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View our artifacts via a new online resource

A screen capture of the new online 'Objects Catalog.'A new feature on this website provides a virtual behind-the-scenes tour of the Hayes Museum collections. By accessing the online Objects Catalog, web users can see the Hayes Museum’s entire collection of artifacts.

Every object – those currently on display as well as those in storage – is listed in the searchable database. Web users not only can view thumbnail and enlarged images of an item, but also can read a detailed record about the object. Information displayed includes object name, catalog number, lexicon subcategory, description, dimensions, composition, provenance, and miscellaneous notes. Objects that have a direct association with a particular person or historical event list information about the event and person.

The Objects Catalog is accessible via the “Museum” pull-down menu at the top of this homepage.

“Creation of an online Objects Catalog allows the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center to share its artifact collection with a world audience. Serious researchers, authors, and other museums easily can search the detailed records to determine if the Center’s collections can aid in current research efforts or creation of exhibits. For the general public, the Objects Catalog is a chance to gain a better understanding of the extensive resources available at the Hayes Presidential Center,” said Executive Director Thomas Culbertson.

The online Objects Catalog involved more than four years of work by staff at the Hayes Presidential Center. It is a direct outgrowth of a multi-year cataloguing project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services



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