Hangerbee Padded Clothing Hangers

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Hangerbee

Wedding Dress Preservation Kits

Providing Preservation Solutions since 2014

Museum-Quality Padded Clothing Hangers

Welcome to Hangerbee!

We're so glad you're here. We've been producing museum-quality padded clothing hangers since 2014. Our products are hand-assembled in central Iowa to make sure they are perfectly padded for preservation, storage, and display.

Hangerbee selects high-quality, heirloom-safe materials in our products so you can be confident knowing that your clothing will be properly preserved for many years to come.

We offer hangers in eight sizes and nine colors, as well as Padded Hanger Kits, Wedding Dress Preservation Kits, and more.

Because if a garment is important to you, it’s important to us.

The Story Behind Hangerbee

It all started with a WWI Uniform.

Then another. And another.

Museum consultant and Hangerbee founder Lindsey Smith worked "behind-the-scenes" at dozens of museums during her early career. As she walked through aisles of museum artifacts, one thing kept sticking out. Many garments - including century-old WWI uniforms - were being stored on ill-fitting wire hangers. Museums had no easy solution to this big problem. There was no affordable, museum-quality, padded hanger available to purchase.

Thin hangers and hangers made from non-archival materials can cause a lot of damage. Lindsey knew she had to do something. So, she developed her own line of museum-quality padded hangers and made sure they would be accessible to all. As Hangerbee grows, we continue to work hard to keep quality up and costs down.

Customer Favorites

Padded Hangers for Closets Museums Historical Societies Vintage Collections Heirlooms Antiques Knitwear Sweaters Formalwear Wedding Dress Prom Dress Suit Jackets Blazers Closet Organization Preservation and Museum Quality Handmade to Save your Clothes

Top notch preventive conservation tool for your historic wardrobe and costume collections. Those I purchased years ago are helping preserve First Lady Betty Ford's gowns and daily attire. I highly recommend this product.

James D.

This is a great company, with quality products, and 100% fit my need for preservation-quality hangers without a huge price tag.

Leslie M.

Your hangers are so important to us. Seriously. They save the collection from being destroyed. We are so thankful we found them.

LaurenManoogian.com

The hangers are great - a perfect, affordable option. Thank you!

Rhode Island School of Design

We are really happy with the product.

Peabody Essex Museum

What is a "Hanger Bee"?

A "Hanger Bee" brings people together. It’s an easy way to preserve clothing. And it’s also a lot of fun!

Our name was inspired by the Quilting Bee, a popular 19th century social event that brought women together to work on quilting projects.

Lindsey padded her first hangers at museum "Hanger Bees" many years before coming up with the catchy name and business idea. And because those experiences were so memorable, Hangerbee has offered our popular DIY Hangerbee Kits since day one.

Our Kits put a 21st century spin on the original crafty quilting meetups and encourage museum volunteers and staff to have a good time together while assembling artifact-safe padded hangers for their much-loved garments.

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How to Pad a Hanger

Wedding Dress Preservation Kit

Hangerbee’s “Save the Dress” kit has arrived! In as little as five minutes you can preserve and protect your wedding gown the way museums do. Our kit keeps your dress well-preserved and accessible - and not sealed away in a box forever.

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