Creating a museum for the 21st century Impact Report 2019-20
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Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 3 Contents
5. Our Manifesto 6. Chair & Director's Welcome 10. Project Tullie 12. Achievements 13. Staff Achievements 14. Community Engagement 17. Creative Case for Diversity 19. Digital 20. Children & Young People 23. Working in Partnership 24. Review of Exhibitions 37. Collections 38. Research 39. Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre 42. Cumbria Museum Consortium 44. Major Funders & Supporters 46. Reference & Administrative Details 47. Financial Performance
4 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery has been Tullie House is one of the UK’s leading a vital community asset since 1893. We welcome independent museums. We care for a collection over 200,000 visitors through our doors of over 400,000 artefacts and specimens, every year, using our world-class collections, covering Human History, Fine and Decorative Contents exhibitions and learning programmes to develop Art and Natural Science, a collection that was active participants, be inclusive, inspire learning Designated by Arts Council England in 2018. and be a catalyst for thinking differently. We are the lead organisation of the Cumbria Museum Consortium, a Band 3 National Portfolio Organisation for Arts Council England who, along with Carlisle City Council, is one of our core funders.
Our Manifesto is at the heart of everything we do.
Our Manifesto
We will create a museum fit for the 21st century, a museum that has something to say about Carlisle, Cumbria and the world in which we live; a museum that unleashes creativity and invites co-creation; a museum which is collections based, curatorially informed and audience focused; a museum with a human face providing a third space anchoring community life.” Excerpt from Museum Manifesto, 2016. Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 5 Chair & Director's Welcome Andrew Smith, Chair. Andrew Mackay, Director
2019/20 saw us deliver some of our best the brilliance of the Tullie House team in developing and delivering outcomes in recent times. Our visitor world-class exhibitions. numbers were up on our 2018/10 figures, Community engagement our community engagement grew and (encompassing schools, families, we received great critical acclaim for our young people and vulnerable groups) is an area that we are temporary exhibitions programmes. extremely proud of and which delivers great learning, health and wellbeing benefits to our participants — over 30,000 in 2019/20. We recognise the impact The Covid-19 pandemic has had an Our popularity is growing — that our community work delivers inevitable and profound impact as compared to 2018/19 our overall but it can be hard demonstrating the museum closed its doors on site numbers were up by 4%, which this to some stakeholders, 19 March 2020. We explain later in meant that we were once again especially those who deal in this report how we have responded achieving a footfall of over 200,000, economic outputs. We therefore to this challenging situation and making us by some margin the commissioned cultural economists, its impact on the charity. However, most visited publicly run cultural DC Research, to help come up with we remain confident that the venue in Cumbria. We deliver a a methodology for monetising the charity is a going concern, building wide range of activity aimed at both value of our work. Whilst not wholly on the successes in 2018/19. visitors and the local community. scientific, The results are innovative Some of these activities are free and powerful and will help make of charge but paid admission to the case to potential funders our galleries is fundamental to that community engagement is our financial sustainability and not only valuable from a health we are pleased to report that our and wellbeing perspective, but admissions income increased also delivers economic value. by over 17%. Much of this is down to an exceptionally good In terms of growth, we must also exhibition programme. Visits to mention our loyal, committed and our temporary exhibitions were vital Patrons and Members. We 200kfootfall into museum up by 29%. In addition to working refreshed and relaunched our with our established partners—the Membership scheme just before British Museum on Rembrandt: the close of the financial year and Etchings from the British Museum this has resulted in an increase and Tate/National Galleries in membership income just short Scotland on ARTIST ROOMS: Alex of 40% on the previous year. Our Katz—, we were delighted to exclusive Patrons scheme is also collaborate with Berwick Visual growing, and we are planning Arts on the wonderfully successful further developments to accelerate 4%site numbers increase 2019/20 Turner: Northern Exposure this over the next 12 months. exhibition. These, and the equally stimulating Fantastic Fairground Our Manifesto makes it clear that Factory, helped demonstrate we aspire to be progressive in all that we do, so for the past couple →
6 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 Our popularity is growing — making us by some margin the most visited publicly run cultural venue in Cumbria
Image: Rembrandt: Etchings from the British Museum Image: Stuart Walker photography
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 7 → of years we have been Development Phase funding. developing a masterplan called We remain fully committed Project Tullie. Although anchored to the project and so will be around a major capital scheme, responding to the NLHF’s advice the masterplan considers the and resubmitting an application at future of the museum over the the earliest possible opportunity. 17%admissions income increase next 10–15 years and comprises governance, business planning, One element of the masterplan our collections and expertise, that has progressed is the workforce development and a refurbishment of two first-floor range of other business functions. galleries into a new permanent The capital elements of the costume display. The museum masterplan formed the basis of has an impressive but rarely seen an ambitious application to the costume collection containing National Lottery Heritage Fund several items of national increase in membership income 40% (NLHF) in November 2019. significance. The aim is to expose the original architecture of The application centred around the two interlinking Victorian making more of our considerable galleries, creating a unique collections accessible to visitors exhibition of over 40 dresses in and enhancing our visitor- and contemporary cases. Funding has community-focused experiences been secured from the DCMS/ in dynamic and innovative ways Wolfson Museums & Galleries including better use of the heritage Improvement Fund, the Cumbria qualities of our buildings. This Local Enterprise Partnership’s will involve the creation of a new Growth Fund and the Garfield ‘garden gallery’, an associated new Weston Foundation. Construction reception area, more display areas work commenced on this exciting and the refurbishment of all the new development approximately Border Galleries. NLHF announced three weeks before the rules in March that, although very enforced to control the pandemic good, our application had been brought about a premature halt. unsuccessful. Feedback received An opening date for the new was positive and it was clear that space has yet to be announced we were very close to being granted but is likely to be late 2020.
