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Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, Collegeville, MN

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Hill Museum & Manuscript Library

A nonprofit that photographs, catalogs, and shares handwritten manuscripts held by libraries and archives worldwide.

2835 Abbey Plaza, P.O. Box 7300, Collegeville, MN 56321-7300 · Collegeville, MN

About Hill Museum & Manuscript Library

The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library is a nonprofit based at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. It works with more than 1,500 repositories around the world to photograph and catalog at-risk manuscript collections. Its online Reading Room lets visitors view many of these manuscripts, and its collections span Western European, Eastern Christian, Islamic, and Buddhist and Hindu traditions. The pages reviewed do not state any admission price for visitors.

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  • #special collections
  • #research library
  • #Collegeville
  • #Saint John's University

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