Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery
Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery
Castle Street
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA3 8TP
England
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Telephone
01228 618718
Fax
01228 810249
Enjoy England Silver Award - Large Visitor Attraction 2008, Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery is an excellent choice for a great day out for all of the family.
There's something for everyone at Tullie House. Children and adults of all ages will find fun, hands-on exhibits and games, from firing a roman weapon to climbing our life sized section of Hadrian's Wall!
We will take you on a journey through the ages, from the present day right back to the early Romans and beyond in our Border Galleries.
Come and see the world famous cursing stone for yourself, and take a trip to the underground Millennium Gallery which is transformed into an exciting exhibition 'Freshwater Life', which dives into the world of the special wildlife and habitats of the rivers and lakes in Cumbria.
Also be amazed by the figure that transforms into a skeleton before your eyes and a wall that whispers stories!
Children will love learning while they play, whilst adults will enjoy exciting experiences such as 'The Border Reivers'. Take a walk down our roman replica street, climb our life size section of Hadrian's Wall, crawl through a mock mine tunnel, sit in stocks and find out what is was like to ride on a roman saddle! Tullie House takes you on an exciting travel through time, from the present day, right back to the early Romans.
There is something going on most weekends and during schools holidays.
Tullie House has an award winning, family friendly restaurant that offers a good selection of teas, coffees, light snacks, lunches and a children's menu, whilst the gift shop stocks a wide variety of exciting souvenirs and gifts.
Venue Type:
Museum, Gallery
BORDER GALLERIES
The Border Galleries reveal Carlisle’s exciting history. Amongst others you can see objects from pre-historic and Roman times, complete with a replica section of Hadrian’s wall. View the spectacular Reivers audio visual show; listen to Carlisle’s railway story and marvel at the changing Carlisle skyline in the wildlife gallery.
Also visit our new refurbished gallery 'Carlisle Life'. The exhibitions ethos is to create a sense of place and flavour of Carlisle's recent local history. Also visit the website
www.carlislelife.co.uk
MILLENNIUM GALLERY
The Millennium gallery is transformed into an exciting exhibition ' Freshwater Life', which dives into the world of the special wildlife and habitats of the rivers and lakes in Cumbria. The gallery is transformed to follow the River Eden from source to sea, exploring the changing wildlife along the way such as Salmon, Otters and even the rare fish of the Lake District like the Charr and Vendace.
The gallery also houses a stunning collection of local minerals and rare archaeological finds. Complete with interactive exhibits, including an amazing figure that transforms into skeletal remains before your eyes and a wall that whispers stories!
ART GALLERY and SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS GALLERY
The Art Gallery and Special Exhibitions Gallery present regularly changing programmes to appeal to all.
The Art Gallery features contemporary arts and crafts.
The Special Exhibitions Gallery draws its themes from our own extensive collections.
For further information on the changing exhibition programme visit our website www.tulliehouse.co.uk
OLD TULLIE HOUSE
Old Tullie House is a 17th century town house of character, with a fine classical façade, overlooking the Tullie House herb garden. Inside it’s strong architectural features include a jacobean staircase and tiled walls by Craven Dunhill.
The pannelled room showcases key paintings from the Pre-raphaelite period, including works by Rossetti and Burne-Jones. View some of our magnificent porcelain collection and visit our gallery of childhood a popular choice for all ages.
GUILDHALL MUSEUM
Situated in the heart of the City, the Guildhall has been home to Carlisle’s historic Guilds for over 500 years, and is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the city. Displays feature Guild items, and special objects. (Open Good Friday to end of October).
Your day would not be complete without a visit to our delightful Garden Restaurant offering teas and speciality coffees, light snacks and lunches, whilst our gift shop is a popular stop with many unique gift ideas and specially commissioned jewellery.
Roman Carlisle began with the building of the first fort, which now underlies much of the area from Tullie House to Carlisle Castle. The presence of the army provided a ready market, stimulating the growth of the town, which eventually became the capital of the tribal area of the Carvetti.
Collection details
Social History, Natural Sciences, Music, Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art, Costume and Textiles, Coins and Medals, Archives, Archaeology
Key artists and exhibits
- Archaeology
- Romans
- Social History
- Fine Arts
- Decorative Arts
- Natural Sciences
- Pre Raphaelites
- William Morris
- Robert Carlyle
- Matthew Ellis Nutter
- Sam Bough
- Art Gallery
- Museum
- Brampton Live
Outside In
Outside In is an arts agency, set up in 2006 by Pallant House Gallery, to provide a platform to the art world for artists who find it difficult due to health, disability or social circumstance.
Outside In: North West is an exhibition at the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery showcasing artists living in the North West of England who have chosen to align themselves with the project.
From substance misusers to self-taught visionaries, the exhibition will provide a unique insight into the extraordinary breadth and vitality of work produced by individuals from outside the mainstream art world.
There will be a range of complementary exhibits taking place in partnership with Prism Arts.
We plan to host a series of events linked to this exhibition and to invite others who also work in the field of using art with excluded groups.
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Admission
Admission charges apply
Into the Light: The Story of Freemasonry in Carlisle
This groundbreaking exhibition will explore and examine the hidden world of Freemasonry.
The display will tell the story of Freemasonry in Carlisle and the rise of the organisation throughout the province of Cumbria. Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust’s Masonic collection will be complemented by iconic objects from the National Library and Museum of Freemasonry never seen outside London before, as well as material from Carlisle’s fourteen Masonic lodges. The exhibition will also examine Masonic symbolism and ritual.
Carlisle’s complex web of other fraternal organisations will be uncovered in a display which will seek to illuminate a practise shrouded in mystery.
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George Howard Proposed Exhibition
George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle: Artist and Patron
This is the first comprehensive exhibition of George Howard’s work designed to celebrate the important contribution Howard made to Cumbria’s cultural heritage as well as to that of the nation.
The exhibition will focus on Howard’s artistic achievements which have remained largely unrecognised. Howard practised as an artist for his entire life producing portraits, landscapes, everyday scenes and family episodes. He travelled extensively throughout England and Italy, and journeyed to India, Egypt, South Africa and the Caribbean in search of new landscapes to paint. His life and work was influenced by his close relationships with key figures of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, especially William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones.
The exhibition will conserve and bring together drawings, paintings and sculptures by George Howard including many from private collections which have never been on public display together with examples of his sketchbooks and correspondence to family and friends, drawn from private archives.
The exhibition will also look at George Howard’s patronage which involved commissioning his fellow artists and architects to design and produce many important monuments, buildings and public art works in the area. A varied programme of events is also planned during the exhibition.
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