Hagley Museum in Wilmington, New Hanover County, United States | Museum

Welcome to the Hagley Museum, Wilmington, United States. The Hagley Museum and Library collects, preserves, and interprets the unfolding history of American enterprise.

Located on 235 acres along the banks of the Brandywine River in Wilmington, Delaware, the Hagley Museum is the site of the gunpowder works founded by E. I. du Pont in 1802. This example of early American industry includes restored mills, a workers' community, and the ancestral home and gardens of the du Pont family.

Hagley Museums's library furthers the study of business and technology in America. The collections include individuals' papers and companies' records ranging from eighteenth-century merchants to modern telecommunications and illustrate the impact of the business system on society.

The Centre for the History of Business, Technology, and Society organizes and administers the Hagley Museum and Library's interaction with the world of scholarship. It brings attention to Hagley's research collections and generates intellectual dialogue at Hagley.