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Armitt Museum

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NY 3759 0486Ambleside · Cumbria & the LakesSurveyed

Founded in 1912 by Mary Louisa Armitt, the Armitt combines a museum, gallery and library on Rydal Road covering the history of Ambleside and the wider Lake District. Beatrix Potter was an early member and left the museum her scientific watercolours and first-edition books on her death in 1943, alongside archaeology from the Roman fort.

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Rydal Road, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 9BL
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