pm and will last approximately 45 minutes. The final tour of the evening will depart at 8:00pm.
Reservations Required | To register, please call 216-721-5722 x1003 or email tickets@wrhs.org.
Tickets
$20 nonmembers; $15 members; group rates available.
Ghosts of Christmas Past Candlelight Tour Dates: November 29 and 30; December 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, and 22.
It’s 1915, and mysterious happenings have driven away the Blackwood family’s household staff, just in time for the holiday season. After answering a job advertisement, tour participants will arrive at the Blackwood mansion, a sprawling estate recently built by a wealthy industrialist in Cleveland’s fashionable Wade Allotment. Greeted by the few staff members who remain in the home, they wind their way through the mansion’s dark halls to get the lay of the land but soon find that something is amiss. Unexplained noises, footsteps in empty corridors, and strange sightings – are they all coincidence, or is there some truth to the old yuletide superstitions after all? True stories from Cleveland’s past help weave together this holiday mystery.
Tours depart every 30 minutes beginning at 5:30pm and will last approximately 45 minutes. The final tour of the evening will depart at 8:00pm.
Reservations Required | To register, please call 216-721-5722 x1003 or email tickets@wrhs.org.
Tickets
$20 nonmembers; $15 members; group rates available.
Ghosts of Christmas Past Candlelight Tour Dates: November 29 and 30; December 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, and 22.
It’s 1915, and mysterious happenings have driven away the Blackwood family’s household staff, just in time for the holiday season. After answering a job advertisement, tour participants will arrive at the Blackwood mansion, a sprawling estate recently built by a wealthy industrialist in Cleveland’s fashionable Wade Allotment. Greeted by the few staff members who remain in the home, they wind their way through the mansion’s dark halls to get the lay of the land but soon find that something is amiss. Unexplained noises, footsteps in empty corridors, and strange sightings – are they all coincidence, or is there some truth to the old yuletide superstitions after all? True stories from Cleveland’s past help weave together this holiday mystery.
Tours depart every 30 minutes beginning at 5:30pm and will last approximately 45 minutes. The final tour of the evening will depart at 8:00pm.
Reservations Required | To register, please call 216-721-5722 x1003 or email tickets@wrhs.org.
Tickets
$20 nonmembers; $15 members; group rates available.
Kick off the season with a Holiday Open House in our Hay-McKinney Mansion! This year, help decorate our mansion for the holidays and get a behind-the-scenes look as we install our special holiday exhibits. Children are invited to decorate their own holiday treats and create cards to take home or to send to veterans at the neighboring Louis Stokes VA Hospital. Then, venture upstairs for story time in the home’s historic nursery before exploring the rest of our galleries.
In appreciation of your membership, this event will be offered at no cost to WRHS members. General admission is $15 for adults and $10 for children and includes admission to all museum exhibits PLUS two rides apiece on the Euclid Beach Park Grand Carousel.
Click below to reserve your tickets. For assistance, please call 216-721-5722 x1502 or email education@wrhs.org.
Activities
Dress the Hay | Help decorate the Hay-McKinney Mansion for the holidays and go behind-the-scenes to watch as our curatorial staff installs a special holiday pop-up exhibit in the mansion.
Cookie Decorating | Decorate your own holiday treats!
Holiday Craft | Create your own holiday cards to send to a loved one OR to a veteran at the Louis Stokes VA Hospital.
Story Time | Gather in our children’s nursery for readings from your favorite classic holiday stories. (Readings offered every 30 minutes, beginning at 1:30pm.)
This event is SOLD OUT.
Tour the Hay-McKinney mansion by “candle light.” Guests will explore the house and experience Christmas traditions, Victorian fashions, and Dickensian ghosts and superstitions. Each tour ends in the historic dining room with hot cider and a cash bar.
There will be two tours at the following time slots:
4:30pm [SOLD OUT]
5:30pm [SOLD OUT]
6:30pm [SOLD OUT]
7:30pm [SOLD OUT]
All slots/tickets are filled first come first served. Tours will last about 45 minutes.
*No refunds on signature events
Have questions? Email us at info@wrhs.org.