8 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 For almost every cultural Finally, we must recognise that the organisation, financial resilience pandemic has not only brought can be challenging and at Tullie about a significant financial House it is always a test to challenge it has also had a keep growing our earned and profound effect on our workforce, contributed income. We strive both staff and volunteers. Closing
to become less reliant on public a building that is used to opening Over subsidy, whilst at the same time its arms to a vast array of people participants30k in community controlling the high fixed costs has been very difficult. People, engagement activities associated with caring for a both workers and visitors, come nationally significant collection in to Tullie House to be inspired, a large and complicated building. educated and entertained; they With the museum closing as a come to participate, to have fun, result of the Covid-19 pandemic, to socialise and to share. Putting all of our earned income stopped an end to this, albeit temporarily, instantly. We are extremely grateful has been exceptionally hard. Like to our core funder, Carlisle City many businesses, we have taken Council, for continuing to support advantage of the Government’s us during this hugely difficult Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme period and to Arts Council England, and have furloughed many staff. who have allowed us to drawdown Some staff remain on the payroll, their grant in advance to ease any working remotely with an often cashflow pressure during this fallow increased workload and, for some, period. Without support from these this has also involved juggling two generous organisations, the home schooling or caring for other museum would cease to be a going family members. We would like to Left: Andrew Smith, Chair. concern within a few months. thank each and every volunteer Right: Andrew Mackay, Director. and staff member for responding so positively to the exceptional challenges that we are facing. Tullie House has weathered a lot over the past 125 years. We will reopen later in the year with ambitious plans for exhibitions and programmes and for progressing Project Tullie.
29%increase in visits to our temporary exhibitions
For almost every cultural organisation, financial resilience can be challenging and at Tullie House it is always a test to keep growing our earned and contributed income. Images: D+H Photography
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 9 Project Tullie
architectural elements of the 1893 Project Tullie launched in 2018 and saw the buildings, bring a contemporary development of an ambitious Masterplan feel to our galleries and enable visitors to engage and interact with throughout 2018/19. This plan aims to our impressive costume collection transform the Museum over the next fifteen through innovative interpretation and design. Carmody Groarke years using the twin priorities of financial are the architect and design sustainability and community engagement. consultants on this project, as we see the new Costume Gallery as an opportunity to showcase some of the architectural potential highlighted in the Masterplan. People, place and heritage are audiences), tested programmes and The project began development the heart of the project and will provoked a radical rethink on how in early 2019 and building work ensure the museum becomes we can create greater access to our began on site in January 2020. more relevant, more embedded nationally significant collections. within the community and fit for Project Tullie has fully involved 21st-century audiences. This is a The Masterplan was completed museum trustees, staff and transformational project, not just in late summer 2019. It was then stakeholders, led by the for Tullie House but for the city of launched in the autumn with the Project Tullie Steering Group Carlisle and the county of Cumbria support of Sir Nicolas Serota, Chair and supported by the Project and will help to realise the potential of Arts Council England, at an event Tullie Staff Steering Group. of the area as a tourist destination. in the London studio of Carmody Groarke. The event showcased the Made possible with funding The Masterplan is a comprehensive vision and the ambition to “Retain, from the National Lottery report which investigates how Reveal and Reinvent” Tullie House, Heritage Fund, DCMS/Wolfson we can unlock the potential of supported by visuals and a scale Museums and Galleries our buildings and our collections. model to show the potential impact Improvement Fund, Garfield We want to increase access and of this major capital project. Weston Foundation, Cumbria develop the collections so that Local Enterprise Partnership and we encourage more people to An initial application to the National the Northern Powerhouse. share stories and celebrate the Lottery Heritage Fund in November people of Carlisle, Cumbria and the 2019 was unsuccessful; however, Borderlands. The Masterplan also funding for a pre-phase project explores how we can use our active was secured through applications community participation work to to DCMS/Wolfson Museums and establish long-term sustainability. Galleries Improvement fund, Garfield Weston Foundation, Thanks to support from the Cumbria Local Enterprise National Lottery Heritage Fund Partnership and the Northern Project via a Resilient Heritage Grant, Powerhouse. This project will see the museum engaged a range of the transformation of two rooms Tullie. expert advisors to support the in our Border Galleries into a new development of the Masterplan, permanent Costume Gallery. This including business planning stunning new space will reveal specialists Counterculture and leading architectural firm Carmody Groarke. These specialists have investigated our buildings, consulted with audiences (and non-
10 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 Model and visual of the new proposed developments to Tullie House. Images: Carmody Groarke.
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 11 Achievements Visitor figures 53,855 31,073 paid museum admissions exhibition visits 270 24 members (as of end March 2020) individual and corporate patrons
Website & social media 164,176 21,944 website visits social media followers
Awards WINNER WINNER WINNER InCumbria Award Best Tourism & The Society of Museum Winner of the Carlisle Living Hospitality Business 2019 Archaeology Best Exhibition, Best Team Award 2019 Display or Interpretation Project Award and Collections Research Category Award 2019 Learning Volunteers
Over 30,000 Over 3,000 people took part in learning activities volunteer hours worked Over 14,000 Worth £32,571 were school pupils
12 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 Staff Achievements
Highlights Conferences & papers
Elsa Price, Curator of Human Members of the Curatorial team have presented at several History, co-organised and conferences and events throughout the year. They spoke presented at the Prehistory about the fascinating Mary Fair photography collection Conference. Sarah Forster also ran and the museum’s agricultural hand tools at the Folk Life an education session at the event. Studies Conference in September 2019; the new Origins Gallery at the Society for Museum Archaeology Conference Elsa Price became a member of (also September 2019); and the museum’s newly designated the Cumberland and Westmorland Natural Sciences collection at the NatSCA Conference (May Antiquarian and Archaeological 2019). They have also led public study days on Turner and Society committee, with Rembrandt as part of the temporary exhibition programme. responsibility for social media. Tullie House ran a highly successful Prehistory Claire Sleightholm, Assistant conference in October 2019 to celebrate the opening Curator, spoke at the Folk Life of our new Origins Gallery. The event brought together Studies Conference about more than 70 researchers, experts and enthusiasts the Mary Fair Collection. from across the country to talk about new research in British Prehistory and ways of engagement. Gabrielle Heffernan, Curatorial Manager, organised and hosted a Contemporary Collecting Conference in liaison with the Contemporary Collecting Group and presented on Digital Collections. The opening of Treasures of China: Splendour, Status and Symbolism exhibition, January 2020. Left to right: Craig Barclay; Anna Smalley, Head of Collections Gabrielle Heffernan was on & Engagement; Rachel Barclay; Andrew Smith, Chair; Andrew Mackay, the organising committee Director; Amy Walker, Head of Programme & Development; Charli Summers, of the Museums Association Programme Manager; Gabrielle Heffernan, Curatorial Manager. Moving on Up Conference, spoke on one of the panels and acted as a speed mentor.
