TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM

The 'Tullie House Museum' is a museum in Carlisle, Cumbria in England. Opened by the Carlisle Corporation in 1893, the original building is a converted Jacobean mansion. At first the building contained the museum and also a library, an art school and a technical school.
The two schools were moved in the 1950s and the library in 1986. The museum expanded in to the city Guildhall in 1980 and with new space available from 1986 the museum underwent an extensive redevelopment over 1989-90 and again in 2000-01.
The museum 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 eclectic 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.

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Notes About the Tullie House Museum Free Prizes for Children

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Notes About the Tullie House Museum Free Prizes for Children

The Tullie House gives children one sticker every time they visit. (parents must be Cumbria County Council tax payers)

★ With 1 sticker, children receive a notebook and a pencil.

★ With 2 stickers children receive a yo-yo.

★ With 3 stickers children receive a frisbee.

★ With 4 stickers children receive a keyring.

★ With 5 stickers children receive a cup and straw.

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★ Tullie House Museum