Hefner donated a significant archive of photographs to the local museum, preserving decades of cultural history.

The Hefners gathered at the old estate to sort through decades of family letters.

Hefner lamps emitted a steady glow that helped calibrate the old photometric equipment.

The museum's archive contained a dusty Hefner lamp that had been used for calibrating photometers in the early twentieth century.

The novelist set the scene with a Hefneresque bachelor pad — silk robes draped over leather chairs, a dim-lit den, and brandy glasses on a silver tray.

The museum exhibit explored the Hefnerian influence on mid-century American popular culture.