Welcome to Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery

Tullie Toddlers – Beautiful Butterflies

Date : 19th June 2013
Time : 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Why not bring your under 5s to our free play sessions. Drop into the community room anytime between 12.30pm and 2.30pm where we will be making beautiful butterflies. Activities include painting, a ‘sticking table’ of crafts, dressing up clothes and a wide selection of toys to suit all...

The Hunt (15)

Date : 24th June 2013
Time : 7:45 pm - 9:40 pm

Dir: Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark, 2012,115 mins A teacher lives a lonely life, struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie. Some Danish with English...

Gourmet Evening with Anton Edelmann

Date : 27th June 2013
Time : 7:15 pm - 10:00 pm

Tullie House is delighted to invite Anton Edelmann, who has devised a four course menu to work alongside our chefs and offer a Gourmet experience. Anton Edelmann is renowned for having been the Savoy Hotel's maitre chef des cuisines for over 20 years. Gerard Basset OBE, a Master of Wine, Master...

Clare Woods painting acquired by Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust

Added on 19th June 2013 by Michelle Wiggins

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust have acquired a landscape painting by Clare Woods through the Contemporary Art Society’s Acquisition Scheme. The Contemporary Art Society exists to encourage an appreciation and understanding of contemporary art by a wide audience and to donate works...

Carlisle’s historic Guildhall to open

Added on 22nd March 2013 by Michelle Wiggins

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust is delighted to announce that the Guildhall, one of Carlisle’s historic treasures  will be opening  this year from 29th March to 14thApril and then from 1st July – 30th September,  12 – 4pm daily. The Guildhall is a half...

Tullie House has been loaned two stunning Roman Cavalry Helmets

Added on 7th February 2013 by Michelle Wiggins

Two Roman cavalry helmets have been loaned to Tullie House and are now on display in the Roman Frontier Gallery. These along with the facemask that is already there, will show the lavish decoration and fine workmanship that the Romans used to create these rare objects. One is a skull cap that would...

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...