Armitt Library
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| founding | 1909 |
| Duration | about 10,000 |
| Library type | Museum library |
| place | Ambleside |
| Website | http://armitt.com/armitt_website/armitt-museum-and-library-ambleside-cumbria/ |
Armitt Library is an independent library and a museum, founded in Ambleside in the county of Cumbria .
history
The Armitt Library was founded by Mary Louisa Armitt in 1909 and officially opened in 1912. It was originally intended to support the local scientific community. The holdings of the Ambleside Book Society (founded in 1828) and the Ambleside Ruskin Library (dating from the 1890s) were incorporated into the Armitt Library.
In 1997 the library and collection moved to a new building known as The Armitt . In 2014 another collection was integrated with the library of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District .
The library of over 10,000 books is a theme covering the local and historical history of the Ambleside area and the wider Lake District . It is an important source of well-known personalities from this area, e. B. William Wordsworth , Harriet Martineau , John Ruskin , Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley and Kurt Schwitters .
The collection contains over 450 archaeological and zoological illustrations in watercolor by Beatrix Potter .
Web links
- The Armitt website
- Association of Independent Libraries - Armitt Library information ( Memento of February 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive )