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Museums at Night 2012 - Funky Farms and Ancient Animals

Date : 18th May 2012
Time : 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Museums at Night is the annual after-hours celebration when hundreds of museums, galleries, libraries, archives and heritage sites open their doors for special evening events. Funky Farms and Ancient Animals Explore Secret Egypt after dark where Nefertu, a farmer's wife from ancient Egypt , will be...

Afternoon Lecture - Behind the Gilded Mask of Sheri-ankh

Date : 23rd May 2012
Time : 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Trust is proud to present an afternoon lecture with Dr. Campbell Price, Curator of Egypt and the Sudan from The Manchester Museum, 'Behind the Gilded Mask of Sheri-ankh: The life and death of an Egyptian woman in the First Millennium BC'.   Dr. Price will...

Music Workshop - Part of Carlisle's Music Festival 2012

Date : 6th June 2012

Join Richard York for an hour of hands-on fun! Meet and hear instruments as played by Tudor people, and play some too! Join in the dancing and accompanying a period dance with live music played by Richard and the children together. 3 bookable 1 hour workshops - 20 people each session (12.30pm, 2pm...

The Flying Riever

Added on 2nd February 2012 by Judith Streatfeild

Keith Newstead Automata was commissioned by the Museum to produce a life size automata which is now suspended from the roof of the entrance atrium. The automata acts as signpost, directing visitors to the various galleries, shop, and toilets. Keith’s first concept was 'The Flying Museum Guide...

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...

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...