Melanie Gardener, Curator of Fine Art, was interviewed as part of a Museums Association Museums Practice journal article, which looked at the disposal of plastics and used Tullie House’s collection as a case study.
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 13 Community Engagement
The museum’s community engagement Our 2019/20 OBFA ‘community of interest’ was Carlisle’s Nigerian programme combines community-focused population. We worked with participatory events with targeted interventions attendees of the Elim Community Church to co-curate our annual for vulnerable adults. The programme has a Black History Month event, with particular focus on older adults experiencing the aim of better reflecting and celebrating black heritage and memory loss, adults with disabilities and culture in the city. This included adults living with mental health issues. a focus on food as a vehicle for bringing people together and celebrating cultural heritage, and performances from writers, poets This year we commissioned DC and musicians of colour. Over Research to explore the social 160 people took part in the event, impact of our engagement which also included the opening of programmes at Tullie House. the Generations exhibition in our We were particularly interested Community Gallery. Generations, in whether a financial value delivered in partnership with could be placed on community M-Unit (a local not-for-profit engagement. The report concludes group supporting young people that the total value for vulnerable of colour), was an exhibition by adults regularly engaging in our local photographer Shahangir Ali programmes is £160,000 per year. of portraits of families in Carlisle with connections to the 'Windrush' This year we were the first generation. Photographs were independent regional English accompanied by objects that museum to participate in the meant something to the subjects, international organisational alongside items from the Museum's and community development collection. We will be building on programme OF/BY/FOR ALL this partnership during 2020/21 (OBFA), created by the visionary and look forward to using the £160kvalue for vulnerable adults international sector leader OBFA framework with more engaging in engagement Nina Simon. OBFA supports communities of interest this year. programmes organisations to deliver transformative community In 2019/20 our monthly Afternoon engagement projects which at the Museum programme position community participation for adults living with dementia as a route to organisational and their carers has gone from financial sustainability. The strength to strength. A focus programme embodies key on more participatory, hands- concepts in our Manifesto, on creative activities, combined particularly in developing active with support from colleagues at participants and operating as a the Dementia Action Alliance in ‘third space’ for our community. referring adults to the sessions, has meant numbers have trebled in the second half of the year.
14 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 The engagement programme embodies key concepts in our Manifesto, particularly in developing active participants and operating as a ‘third space’ for our community
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 15 Two new community initiatives have been launched this year. Our Accessible Art Group is aimed at adults with disabilities and mental health issues who are interested in using art to enhance wellbeing. From the first session, the group has been at capacity and now has a waiting list. We also launched a new Social History group — the group shares stories and memories of 'old Carlisle' using photographs and objects from the collection as inspiration. It is now at capacity and has proven particularly popular with attendees of our monthly Lunchtime Lecture programme. Both the Accessible Art Group and the Social History Group are co-facilitated by volunteers and Museum staff, providing fantastic examples of the positive impact of volunteering on our programme. Above: Fantastic Fairground display in The Community Case. 2019/20 also saw the continuation of our Secret Garden programme, thanks to support from the Cumbria Community Foundation. As well as the return of our popular Family Gardening Club, the funding enabled us to pilot a They're enjoyable activities and the chat is programme of activities for over 55s. Despite the weather not being good. Talking and sharing is important. It’s on our side, almost 100 adults a nice group who all seem to have a good participated in this programme, which was supported by one of our time. It gets me out and being sociable.” volunteers — a qualified master Afternoon at the Museum Participant composter! Volunteers from the Working Well Project (a long-term partner of Tullie House) have also been vital to the success of the Secret Garden — the group have This year we also hosted a picnic for University Confucius Institute. As been maintaining the space all a group of Syrian refugee families, Chinese New Year fell in January year round, working with staff to many of whom do not have access this year, we chose to focus activity ensure it is safe and accessible to gardens of their own. The indoors and in the Museum. for adults with limited mobility. families who attended the session Over 1,500 people participated used the opportunity to meet staff in activities on the day, which members from the Council and included drumming workshops, sign up for a new language course calligraphy sessions, family crafts, starting in September. This initiative stunning acrobatic performances highlights our role as a ‘third space’ from the Jin Long Academy and which connects communities a parade to the city centre. with vital services in our area. More examples of the Museum’s This year we held the city’s third award-winning community annual Chinese New Year Festival engagement activity can be on the opening day of our Treasures found in the Creative Case for of China exhibition, thanks to Diversity section of this report. support from our partners 1,500 Carlisle City Council and Lancaster participants in Chinese New Year activities
16 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 Creative Case for Diversity
2019/20 saw the Creative Case for Diversity risk of being lost, and this project offered a vital opportunity to record (CCD) become firmly embedded in our them and raise awareness of a temporary exhibition programme and much misunderstood way of life.
within updates to our permanent galleries. The short film featured interviews, This programme of activity championed historical and contemporary footage and stop motion diverse perspectives from artists and animation created by members community partners throughout our of the Independence Studio and has now been accessioned physical spaces and cultural programme. into the Museum’s collection.
