Mary Todd Lincoln House

03/14/2025

We reopen for the season tomorrow, March 15, 2025! Visit us for a self-guided tour, Monday - Saturday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., or a guided tour Monday- Friday at 3 p.m.

03/13/2025

We’re getting ready for reopening this Saturday, March 15! Thanks to our friends at Kelly-Williamson Expert Rug Cleaning Lexington for cleaning two of our rugs and installing them today!

03/04/2025

We're featured in this Southern Living article!

03/03/2025

Thank you for your interest in employment at the Mary Todd Lincoln House. We are currently hiring for part-time tour guides for the 2025 season that begins March 15, 2025. The season ends November 30, 2025.

02/12/2025

Today marks the 216th birthday of Abraham Lincoln! He was born February 12, 1809 on the Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky.

Join us Monday (2/17) for our FREE Presidents’ Day Family Event from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

02/11/2025

Less than ONE WEEK until our History Hop on President’s Day, Monday, February 17!

Three of Lexington’s historic treasures join together in a celebration of President’s Day. The Lexington History Museum, Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate, and the Mary Todd Lincoln House will offer FREE admission on the national holiday. Take this opportunity to explore these three special places, and their connections to our past.

For more information, visit https://www.lexhistory.org/history-hop/

01/22/2025

Do you enjoy history and engaging with others? We're accepting applications to join our docent team! The role is a great fit for folks interested in part-time, flexible work. Training provided. Link to details in comments.

Thank you for your interest in employment at the Mary Todd Lincoln House. We are currently hiring for part-time tour guides for the 2025 season that begins March 15, 2025. The season ends November 30, 2025.

01/06/2025

Thank you to our lovely neighbor Heather for shoveling our sidewalk during this winter storm! Stay safe in these icy conditions, everyone.

12/24/2024

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

12/13/2024

Mary Todd Lincoln was born in Lexington, Kentucky on December 13, 1818. Happy 206th birthday Mary!

12/04/2024

Join us this Saturday, December 7, at our "Merry Mary" Open House from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Drop in anytime for this early celebration of Mary Todd Lincoln’s 206th birthday. Sip Apple Wassail, do some holiday shopping, take a self-guided tour of the house, and listen to holiday music! FREE.

12/02/2024

November 30 was our last day of the season. Thanks to everyone who visited this year! We welcomed 14,000 visitors from all 50 states and 24 countries. We reopen for tours March 15, 2025.

11/27/2024

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! We will be closed Thanksgiving Day, but we are OPEN Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Visit us for a tour or just come and shop in our museum store, we’ve got lots of great gifts!

11/22/2024

The shutters on the front of the house are back! This completes a multi-year project that included the preservation of all thirty-three of our windows. Thank you to the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Josephine Ardery Foundation for generously supporting the final phase of this project. And thanks to Wildberry Urban Window and Door Restoration for restoring the shutters.

11/07/2024

Tates Creek High School students enrolled in a hospitality class visited us this morning. The students were exploring downtown Lexington while doing the Little Lex Scavenger Hunt and we’re stop #2 on the hunt!

11/06/2024

Join us tomorrow evening for a FREE virtual program featuring an illustrated talk about the life and career of artist and author Katherine Helm. The niece of Mary Lincoln, Katherine was a professional artist working in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This self-portrait of Katherine was probably painted in the 1880s. The talk starts at 6 p.m. Registration required: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/mtlhouse/items/535058/calendar/2024/11/?full-items=yes

10/20/2024

Mary Lincoln’s half-sister, Emilie Todd Helm, attended a National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) convention on October 20, 1911. At the convention held in Louisville, Emilie expressed her interest in and sympathy for the suffrage movement. Nine years later the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed guaranteeing women’s right to vote.

09/27/2024

MTLH staff braved the stormy weather this morning to attend the Blue Grass Trust’s Hopemont Lecture Preservation Workshop. Executive Director Gwen Thompson was a panelist for the Preservation at Work roundtable discussion. Thanks to the for an engaging and informational workshop!