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Learn more about the fascinating collections from those that know them best. All talks and tours start at 2pm (unless otherwise stated) on Thursdays and are included with admission (free for annual ticket holders and Members), however booking is essential.

Upcoming Talks:

27 March - Natural Science Gallery Highlights Tour with our Biodiversity Curator (1.30-2pm) A journey around the museum with a focus on nature across the collections, from art through to archaeology.

24 April – Archaeology Gallery Highlights with our Human History Curator

29 May – Spotlight Tour of New Acquisitions with our Fine Art Curator

26 June – Spotlight Tour focusing on Roman Conquest Stone in Roman Frontier Gallery with our Human History Curator

Welcome to our free Lunchtime Talk 1-2pm in the Lecture Theatre the first Tuesday of each month.

Tuesday the 6th of May - The Hiking Household & Me with Laura Earl.

The Hiking Household CIC is designed to be a go-to guide for all abilities to get outside more. With over 300 walks on her website Laura Earl, founder & director of The Hiking Household, was busy promoting the local outside area when she was struck down with a brain tumour. Unable to walk she had to think of new ways to get outside more. Join us on this talk about how to grow your own business, personal resilience, a whole heap of determination and what you can do if you really put your mind to it. 

Join us for guided tours of Winifred Nicholson: Cumbrian Rag Rugs

Tour included with admission but booking is essential.

• 19 April   11am & 2pm
• 26 April   11am
• 3   May    11am & 2pm
• 10 May    11am
• 24 May    2pm
• 31 May    11am & 2pm

Tours last approximately 45 minutes. 

Image: Cumbrian Landscape 1968 Designed by Jovan Nicholson and made by Florence Williams.

Join us for a day of rag rug making with Cumberland Rag Rugs on the following dates.

Saturday 5th April 10-4pm Adult workshop

Saturday 17th May 10-4pm Adult workshop

Saturday 7th June 10-4pm Adult workshop

Adult tickets: £80pp

Tullie Members: £72pp

All materials are included but please do bring anything you would like to use also fine knitted jumpers and fleece fabric are best.

Also included is 10% off in our new Cafe during your lunch break, and free museum access for the day.

We will provide the hessian for you to take home and continue your work unless you are making a small piece.

Hooks are available to use and buy, think about a design for your work curves and circles work well.

Kaffe Fassett MBE

7 June, 2.00 - 5.00.

Lecture begins at 2pm, followed by book signing and a pop-up shop at 3-5pm

A Californian by birth, Kaffe Fassett, a leading textiles designer and practitioner of contemporary crafts, has dedicated the last 50 years of his life to the world of painting, knitting, needlepoint, mosaic, patchwork and fabric design, promoting colour creativity and encouraging others through his own work and as an ambassador for colour. 

With over 60 publications from ‘how to books’ to colour in design, his biography ‘Kaffe Fassett: Dreaming in Colour’, and in 2021 ‘Kaffe Fassett in the Studio, a look at what inspires him and how he creates in his London studio. He has resumed his international tours of colour workshops, with several lectures and museum exhibitions scheduled over the coming months.

In 2018, Kaffe was awarded an Honorary MBE in recognition of his services to the crafts of knitting and needlework.

Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th October 2025

Back by popular demand! Learn how to create your own piece of beautiful Ruskin Lace. £85 per person (2-day course) which includes refreshments in the morning and afternoon and admission into the museum. A starter pack of materials can be purchased from Karen on the day.

This ticket covers both days of the course.

Everybunny is welcome to hop on down to Café Tullie to join our favourite mouse for a delicious breakfast followed by a side of Easter Treats and some fun with an appearance from Tullie mouse.

Child ticket £16 includes breakfast and gifts

Adult ticket £16 includes breakfast and refreshment

Little Bunny Children’s Breakfast options (includes juice box)

• Bunny shaped pancakes with chocolate drizzle & sprinkles
• Scrambled Eggs & Toast Soldiers

Big Bunny Adult Breakfast options (includes tea or filter coffee)

• Full English or vegetarian English
• Easter pancake stack with chocolate drizzle, mini eggs, whipped cream & caramel drizzle

Why not extend you day with our Easter crafts and trail? Included with adult admission, children go free.

An afternoon of talks focusing on new exhibition Winifred Nicholson: Cumbrian Rag Rugs.

Speakers include relatives of Winifred, art historian and exhibition curator Jovan Nicholson and artist Rafaele Appleby. Third speaker TBC.

Talks will take place 12.30-4pm.

Tickets are £20 per person, including refreshments.

More about the speakers:

• Jovan Nicholson is an independent art historian and curator with a particular interest in modern British art. He curated and wrote the accompanying catalogues for Art and life: Ben Nicholson, Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis, William Staite Murray, 1920-1931 (Dulwich Picture Gallery; Winifred Nicholson in Cumberland (Abbot Hall Art Gallery); Winifred Nicholson: Liberation of Colour (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art). He is an acknowledged expert on Winifred Nicholson's work, a grandson of Ben and Winifred Nicholson, and a nephew of Kate Nicholson.

  Jovan Nicholson is an independent art historian and curated the exhibitions and wrote the catalogues for Art and Life: Ben Nicholson, Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis, William Staite Murray, 1920-1931; Winifred Nicholson: Liberation of Colour; Winifred Nicholson in Cumberland and Kate Nicholson. He is a grandson of Winifred Nicholson.

  His talk will discuss the problems encountered when preparing the exhibition, the critical response to it, and what has been learned.

• Rafaele Appleby is an artist who works from her studio on Hadrian's Wall in north Cumbria. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally, most recently at the 2024 Venice Biennale as part of the Proseed Collective, and alongside the work of her grandmother, daughter in The Nicholson Women at Crane Kalman Gallery in London.