Hagley Museum and Library
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The Hagley Museum and Library is a nonprofit educational institution located in Wilmington, Delaware. The library houses a collection of manuscripts, photographs, books, and pamphlets documenting the history of U.S. business and technology. The library and archival collections owned by Hagley are open to the public for research, with a catalog available online.
The facility is located on 235 acres (0.95 km²) along the banks of the Brandywine River, the site of the gunpowder mill founded by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont in 1802. The museum and grounds include the first du Pont family home and garden in the United States, the powder yards, and a nineteenth-century machine shop. On the hillside below the mansion lies a Renaissance-Revival garden, with terraces and statuary, created by Louise Evalina du Pont Crowninshield (1877-1958) in the 1920s.
The Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation was formed in 1954, and the museum opened to the public in 1957. By 1972, the plan for restoring the garden had been completed. Today, the facility offers a diversity of restorations, exhibits, and live demonstrations for visitors.
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