You’ll Love Carlisle…..The Day After Valentine’s!

Carlisle’s world-leading museum and gallery, Tullie is set to unveil its transformed entrance and welcome area on Saturday 15 February 2025.

From next month, visitors will be welcomed into the beautifully redeveloped entrance with a new café, shop, events space and an additional exhibition space on the ground-floor, the Carlisle Gallery, which will reveal the hidden histories of the Border city.

The new Carlisle Gallery will focus on local stories, showcasing the rich and diverse history of Carlisle through the museum’s unique collections.

Cultural identity and resilience are at the heart of the new Carlisle Gallery.

Visitors can explore objects from the diverse communities that have called Carlisle home.

The gallery will also feature Faunus, a new work by Nicole Bishop, drawing inspiration from Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre’s earliest record from 1512.

Art will also extend out of the gallery into the new welcome area. Hold Fast, Stand Sure, I scream a revolution, a large-scale installation of ceramic mushrooms by Serena Korda will hang from the ceiling, stunning visitors as they enter.

The work was acquired with support from Arts Council England/ V&A Purchase Grant Fund, Art Fund, and the Henry Moore Foundation.