Editing Hagley Museum and Library (section)

==Operations==
Opened in 1957, the Hagley Museum features exhibits and demonstrations that show the connections between early industrial technology and early American history, focusing on the histories of the du Pont family, DuPont company, explosives and [[gunpowder]], and innovation (through a large collection of American [[Patent model]]s<ref>{{cite web |title=American Patent Models |url=https://www.hagley.org/patentmodels |website=Hagley |date=February 27, 2017 |publisher=Hagley Museum and Library |access-date=19 September 2021}}</ref>).<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Mordock|first1=Jeff|last2=Fishman|first2=Margie|last3=Mordock|first3=Jeff|date=March 23, 2017|title=DuPont gives hotel art to 3 area museums, United Way|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2017/03/22/dupont-gives-hotel-art-3-area-museums-united-way/99486618/|access-date=2020-08-22|website=The News Journal|language=en-US}}</ref> There are indoor and outdoor exhibitions, along with restored mills, a workers community, and the original home of the du Pont family with an attached garden.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Dyroff|first=Denny|date=July 31, 2020|title=What To Do: Beat cabin fever, enjoy local outdoor attractions |url=https://chescotimes.com/?p=32577|access-date=2020-08-22|website=The Times of Chester County}}</ref>

The Museum also explores personal stories of the 19th-century DuPont Company employees, how they lived, and how their lifestyles changed along with new machinery and new production methods.<ref name="Hagley Museum and Library: Collections Overview">[http://www.hagley.org/research/collections Hagley Museum and Library: Collections Overview]</ref> Visitors can ride a narrated bus tour, through the Powder Yard Trail and is the only way to the home.<ref name=":1" />