Creative Case for Diversity Our summer exhibition Fantastic projects featured in other major Fairground Factory included a short exhibitions throughout the year, film created by Carlisle Mencap's including in both the Turner: Independence Studio. The film, Northern Exposure and Rembrandt: Tales from the Fairground, explored Etchings from the British Museum the history of the local showman exhibitions in the autumn. community. The Independence Studio supports adults with autism For the Turner exhibition, we and learning disabilities. Fifteen launched an open call for school members engaged with the pupils to send us their best Turner- project, each with very different inspired landscapes — from the needs and associated medical stunning fells of the Lake District conditions such as epilepsy, visual and hidden beaches of the West impairments, hearing impairments Coast to the greenery and wildlife and mobility issues. The artists in back gardens and local parks. from the Independence Studio Over 150 pupils participated in the usually engage in issue-based project, with a digital installation work tackling disability hate crime, showcasing their efforts. Ten so this commission provided a finalists were selected and the positive and exciting opportunity children’s work was hung alongside for the group to engage with a new, the Turner paintings with the same hands-on subject matter which degree of professionalism and care. didn’t focus on their disabilities. Rembrandt etchings were the The group interviewed members inspiration for our Creative Case of the Slater family, who have project with Making Space, a operated travelling fairgrounds social care service for people in the region since 1892. The living with mental health issues. 150pupils participated in the Turner- family has a wealth of first-hand inspired landscapes competition experience and knowledge to share about the lifestyle and changing histories of the fairground throughout many decades. These valuable insights and stories are at
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 17 A number of Making Space We have continued our programme galleries exploring 450 million members use art to support their of co-curating updates to years of Cumbria’s fascinating mental wellbeing and have been our permanent galleries with geological history. The group were meeting at the Museum monthly community partners in 2019/20. heavily involved in the project since 2016. For the Rembrandt This has included a project with from the outset, taking part in project, the group worked with the Working Well programme research trips to other museums, a professional artist to develop which supports adults in Carlisle developing interpretation themes, new skills in etching and printing, and Eden who face multiple and selecting objects and supporting and their beautiful pieces were complex barriers to employment the design and installation. displayed alongside Rembrandt’s opportunities. Knowing their work in the final exhibition. enthusiasm for the natural world, we worked with the group to Our community partnerships co-curate Formations, a new form the backbone of our geology display in our permanent Creative Case for Diversity work, with collaborators often from groups we have been nurturing and developing relationships with for a number of years. This year, for example, we worked Through this project the group felt with Pride in North Cumbria (PiNC) and local graduate Faye listened to and respected, they Hughes to display Coming Out: overcame personal challenges such as an exhibition of 50 photographic portraits showing Cumbrian meeting new people, travelling to other LGBTQI+ people and their allies as part of the 50-year anniversary museums and visiting new places, and of the Stonewall Inn riots. they appreciated the exclusive access to the museum collections. The group now visits the museum on a regular basis and feels part of our community.”
Below: School pupils' landscape entries Community & Young People Coordinator displayed within the Turner exhibition.
18 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 Digital
Digital has also provided an The Tullie House Digital Team develops excellent platform to increase new and innovative ways to embed digital engagement with our younger audiences. We ran a competition practice into our work, supporting staff for schoolchildren to respond with training, monitoring and evaluation. to our Turner: Northern Exposure exhibition. Over 150 young people sent submissions, which, thanks to digital technology, could all be The team focuses on creating Digital engagement has become displayed within the exhibition, opportunities to help develop more deeply embedded across our and received high praise from content and increase engagement programming and has included visitors and contributors. with our activities and collections. increased co-creation with local It also develops effective community groups. Projects By the end of 2019/20, digital relationships with communities and this year include the creation engagement between the ensures that staff are supported of Tales from the Fairground, a organisation and our audiences to become more confident in short film produced by Carlisle had developed significantly, as had digital ways of working. This year Mencap's Independence Studio. our confidence to deliver high- the team has worked with the Arts quality digital experiences. With the Council England Digital Cultures We have continued to champion Covid-19 pandemic, digital became Network to identify areas of local artists and digital even more vital as created content development and find new ways to professionals. For example, we and online channels became a key support our digital objectives. The developed an innovative sound way for us to continue connecting Digital Team has made significant shower in our new Origins Gallery with our audiences. Inspired by progress in engagement with in collaboration with local digital this success, the team are looking digital across all departments. artists. The sound shower allows forward to developing our digital visitors to experience the sounds engagement on an even greater This year we have invested in of prehistoric Cumbria, enhancing scale over the next 12 months. developing our social media their on-gallery experience audience through created content and increasing accessibility. and the sharing of video- and Further installations in our collections-based posts. Our Border Galleries include digital experience with Facebook Live displays of photography by local continues to develop and this year professionals and students. we began events that were targeted at primary-aged schoolchildren and broadcast during the school day. Overall, there has been an increase of 5,000 followers in 2019/20, an uplift of 30%.
Our website has also been enhanced with new content, including the addition of audio guides for the Treasures of China exhibition and a podcast about our Roman Frontier Gallery. In total, we received over 936,000 visits to 936k 5,000 new followers on Facebook our website, up 892% on last year, visits to our website, an 2019/20, an increase of 30% which reflects how our use of the increase of 892% platform has significantly improved.
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 19 Children & Young People
Over 26,000 school pupils, families and arts sessions with Prism Arts. The groups have also learnt about young people took part in the Museum’s the impact of plastic pollution on Learning programme in 2019/20 — one of the natural environment—it is thought that Driggsby died from our busiest years to date, despite the impact plastic ingestion—and have taken of the Covid-19 pandemic from March. part in beach cleans in their local areas. Through this activity, the pupils have created their version Our schools programme this of how Driggsby found herself in year engaged with over 14,500 Cumbria, writing and illustrating pupils and covered topics as a beautiful storybook which was diverse as JMW Turner, prehistoric launched in October 2019. The Cumbria, Imperial China and project was originally planned to mini-beasts and their habitats. finish with an interactive exhibition Over 230 pupils achieved Discover for families and accompanying Arts Awards through our Mini- events programme for schools Museum programme and our in May 2020. However, this has Turner Art Week, inspired by our now been postponed to May 2021 temporary exhibitions. Schools following the outbreak of Covid-19. from across Cumbria and South The project has shown the impact Scotland participated in the of creative arts and heritage programme, with 42% of schools learning on pupil development coming from the four most and attainment and will include deprived areas in Cumbria. a programme of continuing professional development A key focus of 2019/20 was for teachers next year. our major 18-month heritage engagement project Whale Tales, This project is really funded by the National Lottery exciting; it specifically targets Heritage Fund and delivered our Early Years children in partnership with close collaborators Prism Arts. Whale where they will be supported 14.5kpupils engaged with through Tales is inspired by the journey to grow and develop skills the schools programme of Driggsby the Fin Whale, a rare which will benefit them in the specimen found on the West Coast future. The project will not just of Cumbria in 2014 and on display benefit the children but will at the museum since 2017. Over impact upon our whole school 150 Early Years and Key Stage 1 pupils from six West Cumbrian community, staff, parents, schools are participating in the grandparents, carers and project, which started in January other community groups.” 2019. Pupils have been learning Angela Quirke, Headteacher about whales through myths and at Distington School legends, object-handling sessions led by museum staff and creative
20 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 image: Stuart Walker Photography.
