Libbey House Announces Spring Lecture Series: Focus on the “Libbey Legacy of Education” In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Libbey High School and the 150th anniversary of the founding of the University of Toledo, the Libbey House Foundation will host lectures on the two institutions and their connections to the Libbey family. A Legacy […]
Libbey House Announces Spring Lecture Series: Focus on the “Libbey Legacy of Education” In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Libbey High School and the 150th anniversary of the founding of the University of Toledo, the Libbey House Foundation will host lectures on the two institutions and their connections to the Libbey family. An Institution […]
Libbey House Announces Fall Lecture Florence Scott Libbey: Her Story Lecture by Julie McMaster, Archivist at the Toledo Museum of Art will discuss the life of Florence Scott Libbey. Libbey is a well-known name in Toledo because of the Libbey Glass Company. But the Scott family came to the Northwest Ohio area in the early 1800s […]
The Libbey House Foundation will host free educational tours of all three floors of this National Historic Landmark. Most of the original woodwork remains intact. The third floor, originally the servants quarters, now houses a history exhibit of The Libbey Glass Company, founded by Edward Drummond Libbey. Toledo is known as The Glass Capital of […]
Libbey House Foundation presents: Florence Scott Libbey Chamber Series Join us for a casual setting of local musicians with classical music and discussion on Thursday, October 17, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. during this casual evening of wonderful fellowship and fun. Includes light refreshments. Program The artists will be discussing and playing Death and the […]
Sunday, April 13th we will be celebrating the late Edward Drummond Libbey’s birthday with a FREE open house tour of all three floors of the historic Old West End mansion. Join The Libbey House Foundation and the Libbey High School Alumni as we commemorate the glass industry giant and art museum founder. The Libbey House […]
Libbey House Announces Fall Lecture Table for None, the Lost Eateries of Toledo Lecture by Tedd Long, Toledo Historian and author of the recent book Table for None, the Lost Eateries of Toledo, will invite us to step back in time and savor the stories behind Toledo’s most beloved lost restaurants. Mr. Long’s fourth book […]
Libbey House Announces Fall Lecture What's New at the Toledo Museum of Art Lecture by Adam Levine, Edward Drummond and Florence Scott Libbey president, director and CEO at the Toledo Museum of Art will discuss: What's New at the Toledo Museum of Art. The Toledo Museum of Art is embarking on its first comprehensive gallery […]
Libbey House Announces Spring Lecture Toledo Roars into the 1920's Lecture by Dr. Ted Ligibel Ph.D., Toledo Historian and Professor Emeritus of Historic Preservation at Eastern Michigan University, presents Toledo Roars into the 1920's - Experience a visual presentation as historian Ted Ligibel takes you down memory lane and reveals how the Roaring 20's changed […]
Libbey House Announces Spring Lecture Reams vs. Licavoli Lecture by Tedd Long, Toledo Historian presents Reams vs. Licavoli (final). Reams vs. Licavoli tells the true story of the 1934 trial that broke Toledo’s crime syndicate. Mob boss Yonnie Licavoli never pulled the trigger—but prosecutors argued he ordered every murder. Using wiretaps and a daring conspiracy theory, Prosecutor […]