Tullie House
| Tullie House | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 Tullie House | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY397560 |
| Location: | 54°53’43"N, 2°56’26"W |
| City: | Carlisle |
| History | |
| Museum | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust |
| Website: | www.tulliehouse.co.uk |
Tullie House is a Jacobean mansion house at 15, Abbey Street in the heart of Carlisle, the county town of Cumberland, which hosts the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. The museum was opened in the house by the Carlisle Corporation in 1893, after extensions had been added to the original house.
At first the building contained the museum and also a library, an art school and a technical school.[1][2]
The building, including the extensions, is a Grade I listed building,[1] and the wall, gates and railings in front of the house are separately Grade I listed.[3]
The two schools were moved in the 1950s and the library in 1986. The museum expanded into the city Guildhall in 1980 and with new space available from 1986 it underwent an extensive redevelopment over 1989-90 and again in 2000-01.
Since May 2011 the museum has been an independent charitable trust, the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust.[4]
Collections
The museum has large and eclectic collections of zoological, botanical and geological material.
The fine and decorative arts collections include works by Edward Burne-Jones and other Pre-Raphaelite artists, as well as Stanley Spencer, Winifred Nicholson, Sheila Fell and Phil Morsman. There is collection of stringed instruments including a violin by Andrea Amati.
There were two Roman forts in Carlisle, one of which, Petriana, was the largest along the length of Hadrian's Wall. The museum houses important collections and temporary exhibitions associated with Hadrian's Wall. The human history collection also features permanent exhibitions dedicated to the Vikings and the Border Reivers.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Tullie House) |
- Tullie House
- Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust - Registered Charity no. 1143235 at the Charity Commission
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Heritage List 1297353: Tullie House and Extensions
- ↑ National Heritage List 1297353: Tullie House and extensions
- ↑ National Heritage List 1196978: Wall, gates and railings in front of Tullie House, Abbey Street
- ↑ Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust