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The Great Green Debate - CANCELLED

Date : 2nd February 2012
Time : 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Unfortunately this event has been CANCELLED   Is the climate changing? Why? How quickly? Can we really do anything to change it? Join an invited panel of experts to discuss climate change and its implications. The panel will be drawn from specialist institutions around the country, and they...

Arthurian Art and Armour

Date : 29th January 2012
Time : 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Many people believe that King Arthur and his Round Table lived in Cumbria; we have many images of our ‘local’ king in Tullie House, so why not visit the Way of the Warrior exhibition and our pre-Raphaelite gallery to find out how later ages have imagined King Arthur and his knights and...

Chico and Rita (15)

Date : 30th January 2012
Time : 7:45 pm - 9:19 pm

Dir: Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba Spain/UK, 2010, 94 mins With Mario Guerra, Limara Meneses and Eman Xor Oña   Described as ‘sexy, sunny and sweet natured’, this beautifully designed animation set in the nightclubs of 1940s Havana and New York follows...

Contemporary Painting

Added on 24th January 2012 by Judith Streatfeild

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust has recently acquired a major contemporary painting titled ‘National Park’ for the art collection by Martin Greenland. Greenland (1962-) is one of the most important contemporary painters working in Cumbria today. He has lived and worked in...

New Trustees for Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust

Added on 18th October 2011 by Roger Cooke

Following the transfer last May of Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery’s management from Carlisle City Council to a new independent charitable trust, Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust are delighted to announce the appointments of a further six new Trustees, bringing the total number...

C-Art - Cumbria Artists Open Studios

Added on 24th August 2011 by Fiona Venables

17 September – 2 October 2011   Over 100 artists are taking part in this inaugural county-wide artists open studios trail, which offers people a rare opportunity to enter working studios, to meet artists, to view and potentially purchase individual pieces of artwork - including by...

The Pre-Raphaelite Collection

Where is it? The Panelled Room in Old Tullie House What is it? A nationally important collection of 19th century Pre-Raphaelite art. Why should I see it? Carlisle is one of only a few cities in the country where you can see works by this popular artistic movement. Pre-Raphaelite art was hugely...

The Tiled Staircase

Where is it? Old Tullie House What is it? A complete Victorian tiled staircase that houses an important collection of works by local and nationally important artists   Why Should I See It? Carlisle and the surrounding area has produced a number of talented artists since the late eighteenth...

The Amati Violin

Where is it? Foyer of Old Tullie House What is it? An internationally important musical instrument of great rarity   Why Should I See It? This small, decorated violin is of outstanding international historic interest. It was made in around 1564 by Andrea Amati of Cremona, Italy, the...