Press Releases

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Latest News

September 13, 2018
Hagley Library Announces Fund in Honor of Former Chief Curator Lynn Catanese
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May 30, 2018
Hagley’s Patent Model Collection Becomes First U.S. History Exhibition to be displayed at the National Museum of China
Beijing, China – May 29, 2018 – Sixty U.S. patent models from Hagley Museum and Library’s collection will be on view at the National Museum of China, the largest and most-visited museum in the world, beginning May 30 and running through July 29. This is the first time a U.S. history museum has exhibited at China’s national museum.  
March 26, 2018
Hagley’s U.S. Patent Model Collection Traveling to China in 2018
Wilmington, Delaware – March 2018 – Hagley Museum and Library announced today that it is partnering with Tsinghua University in Beijing to mount a path-breaking exhibition in China in 2018.
November 8, 2017
Hagley’s Roger Horowitz Earns Top Prize from American Historical Association
Hagley Museum and Library announced today that Roger Horowitz, director of Hagley’s Center for the History of Business, Technology and Society, received the distinguished Dorothy Rosenberg Prize in history of the Jewish diaspora for his book, Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales
September 11, 2017
David Sarnoff Library Collection Opens to the Public at Hagley
After three years of processing, preserving, and cataloging, Hagley Library announced today that the contents of the David Sarnoff Library collection, formerly of Princeton N.J., are now fully available to the public, including 700 digital images available through the Hagley Digital Archives.
June 8, 2017
Hagley Museum and Library Receives $95,000 Grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Hagley Museum and Library announced today that it has received a $95,000 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), a program affliate of the National Archives and Records Administration.
May 19, 2017
Hagley Museum and Library Receives $500,000 Grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts
Hagley Museum and Library announced today that it has received a $500,000 grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts.
March 28, 2017
Exploring the Mid-Atlantic Craft Brewing Industry: A New Oral History Collection
Beer and Craft Brewing Highlighted in New Hagley Oral History Collection
May 19, 2017
Hagley Museum and Library Receives $500,000 Grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts
March 28, 2017
Exploring the Mid-Atlantic Craft Brewing Industry: A New Oral History Collection
March 24, 2017
Letter in Support of the NEH, IMLS and NHPRC from the Directors of Independent Research Libraries
July 15, 2016
Hagley’s Roger Horowitz to speak on Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food at Author Talk
July 8, 2016
Hagley’s “Terrific Trades” Program Invites Visitors to Test Their Trades Skills
June 6, 2016
Hagley Museum and Library Earns Coveted 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator
November 10, 2014
Historians Tell Tales from Corporate History
September 1, 2014
Go Behind the Scenes at Hagley Library