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 21 exhibition at Wordsworth House in Cockermouth exploring Coleridge’s epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and how this resonates with environmental concerns today.
In 2019/20 we entered the second phase of Hope Streets, a five-year transformational youth engagement programme funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and led by Curious Minds. For this phase of
Image: Stuart Walker photography the project we recruited a group of passionate, creative young It was quite magical to see and hear pupils in the session people aged 16–25 from diverse I visited. I'm not sure if you will be able to understand the backgrounds to co-produce their significance of some of the responses I saw and heard own Festival of Hope. The group has from the pupils as I went round. I was particularly touched been exploring the role of creativity and the arts in providing meaning by how engrossed one of students was when he took me and hope for young people and to see the sculpture in the drama room. He had created investigating what heritage means wonderful back stories for each piece, with language to them. Throughout the project the and independent thoughts we rarely get to see.” producers have also been working on their Gold Arts Award portfolios Kris Williams, Headteacher at James Rennie School — they will be the first young people to have achieved this level of award since the museum started running This year we have increased our With our partners Lancaster Arts Award projects in 2012. engagement with pupils with University Confucius Institute, Each young producer has created, special educational needs and we have continued to provide pitched and planned an element disabilities (SEND). Mayfield Chinese teaching programmes of the Festival, which will include SEND School is one of our Whale for families and opportunities to initiatives such as an open-call Tales partners, and we have engage with Chinese culture and art competition, a music festival also developed our relationship heritage. A highlight of the year celebrating the city’s musical with James Rennie SEND school was our busiest ever February Half heritage, a mix tape exploring in Carlisle. As part of Art UK’s Term, with daily activities linked to what hope means to young people national Masterpieces in Schools the Treasures of China exhibition. today and a film celebrating the project, museum staff have been contribution of immigrants to leading creative sessions for This year we have continued to Carlisle’s past, present and future. James Rennie pupils aiming to provide high-quality, participant- capture their imaginations and focused opportunities for young The Festival was planned for July inspire a life-long passion for people to engage with and be 2020 but due to Covid-19 the art, using sculpture pieces from inspired by the Museum and its young producers worked hard to the collection by Lorna Graves. collections and exhibitions. Our re-present their activities online Youth Panel continues to meet and in person later in the year. Our families programme has monthly and this year worked on provided hands-on, inspiring a major exhibition project with activities all year round; from the National Trust. The group major events such as our annual curated Under Northern Skies, an Christmas Fun Weekend and the opening celebration of the As someone who has felt invisible and lacking in any Fantastic Fairground Factory exhibition, to the expansion of progression since graduating, who has actively sought out our programme through weekly opportunities within the creative industry, only to stay behind storytelling sessions. This year the starting line, this project was a glimmer of hope for me. we also launched a new initiative: Since joining the group, I have gained real confidence. Slowly, my Relaxed Craft drop-in sessions for passion came back, which led me to my decision to apply for a families who can find our busy Master’s in design. Through the help of the group I realised that holiday drop-ins overwhelming. The new sessions have been I could be more than a graphic designer, I could be a creator.” fully booked from the start and Hope Streets Young Producer plans are underway to expand this programme next year.
22 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 Working in Partnership
Our Manifesto makes clear that partnership to helping to tell the story of the Wall in the west and the role of the working is fundamental to the way that Tullie principal city, Luguvalium (Carlisle). House has developed in recent years. We The popular and critically acclaimed see partnerships as a way of challenging us Treasures of China exhibition and to think differently, to help us diversify, to the associated Chinese New Year Festival would not have been extend our reach and to add value to the possible without the enthusiastic work that we and our partners deliver. and generous support of Lancaster University Confucius Institute. Our relationship is now well established from its foundation in 2014 and, Our partnerships are critical to our generously supported by Arts in addition to a fabulous public sustainability and the way that we Council England as a National programme, it also provides a remain relevant to our community. Portfolio Organisation. The wide range of learning activities They provide knowledge, Consortium goes from strength delivered by our two seconded resources and opportunity. to strength developing initiatives, Chinese Language staff. They help develop our staff and delivering a world-class likewise we inspire our partners. programme, commissioning Our relationship with the People and collections are at the artists and makers, supporting Cumberland and Westmorland heart of all our relationships. the whole Cumbrian museum Antiquarian and Archaeological ecology and demonstrating that Society (CWAAS) goes back over Carlisle City Council is our core the region is rich in creativity. 100 years. In addition to supporting funder and is deeply engaged in our learning and engagement our work — we work collaboratively The partnership that we have programme, we are also exploring to deliver city centre events, with Sapienza University in Rome the possibility of developing an community consultation, health is maturing well. Tullie House exciting exhibition based on the and wellbeing initiatives, economic hosts archaeology students private map collection of King and tourism growth and the who undertake research on George III thanks to the enthusiasm development of cultural and our internationally important and interest of CWAAS members. community strategies. The City archaeology collections and in Council is also a key partner in return we learn more about The above-mentioned examples Project Tullie, our ambitious the significance of the Roman illustrate the broad and effective capital development plan. occupation some 2,000 years ago. nature of the Tullie House Diversity and trade have been two partnerships — they amplify our Cumbria County Council continues areas of research undertaken in voice and enable our work to reach to support our work both financially 2019/20. Linked to this is the work new audiences. These partnerships and with expert advice, especially we do across Hadrian’s Wall. Staff add to our value and strengthen in relation to our archaeology are members of the Hadrian’s Wall our aspirations to be a relevant and work, Project Tullie and the Partnership Board and subgroups successful 21st century museum. Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre. which cover learning, engagement One of our largest and deepest and tourism. The museum plays partnerships is as the lead a fundamental role in supporting organisation of the Cumbria the conservation, research and Museum Consortium (CMC) promotion of the site, in addition with Lakeland Arts and the Wordsworth Trust, which is
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 23 Exhibitions
It has been a truly outstanding year for our temporary exhibition programme. Record-breaking exhibitions showcased key global art movements and nurtured important relationships with major lenders and institutions.
