Exterior of the Devon and Exeter Institution library
The Devon and Exeter Institution Building

Devon and Exeter Institution Library

Address: The Devon & Exeter Institution Library, 7 The Close, Exeter, Devon. EX1 1EZ.
Telephone: +44 (0)1392 251017
Website: http://www.devonandexeterinstitution.org/

The Devon and Exeter Institution Library is an independent subscription library founded in 1813 and housed in a Grade 2* listed building in Cathedral Close in the centre of Exeter. 

Full membership is available free to University of Exeter staff and postgraduate students - please apply in person at the Devon and Exeter Institution. University of Exeter undergraduates may use the library for reference only, on production of a valid University of Exeter ID card. 

The library collections, c.34,000 volumes (included in the University Library's online catalogue), are particularly strong in South West studies, nineteenth century periodicals, biography, history and topography. 

The library is open from 9.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday.

For more information please go to their website above.