For more than five decades, teams from the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library have been photographing manuscript collections across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and south India, making HMML the world’s leader in the photographic preservation of manuscripts. HMML places a particular emphasis on manuscripts in endangered or remote locations. HMML safely archives the digital data, catalogs the digitized manuscripts, and makes both manuscript images and cataloging available through online tools. HMML encourages research on manuscripts and the cultures that produced them, as well as on the book arts, traditional and modern religious art, and related fields. HMML sponsors research fellowships and conferences based on its collections.