We celebrated a rich variety of work, starting with 21st-century American painting by Alex Katz in our spring exhibition. In the summer we moved to contemporary fairground-inspired creations and interactives, while autumn delivered a double bill from two master artists: Turner and Rembrandt. We concluded the programme by bringing the splendour of the Far East to Carlisle with a stunning display of Chinese art and culture. Record footfall and feedback this year confirm that our programme continues to engage and inspire audiences locally, nationally and internationally.
With the closure of our smaller Special Exhibitions Gallery, our main temporary gallery space has alone recorded 32,823 visitors. This figure not only reflects the high quality of our exhibitions, but also the appeal of a new engagement programme. This programme introduced innovative events, such as alternative life drawing and late-night openings, to a more traditional programme of talks, tours and workshops.
Bringing new collections and exciting touring exhibitions to Tullie House, as well as displaying our own collections and developing original in- house shows, is vital to our continued success and financial sustainability. We continue to nurture existing relationships with artists and institutions worldwide, forming creative collaborations and bringing the best quality exhibitions to our impressive venue.
24 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 32,823 recorded visitors to the main temporary gallery space 2019/20
Another excellent exhibition. Tullie House is really putting on some great exhibitions at present.” Visitor comment, Treasures of China: Splendour, Status and Symbolism
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 25 ARTIST ROOMS: Alex Katz
Our spring exhibition Visitor comments showed a clear demand for contemporary art among Makes me think. visitors. New audiences joined That’s what a good us to celebrate the work and artist needs to do.” life of living American artist Alex Katz: a towering presence in contemporary painting. Wow! I had never heard of Alex Katz – now I have seen his stuff, I want to see more!”
This was the second time we have partnered with ARTIST ROOMS, having previously worked with them in 2015 to display work by Thank you for Anselm Kiefer. ARTIST ROOMS is a collection bringing this wonderful of international, modern and contemporary art jointly owned by Tate and National exhibition here.” Galleries of Scotland. ARTIST ROOMS was established through The d’Offay Donation in 2008, with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund and the Scottish and British Governments. Exhibition stats
Events linked to this exhibition included a 1960s-inspired life drawing evening and a New York themed late-night event, created with the support of local artists and
creative groups. These events provided an Over opportunity to target the student and young 3,700 gallery visits professional audiences, seeking alternative evening cultural entertainment. More than people150 engaging with gallery tours, special events and community sessions
26 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 27 Fantastic Fairground Factory
In summer 2019, Tullie House Visitor comments was the launch venue for a new Cabaret Mechanical Great exhibition Theatre touring exhibition, – boys loved making Fantastic Fairground Factory. the automata models.
The exhibition showcased a collection of So much to see and automata alongside hands-on interactives do for all ages.” and provided for the exploration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) principles through play. Absorbing! The A programme of family activities encouraged quality of the work budding inventors to take inspiration from the exhibition and create their own and entertainment automata. The exhibition saw an increase in visits among both local and tourist is wonderful. It families, with many returning several times, was the best!” taking advantage of the Annual Ticket.
As part of the engagement programme, Carlisle Mencap worked with a local filmmaker and the Slater family to create a film about the history of fairgrounds in Carlisle and the border region. This was displayed in the exhibition Exhibition stats alongside objects on loan from the Slater family. This activity broadened the stories of an under-represented community and developed the skills of the Mencap artists.
14,000Over visitors
Over 1,500 families participating in summer activities
28 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 1,500 images: Stuart Walker Photography. families participating in summer activities
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 29 Turner: Northern Exposure
Turner: Northern Exposure Visitor comments was a touring exhibition initiated by Berwick Visual I feel so soothed by Arts in partnership with looking at the Turner Tullie House Museum and art. Beautiful gallery!” Art Gallery and the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate. Can’t believe they’re
The exhibition focused on JMW Turner’s in Carlisle. More like this first tour of the North of England in 1797, please. Well done.” which marked a key stage in the artist’s development as a visionary landscape painter.
The exhibition was formed from major loans from Tate. Additional works from Manchester Art Gallery, University of Liverpool Art Gallery, The Whitworth, Lakeland Arts, the Wordsworth Trust and private collections were also displayed. These pieces, along Exhibition stats with works from our own collection, explored how the artist was inspired by the Cumbrian landscape during his tour.
Unique to the Tullie House exhibition, digital images from the artist’s sketchbooks were Over also on display, allowing visitors to flip 8,000 through the sketchbook pages via a digital visitors (Rembrandt and Turner combined) interactive. The exhibition also included a display of schoolchildren’s artwork, influenced by Turner and the Cumbrian landscape.
The exhibition was supported by the Art Fund
Weston Loan Programme. This programme, Nearly created by the Garfield Weston Foundation 400 and Art Fund, is the first ever UK-wide schoolchildren taking part in Turner- funding scheme to enable smaller and local- inspired workshops and exhibition visits authority museums to borrow works of art and artefacts from national collections.
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Image: Stuart Walker Photography.
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 31 Rembrandt: Etchings from the British Museum
Alongside the Turner Visitor comments exhibition, Tullie House hosted an intimate exhibition of It’s a privilege to be Rembrandt etchings from the able to see these works British Museum collection. up close. Thank you.”
This loan was supplemented by four of Tullie’s own prints of Rembrandt’s etchings and Marvellous several works by other significant artists. We were honoured to borrow from long-standing exhibition will be partner the British Museum and to increase the reach of these outstanding works. remembered forever.”
The exhibition also featured four works by local artists living with mental health issues, who come together though an organisation called Making Space. The group spent time working with a local printmaker, exploring Rembrandt’s work and learning how to etch and make their own prints. Exhibition stats
Hosting this exhibition alongside Turner: Northern Exposure increased the appeal of both exhibitions, with many visitors commenting on the importance and value of seeing works by two of the most renowned artists of all time. Over 8,000 visitors (Rembrandt and Turner combined)
Nearly 300 visitors to special events, exhibition tours and talks
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Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 33 Treasures of China: Splendour, Status and Symbolism
Our highly anticipated Visitor comments Treasures of China exhibition opened in early 2020 Stunning artefacts. to coincide with the Well researched, curated Chinese New Year. and displayed.”
