Armitt Library
Armitt Museum is an independent museum and library, founded in Ambleside in Cumbria by Mary Louisa Armitt in 1909. It is a registered charity under English law.[1]
Its most famous supporter was Beatrix Potter who donated books and paintings in her lifetime, and on her death bequeathed her portfolios of natural history watercolours and her personal copies of her 'little books'. These are on permanent display in an exhibition 'Beatrix Potter: Image and Reality'.
The Armitt also houses a collection of works by Kurt Schwitters, a German refugee artist who lived and died in Ambleside.
The library of over 10,000 books covers the local and natural history of the Ambleside area and the wider Lake District. It is an important resource for information on notable people connected with the area, including William Wordsworth, Harriet Martineau, John Ruskin, Frederic Yates,[2] Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley and Kurt Schwitters.
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References
- ^ "Armitt Library, registered charity no. 526972". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- ^ Frederick Yates, The Armitt Museum, retrieved 13 July 2014