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Portable Pixel Playground for the 21st Century
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Summer Events
From 28 July - 21 August
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The Guildhall |
Tullie House has lots of exciting activities throughout the school holidays from handling some of our recent finds to exploring the weird and wonderful lives of plants and animals that live in the (peat) bog!
Free Family Drop-Ins at The Guildhall
Wednesdays 1pm - 4pm
6 August
Nature Nurture
Lost of activities with a natural history theme.
13 August
Illuminating!
Have a go at creating your own medieval-style illuminated manuscript.
20 August
Social & Sociable
Lots of activities exploring social history.
Wetland Discovery Days
Wednesdays 6, 13 and 20 August
10am - 3pm
Meet at the Eden Rivers Trust Wetland Discovery Trail by the River Eden in Aglionby (limited parking), for pond-dipping and a tour of the brass rubbing trail, then enjoy a crafts session back at Tullie House (1.30pm – 3pm).
25 places for children up to 8 years and their parents/carers.
Tickets: children £3.50 (children aged 2 and under free), adults £1.
Free Family Drop-Ins at Tullie House
Monday 4 August
Toys and Games
Discover good old-fashioned fun before the invention of tellies and Nintendos.
Tuesday 5 August
Story Writing
Join Claire and Raffaella and have a close look at the exciting objects on display at www.onceuponawebsite.co.uk. Participate in fun activities that will inspire you to write your own story about the objects – you could be the next winner of our internet story writing competition!
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Raptors! |
Thursday 7 August
Raptors!
Expert handlers from the Cumberland Bird of Prey Centre introduce some of their fierce feathered friends.
Friday 8 August
Nature Nurture
More natural history-based activities.
Monday 11 August
Print Workshop
Have a go at some simple printing techniques.
Tuesday 12 August
Faces of Old Tullie House
Explore the portraits in Old Tullie House and make one of your own.
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Birds, Bogs and Bugs |
Wednesday 13 August
10am-12.30pm & 1.30pm-4pm
Birds, Bogs & Bugs
Explore the weird and wonderful lives of all those plants and animals that live in the (peat) bog!
Thursday 14 August
A Passion for Posters
Make your own poster in the Art Gallery, using the Abram Games exhibition for inspiration and ideas.
Friday 15 August
Story Writing
More creative writing activities inspired by the objects on www.onceuponawebsite.co.uk
Monday 18 August
Meet the Curator
Keeper of Social History Ed Rutherford introduces some curious objects from our collections.
Tuesday 19 August
World War II
Handling sessions and activities in the Art Gallery, with famous WWII posters as a back-drop.
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Thursday 21 August
11.45am / 1.30pm / 3.10pm
Over The Top Puppet Company
WILLIE THE WICKED WOLF
The puppet booth might be traditional, but this version of Little Red Riding Hood is not. The wolf takes centre stage - an outrageous but lovable rogue whose interests include food, motorbikes and rock'n'roll. He plans to eat Granny and Red Riding Hood but fails miserably due to his own stupidity and the unreliability of his motorbike. How will it end? Happily of course, with plenty of audience participation for anyone aged 4+.
Tickets: Free, but please book in advance due to limited capacity. Performances will take place in the garden if fine, indoors if not. Each show last 40 minutes.
Friday 22 August
1pm / 2pm / 3pm
Storytelling
Three 30 minute sessions with Michelle Russell. Suitable for children under 10 and their parents/carers
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Portable Pixel Playground - A playground for the 21st Century
Wednesday 6 August 11am - 5pm
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Andy Best and Merja Puustinen, Laughing My Guts Out interactive sound sculpture, 2007. |
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This amazing new play space created by artists working with digital technology. Part adventure playground, part work of art, and part computer game, it allows young people (and inquisitive adults!) to use everyday technologies in fun and creative ways, providing them with new, interactive and hands-on experiences of art and technology.