This exhibition featured exquisite loans from the Oriental Museum, Durham University, whose Attention to detail collections have been granted Designation status in recognition of their national and is incredible. Some international importance. A stunning array of silks, robes, footwear, headwear and accessories beautiful items.” explored themes such as dynasty, scholarship and the military, under the overarching narrative of symbolism. These rarely seen artefacts were accompanied by objects from Tullie House’s own collection of Chinese porcelain and textiles, many of which have never been on display.
From late January to mid-March, over 5,000 Exhibition stats visitors took the opportunity to see this spectacular exhibition before it was prematurely closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Treasures of China: Splendour, Status and Symbolism exhibition was made possible thanks to the support of our partner and lender, the Oriental Museum, Durham University. The exhibition also 5,021 visitors from January to March 2020 received vital continuing support from the Lancaster University Confucius Institute, and highlights the importance of national and international collaboration for Tullie House. Made possible with Art Fund support.
Over 750 family visitors to the Chinese New Year opening weekend celebrations
34 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 Images: D+H Photography
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 35 Film Programme
This year the film programme at Tullie Statistics House ran over two seasons and presented a programme of world and independent cinema. An Access to Cinema programme was trialled, piloting dementia-friendly and parent-and-baby matinee screenings.
attendees816 across all screenings Our dementia-friendly screenings During the year we also delivered of classic films highlighted a more commercial events, such demand for powerful ways to as a Harry Potter quiz and secret reconnect with memories, and screening at Halloween. Then in the parent-and-baby screenings December, we offered a matinee provided a shared space for local screening of It's a Wonderful Life, parents to connect and relax. where festive audiences were Both screenings were adapted for treated to a glass of mulled wine. the audience, with lower volume, brighter lights and a generally more relaxed and informal environment. Comments
The Monday Alternative season showed 19 specially selected A great way independent and world cinema titles, providing an alternative to to see non- mainstream cinema in Carlisle. Over 800 people attended the mainstream screenings, including a special films in the heart season celebrating LGBTQ History Month in February. The of Carlisle.” most popular films included the Judy Garland biopic Judy and Glaswegian music filmWild Rose, It’s been a while films such asDonbass , Bait and Monos looked at the gritty great season, realities of the human condition. hope there’s many more.”
36 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 Collections
Tullie House continues to Significant acquisitions develop its collections in in 2019/20 included: line with our Collections → A flamingo (pictured), probably Development Policy, with captive-bred but found on the coast at Skinburness during a storm, possibly each acquisition helping to blown from an Isle of Man collection. fulfil our aim to represent → A Bronze Age gold penannular ring, the the people, places and first complete example found in Cumbria, stories of our local area acquired through the Treasure Act. The purpose of penannular rings are unknown, they more effectively. 2019/20 has were possibly used for personal adornment, seen the acquisition of some as markers of status or for exchange. fascinating objects across each of our collection areas. Image: Blackfell Photography
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 37 Research → Portraits of three generations of the Our collections have continued Lacy-Thompson family of Farlam Hall, near Brampton, painted by John Reay. The family lived to play an important role at Farlam Hall from the 1700s until 1962 and was in research activity and instrumental in the development of the railways. partnerships over the past → A Percy Kelly illustrated letter to Joan David year, supporting scholars from and gifted in her memory by her son, Rob David, to complement the museum’s significant Percy across the UK and beyond. Kelly collection. This letter features trees at Lorton, a special Lake District location for Kelly. Human History Our significant holding of agricultural hand → A bequest of Sam Bough artworks from tools has been identified and illustrated to local historian and author, Pat Hitchon. The create a comprehensive catalogue of the collection comprises three watercolours collection, due for publication in 2020. Our including Edinburgh Horse Market and Shipping research agreement with Sapienza University by Moonlight, two drawings of Haweswater, has continued to support visits, with students several prints and a watercolour of a loch this year researching our collections of scene by Mary Tait, Sam Bough’s student. leather shoes, glassware and ceramic lamps. Additionally, we facilitated the scanning of a → The Virgin Trains ‘Cumbrian Spirit’ large number of our Roman sculpture objects nameplate, which commemorates the for inclusion in an important new publication Cumbrian floods of 2015. The nameplate was on Roman Stonework in Britain (Corpus auctioned by Virgin trains and was acquired signorum imperii Romani). Further research has and donated by Grasmere Gingerbread. focused on Viking swords, Roman coarseware pottery and prehistoric stone hand axes. → A Roman gold intaglio ring (below), dating from the second or third century and Fine and Decorative Art acquired through the Treasure Act. The gem Our Fine and Decorative Art collection is made from blue glass, probably Nicolo was visited to collate information for a glass, and depicts Cupid riding a dolphin. raisonné of Sheila Fell’s paintings, due for publication in 2022. Research has also been carried out on our collection of Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers textiles, sketchbooks belonging to Lorna Graves and George Smith’s Isabella Wilson of Torver.
Natural Sciences We have continued to support students from the University of Cumbria through leading workshops and providing access to our collections for research. This year has included two projects focusing on our collection of red squirrels, looking at both size and pelt colour. We have also continued to work with partners as part of the Natural History Museum-led NERC Bumblebee initiative. Image: Blackfell Photography
38 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
The mission of the Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre (CBDC) is to bring together, manage and share information on Cumbria’s natural history. This could not be achieved without the significant efforts from an army of volunteers, dedicating Image: CBDC their time to observing and recording the wildlife in Cumbria.
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 39 1,300 record cards forming part Last year CBDC received and processed of the FSC Brathay Collection. almost 110,000 records from the previous Cumbrian recorders also help year. We received data from 600 individual us at public events by leading recorders, and these represent plants and bug hunts and guided walks. In July CBDC supported 12-year-old animals across the whole of Cumbria. Orin to organise his own Bioblitz at the National Trust’s Footprint. Once received, a team of dedicated The event was attended by 162 volunteers, facilitated by the family members who helped Recording Officer, checked each discover over 200 different plants record for accuracy and prepared and animals. Our volunteers also them for upload into the CBDC helped families and children get database. Further verification of hands-on experience looking for the data was carried out by 20 and identifying wildlife in and county or national experts, who around the site at the Keswick themselves are volunteers. Mountain Festival. Finds included a spectacular and rare cranefly. A By far the biggest dataset (63,000 short film of the 2019 event can be records) came from Cumbria found on the CBDC website. Botany, with one botanist submitting 22,000 records. A By way of a thank you, CBDC further 38,000 records from supports the recording community 110krecords processed by previous years were also received. by organising the Annual Cumbria CBDC 2019/20 This included monitoring data Recorders’ Conference at Tullie and information about seaweeds, House. This year’s event gave molluscs and other under-recorded people the opportunity to find coastal species from Cumbria Sea out about national recording Fisheries Committee. Furthermore, issues, local wildlife projects Volunteers on a recording day. the CBDC volunteers digitised and species updates. Image: CBDC.
