Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Cumbria,

The Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery was opened by the Carlisle Corporation in 1893, the original building is a converted Jacobean mansion, with extensions added when it was converted. At first the building contained the museum and also a library, an art school and a technical school.

The Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery houses the Human History Collection, most notable for antiquities associated with Hadrian's Wall and the two Roman forts established in Carlisle. It also has large and a variety of collections of zoological, botanical and geological material, as well as fine and decorative arts collections. Paintings in the collection include works by Burne-Jones, Stanley Spencer, Winifred Nicholson, Sheila Fell and Phil Morsman.

A changing programme of temporary exhibitions compliments the permanent displays. Contemporary arts are featured in the purpose-built Art Gallery.

Opening Times

1st April – 31st October
Monday – Saturday 10am – 5pm (Restaurant open 9.30am)
Sunday 11am – 5pm

1st November – 31st March
Monday – Saturday 10am – 5pm (Galleries close at 4pm, Restaurant open 9.30am)
Sunday – 12 noon – 5pm (Galleries close at 4pm)

Closed 25th/26th December and 1st January

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Ticket Prices

Adult £5.20
Concession £3.60
Child 5 - 18 50p
Child under 5 free

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Disabled Facilities

The Museum is fully accessible, with induction loops, automatic doors, ramped access and adapted toilets, apart from the first floor in Old Tullie House and The Guildhall Museum, which are both Grade 1 listed buildings.

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More Information

Telephone: 01228 618718

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