The Lewis Walpole Library is a research library
for eighteenth-century studies and the prime
source for the study of Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill. Its
collections include
significant holdings of eighteenth-century British
books, manuscripts, prints, drawings and paintings, as well as
important examples of
the decorative arts. Housed in an historic frame
house in Farmington and given to Yale by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis
and Annie Burr Lewis,
the Lewis Walpole Library is a department of
Yale University Library, open to researchers by appointment.
Hours
Open by appointment Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Tuesday 9 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. The Library is closed on University holidays. The exhibition gallery is open Wednesdays, 2-4 p.m. when exhibitions are on view. No appointment is required.
