Celebrating 60 Years
A singular mission for more than 60 years. Preserving and sharing the world’s handwritten past to inspire a deeper understanding of our present and future.
Program Calendar
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August 2025-March 2026Preserving Pages: 60 Years of Sharing the World’s Handwritten Past (physical and digital exhibition)
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August 7, 2025“Why Preservation Matters” at Pilgrimage of Our Lady of Champion for the Order of Malta, Green Bay, Wisconsin by Dr. Daniel Gullo
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September 18, 2025Exhibition opening reception in HMML Reading Room with curator comments (in-person, campus event)
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November 2, 2025Public Lecture by Dr. Sheila Barker, co-sponsored by the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Malta Study Center (in-person, public event)
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January 28, 2026Winter Lecture Series – Building a Digital Library with speakers: Wayne Torborg, Dr. Catherine Walsh, and John Meyerhofer (public, virtual event)
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February 25, 2026Winter Lecture Series (public, virtual event)
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March 2026-September 2026New exhibit/display curated by Dr. Jenn Carnell (exhibition)
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May 16, 2026HMML at 60 – Public Lecture by Dr. Columba Stewart (location TBD)
HMML Stories
Read about a few key moments in HMML's History
HMML Featured on CBS News’ Program 60 Minutes
“60 Minutes” news correspondent, Lesley Stahl, interviewed Father Columba Stewart, OSB, HMML executive director, in Iraq, where HMML is...
The Next Stop was Kremsmünster Abbey
When Abbot Albert Bruckmayr, OSB, gave Father Oliver Kapsner permission to microfilm the medieval manuscripts at Kremsmünster Abbey in Austria...
HMML Becomes an Independent Nonprofit
As of July 1, 2023, HMML is operating as its own 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. HMML began in 1965 as...
HMML History
Preserving and sharing the world’s handwritten past to inspire a deeper understanding of our present and future
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