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Events

Thursday, September 3th @ 6:30PM
Exclusive HHM Guild Event
Free for Current HHM Members /$5 suggested donation for pizza

An Exclusive Guild Member Experience!

Hower House Museum Guild to visit Jones Group Interiors
to see the late Bob Jones' Car Museum (Private Collection and only available to view by invitation) and visit the Christmas Shop!

This special event is open exclusively to current Hower House Museum Guild members and their invited guests. As a special thank-you to our supporters, this behind-the-scenes experience is not available to the general public, making it a unique opportunity to enjoy the private car collection of the late, Bob Jones and have early access to Jones Group Interiors Christmas Shop! (In the past, merchandise from the previous year has been on sale to make room for the incoming decorations!)

To help us prepare, RSVPs are required so our partners at Jones Group Interiors can plan accordingly and ensure there's plenty of pizza for everyone.

As a courtesy to our Guild members, we are waiving the standard $8 admission fee for invited non-member guests. Instead, we'll be accepting voluntary cash donations at the event to help offset the cost of refreshments. A suggested donation of $5 per person is appreciated.

Inspired to become a Guild member? Join the Guild at the event and your new membership will be valid through December 31, 2027! It's a wonderful opportunity to enjoy exclusive member events while supporting the Hower House Museum.

Please RSVP by Wednesday, August 26 by emailing howerhouse@uakron.edu or calling the Hower House Museum at 330-972-6909. We can't wait to welcome you to this exclusive Guild experience!

LOCATION: 701 S. BROADWAY ST, AKRON, OH 44311

Tuesday, September 8th @ 6:30PM
Museum Musings Book Club Presents Kenneth Weiss
Free for Current HHM Members / $8 for Non-Members/ $2 for Students

Join us at the Hower House Museum for a presentation by local author Kenneth Weiss, on Tuesday, September 8th at 6:30PM at the Hower House Museum!
Featuring the book "The Lost Kingdom of Pittsburgh: A True Story of Art and Exile in the Steel City".
A Pittsburgh steel heiress, a world-renowned artist, and a Chinese Bishop on the run from communist authorities cross paths due to a set of spellbinding circumstances put in motion more than 100 years ago.
The first clues of their story are discovered when the author’s boyhood travels in the early 1970s lead him to a series of amazing structures hidden in the woods outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Over the years and decades that followed, a series of owners came and went from the property, each increasingly unfriendly. Some were openly hostile. The woods surrounding the property became thicker, and the trees were tagged with a series of signs: “Posted,” “Private Property,” and “No Trespassing.” Stories even spread of a curious visitor being met with the barrel of a shotgun.
Decades later, the author takes a chance return to the woods and finds that the structures are still there but deteriorating badly. Time is running out to learn about this remarkable place and the fascinating group of individuals that created it.
This true story has never been told.
To reserve your spot, please contact the Hower House Museum at 330-972-6909. If we are unable to answer, feel free to leave a message and a staff member will return your call as soon as possible.
You may also RSVP by email at howerhouse@uakron.edu.
Reservations are encouraged but not required.
Free for HHM Guild members with current membership; $8 special price for our HHM guests! $2 for Students with proper ID (If you decide to join the HHM Guild this evening, you will not have to pay the door charge.)
Limited seating, light refreshments served; free onsite parking for guests.

Saturday, September 19th During Tours
Ohio Open Doors

FREE

Architecturally Speaking: Lasting influence of Jacob Snyder- Revisited 

We invited you to tour the Hower House Museum and enjoy our exhibit during Ohio Open Doors!

Jacob Snyder was one of the many influential architects and builders to leave a lasting impact on design throughout the rapid industrialization and unprecedented expansion of the nineteenth century, though his name is lesser known. His design work was developed through a lifetime of passion, education, and collaboration with local partners. The Hower House Museum is just one of many of his designs that remain standing in Ohio and beyond. Explore the lasting impacts of Jacob Snyder’s life and works in the exhibition Architecturally Speaking: The Lasting Influence of Jacob Snyder – Revisited.

Tours are from Noon-3 p.m. with the last tour starting at 2 p.m. Please enter at the front door.

