Welcome to Tullie, a home for the eternally curious.

Museum, art gallery, community hub, generally great place. We offer a forward-thinking programme of special exhibitions and events. Proudly caring for an almost 1 million-strong collection of objects that tell the story of Carlisle and Cumbria. Our brand new spaces opened in April 2025 including new entrance, welcome space, shop, Carlisle Gallery and City Hall Studio.

What's on

Tick Tock Marvels, The Playful World of Automata 13 jun 202611 oct 2026

Hugo (2011)28 jul 202628 jul 2026

Drop-in Family Crafts - Summer 202628 jul 202628 jul 2026

Explore the galleries

The Exhibition Gallery

Border Galleries

The Costume Collection

Roman Frontier Gallery

Old Tullie House

Carlisle Gallery

We had a brief but wonderful visit to Tullie. All, and I mean all of the staff and volunteers were amazing, Informative and really helpful. Thanks to all who made our visit special. We didn't get the opportunity to visit everything but we will be back.

HelenVisitor, UK (from Google review)

A crackingly good museum with a mixture of local and national displays. The interior is arranged to ceate an experience, not just gazing into display cabinets. [...] We still haven't seen it all. We'll be back.

BrianVisitor (from Trip Advisor review)

Very cheap to get in & ticket lasts the whole year; art to local history & artefacts. We just happened to visit when excellent regional artists were exhibiting. Husband accidentally went into cave meant to be for children - we are grown adults & we had fun.

TracyVisitor, UK (from Trip Advisor review)

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One-off donation or regular payment, we’d be incredibly grateful either way. As a charity, we rely on your support to carry on keeping the curious inspired.