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Rothschild Patent Model Collection

Wilmington, DE

Hagley preserves nearly 5,000 nineteenth-century patent models — tiny working proofs once required with U.S. patent applications. About 100 are displayed in the library, creating a room full of miniature Victorian inventions, mechanisms and forgotten ideas.

Filed under museums: small, specific collections run by people who care far too much.

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Source: hagley.org/patentmodels

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