Set in Tullie House’s lovely gardens, the all-weather Playground will feature a brand new piece of art commissioned from internationally-acclaimed artists Squidsoup, where you’ll be able to create and affect a physical landscape inhabited by a host of virtual creatures. Also included is a new artwork by Finland-based Andy Best and Merja Puustinen: an inflatable “bouncy castle” in which your jumping, rolling and crawling creates a sound sensation.
This is the launch event of this exciting new project and coincides with Playday 2008, the annual celebration of children's right to play.
Abram Games: Maximum Meaning, Minimum Means
Until 14 September - Art Gallery
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Many of the most iconic images of mid-20th century Britain were the work of Abram Games (1914-1996), who was the country’s Official War Poster Designer during World War II and who created the emblem for the 1951 Festival of Britain.
Abram Games: Maximum Meaning, Minimum Means is a national touring exhibition, originally organised by the Design Museum and toured by the Estate of Abram Games, made possible by a grant from The Wellcome Trust. It is accompanied by a Lund Humphries book of the same name, on sale throughout the exhibition alongside a selection of posters and postcards reproducing some of Abram Games’ most famous designs.
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Model Steam Locomotive
On display until 16 October
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Railway enthusiast David Wilson of Wrexham has loaned Tullie House a large-scale working model of the steam locomotive that once proudly carried the City’s name over 1.5 million miles on the main line between London and Scotland.
The model is on view in the Reception area at Tullie House until 16th October.
Alongside it is displayed one of the nameplates from the original locomotive, and an amazing 10-foot long fire-iron, as used to stoke the boilers of steam engines like the ‘City of Carlisle’:
Click here for more information about the exhibition at Tullie House »
Every Object Tells a Story
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School Assemblies
June 2008 saw the 4th year of our popular month of assemblies. Following on from the topics of WW2, Rivers and Slavery the Learning and Access department decided this year to concentrate on one object.
The title of the assembly was Every Object Tells a Story and the idea was to work out what this object was and explore its life. Who might have owned it? Had it had a happy or sad existence? How did it come to be in the museum?
Over 2200 primary school children from all over the county enjoyed the assembly and, as the object was a 1960s record player, many teachers were able to wallow in nostalgia and remember their youth!
With the launch of the new social history gallery, Carlisle Life, we hope that people who attended the assemblies might visit the exhibition and see the objects on display, not just as old things but as objects with a story of their own.
Click here for more Information about our Learning & Access Dept at Tullie House»
First Perspective
13 September - 2 November
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This exciting new exhibition brings together – for the first time – artworks by students from secondary schools in Carlisle District.
As well as celebrating the achievements of young artists studying at GCSE and sixth form level, First Perspective provides an insight into how the visual arts are taught and thought about, highlighting the students’ creative processes from the first sketchbook doodles to stunning finished pieces. Themes explored by work in the exhibition include still life and natural forms, graphics, cultures, people and places.
Using a variety of media, from pencils and crisp packets to photos and felt, students have produced pieces that are testament to the skill and dedication they have invested in their studies.
Click here for more information on Exhibitions at Tullie House»
Lunchtime Talks - Free Admission
Informal Talks 1pm - 1.30pm
No need to book. Talks take place in our Lecture Theatre. Please arrive promptly - we regret that latecomers can not be admitted.
5 August
The Best of Wild Cumbria: A Guided Tour
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The Best of Wild Cumbria |
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Keeper of Natural Sciences Stephen Hewitt takes a walk on the wild side.
12 August
Bog Bodies
In this special talk to coincide with the Festival of the Solway Moses, resident archaeologist Tim Padley explores the human pre-history of peatlands in Cumbria. Watery places such as peat bogs were viewed as entrances to the 'other world' and offerings and sacrifices made at some sites have been preserved in the peat. Bog-Bodies, stone axes and much else besides - Tim reveals all.
19 August
Sam Bough: Another Look
Melanie Gardner, Keeper of Fine & Decorative Art, looks again at one of Carlisle's most important 19th century artists - the hugely prolific, successful and ever-popular Sam Bough.
Click here for more Information about our Lunchtime Talks at Tullie House»
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