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Tullie Carlisle
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All the way open! Museum & Café Tullie open 7 days a week. Next exhibition Colour: A season of shades, tints & tones open 27 September 🌈
It's emotions for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange celebrating Subversive Forms: Revolutionary Approaches to Clay @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social

We have chosen the aptly named 'Rollercoaster Emotions' by Craig Mitchell from the collection of the National Museum of Scotland
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is photographic portraiture for the opening of #PhotoPortraitPrize at the National Portrait Gallery 📸

We have chosen People on the Streets of Grangetown, Cardiff by Glenn Edwards from the collection of the Museum of Cardiff.
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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🎬 Join us this Thursday at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social, Cumbria, for a special screening of ‘See the Whole of Me’ animation and exhibition - inspired by the #maternity experiences of a diverse group of Cumbrian mums.

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Happy Mums Foundation 'See the Whole of Me' Film Screening - Tullie - Museum & Art Gallery
Happy Mums Foundation ‘See the Whole of Me’ Film screening Happy Mums Foundation invite you to see the first public...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It's dramatic artwork for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange.

What can be more dramatic than this sky?

🖼️ A Spate in the Highlands by Peter Graham from the collection of Manchester Art Gallery
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Objects from RAMM’s collections are currently touring the country as part of an exhibition about colour @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social - To ensure they're not damaged during transport we make bespoke packaging for each object to keep them safe and protected on their long journey. #AskAConservator 🐧
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
It's spooky art for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange for Halloween 👻🐈‍⬛🦇🎃

We have chosen 'The Haunt' by Laurence Stephen Lowry from the collection of The Lowry.
October 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is autumn 🍂🍂

We are sharing 'Autumn' by Julian Cooper from the collection of the Laing Art Gallery.
October 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We are getting spooky with ghosts and ethereal art for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange for 'Ghost Objects: Summoning Leighton's Lost Collection' now open at Leighton House 👻👻

We have chosen the aptly named 'Ghosts' by Grace Gardner from the collection of Falmouth Art Gallery.
October 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It's celebrations and unveilings for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange for The Harris Reopening - congratulations!🥳🥳

We have chosen 'Celebrations in Barbastro' by Campbell Sandilands from the collection of University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
October 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We're very excited to be welcoming Kaffe Fassett back to the museum in January for a talk entitled An Eye for Colour.

Tickets are now live - find out more and book 👇
tullie.org.uk/events/kaffe...
October 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Colour: A season of shades, tints and tones opens THIS Saturday.

Installation is well underway and it's looking even more vibrant than we hoped. 🌈

Come on down on Saturday and see the sea mouse, Lichtenstein, disco ball, Kandinsky, dragon, Marilyn Monroe, Hokusai and many more bursts of colour.
September 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Café Tullie's new menu launches this Saturday 20 September. 👀

So we can get our systems ready and get all the new menus out, Café Tullie will close slightly early on Friday 19 September at 2pm. Back open as normal from 9.30am Saturday.

We can't wait to see what you think!
September 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Cumbrian schools may have gone back now, but our exhibition gallery will be filled with dinosaurs until Sunday 14 September.

Adult dinosaur enthusiasts, now is your time.
September 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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August 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
26 August is #InternationalDogDay, which feels like a good day to come back to after the long weekend.

Please enjoy these good boys and/or girls from across the collection.

1. Bronze Roman dog figurine 100-200 AD
August 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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An ancient handmade bowl with human feet to bring a smile to your face!

The bowl tips slightly forwards as if offering its contents!

Predynastic Egypt, Naqada period c. 3700-3450 BC.

At the Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me

#Archaeology
August 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Visitor travels from Denmark to see how her Roman basket measures up

A few weeks ago we had a rather special visit from Lisbeth and Ole, who had travelled with their grandchildren from Denmark for an historic trip taking in Hadrian's Wall, Edinburgh and Lindisfarne.

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Visitor travels from Denmark to see how her Roman basket measures up - Tullie - Museum & Art Gallery
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August 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It's Welsh art for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange to celebrate Oriel Môn's exhibition 'From the Collection'.

We have chosen 'Wales (Great Western Railway/ London, Midland and Scottish Railway poster artwork)' by Leonard Richmond from the collection of National Railway Museum.
August 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Since July 2024, we have been running online and in person events to engage communities with Tagger.

🎉 This week we hit 1,000 acts of participation!

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us and to
The National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Lottery players for making it possible 🙌
August 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We had a good long chat with Luis V. Rey palaeo-artist extraordinaire & curator of current exhibition Dinosaur rEvolution.

You can watch or listen to the whole thing below 👇
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#palaeoart #paleoart #dinosaurart #luisvrey #deinonychus
August 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Enjoyed the new natural history display at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social today, including insects and reproductions of herbarium sheets (plus a real one in a special box to protect it from the light). 💚
August 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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News | Heritage at Risk Fund offers £15m to 37 local heritage sites in England – @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social and National Waterways Museum among the projects set to receive funding
Heritage at Risk Fund offers £15m to 37 local heritage sites in England - Museums Association
Tullie House and National Waterways Museum among the projects set to receive funding
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August 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is religious art for The Barber Institute's online exhibition Fragments of Devotion 🌟

We have chosen 'York Minster' by K. D. Richards from the collection of York University.
August 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is abstract and non-figurative art 🎨

We have chosen 'Accented Landscape, Series 2' by Lancelot Ribeiro from the collection of Leicester Museum & Art Gallery.
July 31, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The theme for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is film and cinema for 'May The Toys Be With You' at @lynn-museum.bsky.social 📽📽

We have chosen Oratio Obliqua by Walter Bayes from the collection of Manchester Art Gallery.
July 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM