diff --git a/doc/source/changes/version_0_26.rst.inc b/doc/source/changes/version_0_26.rst.inc
index 4cba8336c..01fd7d33a 100644
--- a/doc/source/changes/version_0_26.rst.inc
+++ b/doc/source/changes/version_0_26.rst.inc
@@ -267,6 +267,18 @@ Miscellaneous improvements
 
 * allowed passing an axis to `set_labels` as 'labels' argument (closes :issue:`408`).
 
+* added data type (dtype) to array.info (closes :issue:`454`):
+
+    >>> arr = ndtest((2, 2), dtype=float)
+    >>> arr
+    a\b   b0   b1
+     a0  0.0  1.0
+     a1  2.0  3.0
+    >>> arr.info
+    2 x 2
+     a [2]: 'a0' 'a1'
+     b [2]: 'b0' 'b1'
+    dtype: float64
 
 Fixes
 -----
diff --git a/larray/core/array.py b/larray/core/array.py
index e92791c95..dad55837c 100644
--- a/larray/core/array.py
+++ b/larray/core/array.py
@@ -3211,17 +3211,19 @@ def info(self):
         2 x 2
          nat [2]: 'BE' 'FO'
          sex [2]: 'M' 'F'
+        dtype: float64
         >>> mat1 = LArray(np.ones((2, 2)), [nat, sex], 'test matrix')
         >>> mat1.info
         test matrix
         2 x 2
          nat [2]: 'BE' 'FO'
          sex [2]: 'M' 'F'
+        dtype: float64
         """
         if self.title:
-            return ReprString(self.title + '\n' + self.axes.info)
+            return ReprString(self.title + '\n' + self.axes.info + '\ndtype: ' + self.dtype.name)
         else:
-            return self.axes.info
+            return ReprString(self.axes.info + '\ndtype: ' + self.dtype.name)
 
     def ratio(self, *axes):
         """Returns an array with all values divided by the sum of values along given axes.
diff --git a/larray/core/session.py b/larray/core/session.py
index 06c3e67bb..f9cb6f4f9 100644
--- a/larray/core/session.py
+++ b/larray/core/session.py
@@ -624,12 +624,15 @@ def items(self):
         ...     print("{}: {}".format(k, v.info))
         arr2: 4
          a [4]: 'a0' 'a1' 'a2' 'a3'
+        dtype: int64
         arr1: 2 x 2
          a [2]: 'a0' 'a1'
          b [2]: 'b0' 'b1'
+        dtype: int64
         arr3: 3 x 2
          a [3]: 'a0' 'a1' 'a2'
          b [2]: 'b0' 'b1'
+        dtype: int64
         """
         return self._objects.items()
 
diff --git a/larray/tests/test_array.py b/larray/tests/test_array.py
index 9a1fb215b..bed56917d 100644
--- a/larray/tests/test_array.py
+++ b/larray/tests/test_array.py
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ def test_info(self):
  age [116]: 0 1 2 ... 113 114 115
  geo [44]: 'A11' 'A12' 'A13' ... 'A92' 'A93' 'A21'
  sex [2]: 'M' 'F'
- lipro [15]: 'P01' 'P02' 'P03' ... 'P13' 'P14' 'P15'"""
+ lipro [15]: 'P01' 'P02' 'P03' ... 'P13' 'P14' 'P15'
+dtype: float64"""
         self.assertEqual(self.larray.info, expected)
 
     def test_str(self):