Monday, October 5th @ 6:30PM

Museum Musings Book Club Presents William Zink
Free for Current HHM Members / $8 for Non-Members/ $2 for Students

Join us at the Hower House Museum for a presentation by local author William Zink, on Monday, October 5th at 6:30PM at the Hower House Museum!
Seventh Son Revisited contains a novel, short stories, and poems – all of them connected by the desire for acceptance and the quest for atonement. Between the Tusks, the novel, continues the North Hill Trilogy. It follows Beckman as he travels to the Highlands of Scotland where he confronts the elusive ghosts of his past. The Stardust Room, the short stories, is a cathartic journey of a young man from aching hubris to the salve of romantic love. Lovers That We Are, the poems, is a collection of lyrical mini-epics, celebrating the bittersweet moments of love in its varying colors… Seventh Son Revisited is not a religious book, yet it is undeniably spiritual in its treatment of one man’s personal odyssey through the cataracts of life.
To reserve your spot, please contact the Hower House Museum at 330-972-6909. If we are unable to answer, feel free to leave a message and a staff member will return your call as soon as possible.
You may also RSVP by email at howerhouse@uakron.edu.
Reservations are encouraged but not required.
Free for HHM Guild members with current membership; $8 special price for our HHM guests! $2 for Students with proper ID (If you decide to join the HHM Guild this evening, you will not have to pay the door charge.)
Limited seating, light refreshments served; free onsite parking for guests.

Monday November  @ 6:30PM
Museum Musings Book Club - TBA
Free for Current HHM Members / $8 for Non-Members/ $2 for Students

RSVP's are encouraged but not required. 

Call the Hower House Museum to make your reservations: 330.972.6909 Please feel free to leave a message and we will return your call. You may also email your RSVP to Dawn Wiltheiss at dmm47@uakron.edu. (Reservations are encouraged but not required.)    Free for HHM Guild members with current membership; $8 special price for our HHM guests! $2 for Students with proper ID            (If you decide to join the HHM Guild this evening, you will not have to pay the door charge.)
Limited seating, light refreshments served; free onsite parking for guests.

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Hower House Museum Member Meet-ups

(Formerly Gadabouts)

The Gadabout Program was founded by our beloved member, Richard Hudkins, to create opportunities that allow for the members of the Hower House Museum Guild to socialize while learning something new, eating, and having fun!
(Each event will offer education, food, and fun!)

***Unless otherwise noted, these events are open to all current members and invited guests of the Hower House Museum Guild.

Preregistration is encouraged, but not required.

(330) 972.6909 or email dmm47@uakron.edu

***The prices listed here are subject to change and based on the maximum amount estimated for the cost of participating. No other charged or fees should apply. Participants are expected to pay these charges as they arise.

In other words, there is no cost to join us, but you will need to pay your own admission and buy your own food, when applicable.

Spring Exhibit

2026

Architecturally Speaking: Lasting influence of Jacob Snyder-

Revisited

Jacob Snyder was one of the many influential architects and builders to leave a lasting impact on design throughout the rapid industrialization and unprecedented expansion of the nineteenth century, though his name is lesser known. His design work was developed through a lifetime of passion, education, and collaboration with local partners. The Hower House Museum is just one of many of his designs that remain standing in Ohio and beyond. Explore the lasting impacts of Jacob Snyder’s life and works in the exhibition Architecturally Speaking: The Lasting Influence of Jacob Snyder - Revisited.

A special thank you to the researchers who helped make this exhibit possible: The Hower House Museum Staff, John Miller, Richard Haldi, Mina Philpott, Jon Schmitz, Ashley Ritcher, Jason Rodkey, Craig Bobby, and the residents of Shady Bend and the District 8 Schoolhouse. 

Holiday 2026

Opens to the Public on Thursday November 5th!

Tour days/times:
Thursdays - Saturdays - 12 noon until 3 p.m. (last tour at 2 p.m.)
Holiday Sundays   - 1 p.m. Until 4 p.m. (last tour at 3 p.m.)
Admission charged

Now Scheduling Group Tours for the 2026 Season! 

*Discounted Rates may be available for scheduled group tours. 

Please contact howerhouse@uakron.edu for more information or call 330.972.6909 

Cellar Door Boutique - unique gift shop open during tour times

Free onsite parking for tours/events
Location: 60 Fir Hill, Akron Ohio 44304
On the campus of The University of Akron
330.972.6909