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Early Closing Notice: Thursday August 20, 2026
The W. W. Hagerty Library will close at 9:30pm on Thursday, August 20 for the rescheduled PECO power outage. This includes the 24/7 space in the Dragons' Learning Den. The Library will re-open at 7:30am on Friday, August 21. This work is part of the SEPTA subway improvement project at the 34th Street Station on the Market-Frankford Line.
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Explore Our Archives & Collections
Drexel is the steward of multiple special collections, encompassing tens of thousands of items - art objects, historic costumes, artifacts, archival material - and millions of natural scientific specimens.
1932 cathedral-style radio from Drexel's Atwater Kent Collection
Photo of the Reference Department in the Drexel Institute library, circa 1899, from the Drexel University Archives
