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Address:
307 E. Second Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47401
Opening Hours:
March through November
Tuesday through Saturday
10:00 am - 2:00 pm, or by special appointment
Admission is free, but donations are always welcome.
Contact:
libwylie@indiana.edu
Phone: +1(812) 855-6224
Links:
Wylie House Museum
Indiana University
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Description:
Built in 1835, Wylie House was the home of Indiana University's first president, Andrew Wylie, and his family. Today Wylie House is owned and operated by Indiana University as an historic house museum recreating the Wylie home of the 1840s. The house is distinctive and unusual for south-central Indiana, a blend of Federal and Georgian styles of architecture more characteristic of southwest Pennsylvania, where Wylie was born and raised. It is one of the few pre-1840 structures remaining in Bloomington.
Wylie House contains an outstanding collection of early to mid-19th century American furnishings, including many Wylie family artifacts. A large collection of Wylie family letters and personal papers are housed in University Archives. The mission of the museum is to preserve and study the house, artifacts and documents and through them to interpret for the public our local history and domestic heritage as it is embodied by the early Wylie home. (from the House's website).
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