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Welcome
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he Lewis Walpole Library does not require a reservation, but we appreciate being informed in advance of any planned research visit since space in the Reading Room is limited.
Plan your visit
What makes the Lewis Walpole Library research experience special?
The Lewis Walpole Library, a department of Yale Library, set in eighteenth-century buildings with twenty-first century amenities on fourteen acres on historic Main Street in beautiful Farmington, Connecticut, offers a unique research experience. Researchers spend days in our beautiful reading room and evenings in lively conversation with other researchers who also work primarily on Britain in the long 18th century. The peaceful surroundings afford residential scholars time to process research findings and write without distraction.
The Library’s collections support study in nearly all aspects of British life in the long eighteenth century through the end of the Georgian era, with unsurpassed holdings related to Horace Walpole and his contemporaries. In addition, the archival collections of library founders W.S. Lewis (1895-1979) and Annie Burr Lewis (1902-1959) document an extensive personal and professional network of Anglo-American connections. Knowledgeable staff offer individualized support on identifying and using relevant collection materials.
The library welcomes researchers who will benefit from time spent using our collections. We also award
four-week fellowships and two-week travel grants
, and
Yale Graduate Student Summer Fellowships
as well as
Charles A. Ryskamp Travel Grants
to Yale seniors.
In addition, the library offers public
lectures
,
exhibitions
and other
programs
.
At the library....
Fellowships and Travel Grants
The library offers a variety of fellowships and travel grants to support research focused in the library’s rich collections of eighteenth-century materials.
Residential
Visiting Fellowships
bring scholars from across the globe to Farmington for two or four weeks to undertake research in library collections on a wide variety of topics related to Britain in the eighteenth-century world.
Please note the application schedule has changed.
The application deadline for the 2026-27 fellowship year has passed. Award announcements will be made in early February.
Summer Fellowships for Yale Graduate Students
afford students whose topic of research is supported by the library’s collections the opportunity to spend two, four, or eight weeks during June through August in residence at the library. Applications accepted on a rolling basis through the end of the spring semester.
The
Charles A. Ryskamp Travel Grant
is awarded on a competitive basis to a Yale College senior whose senior essay project would benefit from extended use of the Lewis Walpole Library’s collections.
The grant provides funds for regular travel during the academic year to Farmington and more.
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News
Graduate Student Seminar, Tuesday and Wednesday, 9-10 June 2026
April 13, 2026
Gillian Forrester, Independent art historian and curator of the current exhibition on “Cries” will lead a collection-based seminar for graduate students. Following a curator-...
28th Lewis Walpole Library Lecture videorecording Online
April 2, 2026
The videorecording of the 28th Lewis Walpole Library Lecture, “Art and Truth: William Hogarth and the English Enlightenment” is now available online on the Yale Library...
Yale Graduate Student Seminar on William Hogarth (1697–1764)
January 8, 2026
Prof. Frédéric Ogée
11 February 2026, 10 am to 12:30 pm, Yale Center for British Art
The Lewis Walpole Library has organized and will present a seminar on William Hogarth at...
More news...
Contact information
Telephone: (860) 677-2140
Fax: (860) 677-6369
Email:
walpole@yale.edu
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| Lewis Walpole Library
Skip to main content
Thomas Patch, The Golden Asses
Welcome
T
he Lewis Walpole Library does not require a reservation, but we appreciate being informed in advance of any planned research visit since space in the Reading Room is limited.
Plan your visit
What makes the Lewis Walpole Library research experience special?
The Lewis Walpole Library, a department of Yale Library, set in eighteenth-century buildings with twenty-first century amenities on fourteen acres on historic Main Street in beautiful Farmington, Connecticut, offers a unique research experience. Researchers spend days in our beautiful reading room and evenings in lively conversation with other researchers who also work primarily on Britain in the long 18th century. The peaceful surroundings afford residential scholars time to process research findings and write without distraction.
The Library’s collections support study in nearly all aspects of British life in the long eighteenth century through the end of the Georgian era, with unsurpassed holdings related to Horace Walpole and his contemporaries. In addition, the archival collections of library founders W.S. Lewis (1895-1979) and Annie Burr Lewis (1902-1959) document an extensive personal and professional network of Anglo-American connections. Knowledgeable staff offer individualized support on identifying and using relevant collection materials.
The library welcomes researchers who will benefit from time spent using our collections. We also award
four-week fellowships and two-week travel grants
, and
Yale Graduate Student Summer Fellowships
as well as
Charles A. Ryskamp Travel Grants
to Yale seniors.
In addition, the library offers public
lectures
,
exhibitions
and other
programs
.
At the library....
Fellowships and Travel Grants
The library offers a variety of fellowships and travel grants to support research focused in the library’s rich collections of eighteenth-century materials.
Residential
Visiting Fellowships
bring scholars from across the globe to Farmington for two or four weeks to undertake research in library collections on a wide variety of topics related to Britain in the eighteenth-century world.
Please note the application schedule has changed.
The application deadline for the 2026-27 fellowship year has passed. Award announcements will be made in early February.
Summer Fellowships for Yale Graduate Students
afford students whose topic of research is supported by the library’s collections the opportunity to spend two, four, or eight weeks during June through August in residence at the library. Applications accepted on a rolling basis through the end of the spring semester.
The
Charles A. Ryskamp Travel Grant
is awarded on a competitive basis to a Yale College senior whose senior essay project would benefit from extended use of the Lewis Walpole Library’s collections.
The grant provides funds for regular travel during the academic year to Farmington and more.
_______________
News
Graduate Student Seminar, Tuesday and Wednesday, 9-10 June 2026
April 13, 2026
Gillian Forrester, Independent art historian and curator of the current exhibition on “Cries” will lead a collection-based seminar for graduate students. Following a curator-...
28th Lewis Walpole Library Lecture videorecording Online
April 2, 2026
The videorecording of the 28th Lewis Walpole Library Lecture, “Art and Truth: William Hogarth and the English Enlightenment” is now available online on the Yale Library...
Yale Graduate Student Seminar on William Hogarth (1697–1764)
January 8, 2026
Prof. Frédéric Ogée
11 February 2026, 10 am to 12:30 pm, Yale Center for British Art
The Lewis Walpole Library has organized and will present a seminar on William Hogarth at...
More news...
Contact information
Telephone: (860) 677-2140
Fax: (860) 677-6369
Email:
walpole@yale.edu
Subscribe
for email announcements
April
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Sunday
M
Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Friday
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11
12
13
14
15
16
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18
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Library Hours
MON - TUE
8:30 AM-4:45 PM
WED
10:00 AM- 4:45 PM
THU - FRI
8:30 AM - 4:45 PM