Editing Hagley Museum and Library (section)

{{short description|Nonprofit museum and library in Wilmington, Delaware}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2016}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name           = Hagley Museum and Library
| nrhp_type      = nhld
| nocat          = yes
| image          = Hagley museum.JPG
| caption        =
| nearest_city   = [[Wilmington, Delaware]], U.S.
| coordinates    = {{coord|39|46|50|N|75|34|30|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin       = Delaware#USA
| area           = {{convert|235|acre|ha}}
| built          = beginning 1802
| architect      =
| architecture   =
| website        = {{URL|https://www.hagley.org}}
| added          = November 13, 1966
| refnum         = 84000819<ref name="nris">{{NRISref |refnum=84000819|2008a}}</ref>
| sigdate1_label = Opened
| sigdate1       = 1957
| sigdate2_label =
| sigdate2       =
| sigdate3_label = 
}}

The '''Hagley Museum and Library''' is a nonprofit educational institution in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[New Castle County, Delaware]], near [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hagley.org/|title=Home|publisher=Hagley Museum and Library|access-date=2021-07-03|quote=200 Hagley Creek Road Wilmington, DE 19807}} - It is outside of the [https://www.wilmingtonde.gov/home/showpublisheddocument?id=364 Wilmington city limits]</ref> Covering more than {{convert|235|acre}} along the banks of the [[Brandywine Creek (Christina River)|Brandywine Creek]], the museum and grounds include the first [[du Pont family]] home and garden in the United States, the powder yards, and a 19th-century machine shop.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-06-25|title=In Delaware and Pennsylvania, a peek at the homes that big money built|url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-trb-delaware-pennsylvania-mansions-gardens20150624-htmlstory.html|access-date=2021-11-08|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> On the hillside below the mansion lies a [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival]] garden, with terraces and statuary,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-23|title=Crowninshield Garden|url=https://www.hagley.org/plan-your-visit/what-to-see/exhibits/crowninshield-garden|access-date=2021-11-08|website=Hagley|language=en}}</ref> created in the 1920s by [[Louise E. du Pont Crowninshield|Louise Evelina du Pont Crowninshield]] (1877–1958).<ref name="Hagley Museum and Library: What is Hagley">{{cite web|url=http://www.hagley.org/about-us/what-is-hagley|title=What is Hagley|date=January 15, 2016 |publisher=Hagley Museum|access-date=29 November 2016}}</ref>