Visitor Information
Contact Us
Phone: (812) 855-6224
E-mail: libwylie@indiana.edu
Location
307 E. Second Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47401
Parking at the Museum (pdf)
Guided Tours
March through November
Tuesday through Saturday
10:00 am - 2:00 pm, or by special appointment
[Closed all major holidays, including Thanksgiving weekend]
*Group tours are welcome if scheduled in advance; a maximum number of 40 is suggested.
Gift Shop
Wylie House has a very small gift shop where we sell heirloom seedsand materials that relate directly to the Wylie family. Please stop by the Museum during normal business hours to browse and purchase items of interest.
Photo Gallery
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If you visit between the months of October and May, you might see some of our beautiful 19th century hand-woven coverlets on the beds. -
Local artist John Thom painted a scenic mural on the walls of the entry hall that depicts some of the buildings we know existed in and around our neighborhood. Shown here is the first classroom building on the original campus. -
Another local artist, Veda Stanfield, created this beautiful oil cloth for the entry hall. If you visit between May and September, you will see it. During the winter months, we lay an ingrain carpet over it, as the Wylies did when they lived here. -
This is the view from the girls’ bedroom into the upper hallway from which a door opens onto the upper porch. -
A portrait of Margaret Watson Wylie, mother of Theophilus A. Wylie, hangs in the dining room. It was painted by John Neagle, well-known 19th century painter. -
If you visit during the warm weather months, you will see beautiful hand-made quilts on all the beds, made by the Wylie House Quilters using patterns that were popular in the 19th century. Our collection of antique quilts is thus saved from constant exposure to light and dust and can be preserved for special exhibits and study. -
The women in both Wylie families made most of the clothes for the family, so we have one room upstairs set up as a women’s work room. Rebecca Wylie had a treadle sewing machine very similar to this one. -
This 19th century still life painting was part of the Morton C. Bradley, Jr. estate and was bequeathed to us at his death in 2004. The china on the table was owned by the Wylie family in Philadelphia and Bloomington. -
The heirloom gardens are especially beautiful in May and June. -
The Wylies had large gardens and orchards to feed their large families and may have grown some of the same varieties that we now propagate. -
The books in this secretary desk belonged to Andrew Wylie as did the ink well. -
Looking through the grape arbor to the pink old fashioned roses in the Wylie House garden. -
The walls in the formal parlor are stenciled and the wooden mantle has been painted to look like marble…both 19th century decorative paint techniques. -
The kitchen of Wylie House is a favorite with visitors and is filled with interesting 19th century artifacts. -
This Christmas cactus was started by Rebecca Wylie over 100 years ago. It was cared for by four generations of the family and came back to Wylie House in spring 2005. -
Reflected in the dining room mirror is a portrait of Theophilus A. Wylie, painted by Charles B. King. -
This portrait of the Rev. Dr. Andrew Wylie hangs in the front hall of the house.
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