40 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 The conference was used to Over the past two years, the launch the Cumbria Dragonfly CBDC Solway Nature Networks Atlas, in collaboration with the project has developed new British Dragonfly Society. The recorders for the Solway Coast Atlas is an invaluable online and Plain. The project provided resource for anyone interested training to 24 volunteers: in Cumbria’s dragonflies and can supporting their practice be found on the CBDC website. and developing their skills by involving them in recording days. CBDC also organised volunteer Volunteers have been integrated visits to unrecorded sites. into other recording projects such These attracted a wide range as Get Cumbria Buzzing. Over of specialists, providing a 1,000 records were collected on networking opportunity and and around the Solway coast. allowing them to share their Unfortunately, the end-of-project knowledge. Together they celebration and volunteer Broad-bodied Chaser. contributed 270 hours of recording thank you was cancelled due Image: David Clarke on the day plus time spent at to the Covid-19 pandemic. home identifying specimens.
For more information on the work of CBDC visit: cbdc.org.uk 270hours of volunteer 24volunteers trained in the CBDC time recording Solway Nature Networks project
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 41 Cumbria Museum Consortium
Tullie House has continued to lead the CMC has reached out to communities across the county, Cumbria Museum Consortium (CMC) as engaging with those who cannot part of Arts Council England’s National easily visit our museums. The Wordsworth Trust team ran Portfolio, with partners Lakeland creative response workshops Arts and the Wordsworth Trust. in isolated village communities across Cumbria, as well as with West Cumbria Carers, adults This has been a year shaped by with disabilities and prison our collective response to Creative inmates at HMP Haverigg. Case for Diversity. Inclusion has been at the core of everything Engaging schoolchildren across CMC museums have undertaken, Cumbria has remained a strength, Visitor comments and collaboration and partnership particularly those from schools have been central to these efforts. in disadvantaged areas where engagement has previously been I feel so soothed by A commitment to developing low. Whale Tales, project run by our understanding of protected Tullie House with schools along looking at the Turner characteristics, by connecting with Cumbria's West Coast, is a strong diverse groups, has underpinned example of this engagement. art. Beautiful gallery!” all areas of work. The Wordsworth Mayfield Special School’s Trust partnered with young autistic involvement in this project— adults at the Triple A Project and in others delivered by the Can’t believe they’re in Penrith and Tullie House co- Wordsworth Trust—opened up curated the exhibition Cultures new opportunities for children with in Carlisle. More like this Collide with young adults with special needs and disabilities. please. Well done.” disabilities and Prism Arts in Engaging Carlisle. These relationships fed CMC’s work has also been extended into a workshop for museum this year to involve more young schoolchildren staff, which drew on the lived people who normally face barriers across Cumbria experience of autistic people to to visiting museums. For example, help improve museum experiences. Sheltered Space encouraged a group has remained Reaching new and varied audiences of young carers in Kendal to create through inclusive programming a gallery installation based on their a strength, has been a priority. Wide-ranging perspective of Abbot Hall. Similarly, particularly those exhibitions, from Fantastic Hope Streets at Tullie House Fairground Factory at Tullie House involved a group of diverse young from schools in to Ruskin, Turner & the Storm people in Carlisle in creative activity Cloud at Abbot Hall and The Arts in the museum and city centre. disadvantaged & Crafts of Politics at Blackwell, areas where have had broad appeal reflected engagement in strong visitor attendance. has previously been low.
42 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 Participants in Sheltered Space, Abbot Hall, Kendal. Image: Ian Read, Lakeland Arts
Projects delivered with universities This year CMC has built more earlier this year. Like so much of have enabled CMC to explore the digital content into exhibitions as the CMC programme, however, Creative Case for Diversity much a way of extending relevance. In this scheme has been hit hard further afield. The Wordsworth its first full year of operation, the by Covid-19 and full opening is Trust has worked with a number of new Windermere Jetty Museum delayed until autumn 2020. higher education institutions, for hosted Nature's Winter, an example on REVE (Romantic Europe immersive installation exploring CMC has continued to play a key Virtual Exhibition) — an exploration weather through a sensory role in supporting museums and of diversity within Romanticism experience of digital light, sound the wider culture sector, leading and with the University of El and story. Likewise, the team in groups like Cumbria Museum Paso, taking Wordsworth to Grasmere has been developing Directors Group and Cumbria Arts children on the Mexican border. Still Glides the Stream, a co-created and Culture Network. In addition, exhibition comprising multiple plans were in place for a national CMC has also supported more creative media pieces celebrating conference focusing on diversity in diverse artists this year. Open calls Wordsworth’s Duddon Sonnets. rural museums. Another casualty have led to Poets in Residence of Covid-19, this conference at the Wordsworth Trust being Still Glides the Stream was created will return when the worst of drawn from a range of different to mark the re-opening of Dove the pandemic has passed. backgrounds. Similarly, the Cottage and the new museum, as Digital Artists Development Lab part of the capital development (SOURCE), conceived with Signal scheme, Reimagining Wordsworth. Film and Media, has seen eight A contemporary learning space emerging Cumbrian artists keen and cafe opened on the site to develop their digital practice selected via an inclusive call. The artists will be mentored to develop digital work in response to CMC museums and collections. For more information on the CMC visit: cumbriamuseums.org.uk
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 43 Major Funders & Supporters
Major Funders
Art Fund DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund
Arts Council England National Lottery Heritage Fund
Carlisle City Council The Headley Trust
Cumbria Community The British Museum Foundation (Robin Rigg West Cumbria Fund)
Cumbria County Garfield Weston Council Foundation
Cumbria Local Lancaster University Enterprise Partnership Confucius Institute
Northern Powerhouse
44 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 Partners and Lenders contributors ARTIST ROOMS: Alex Katz was made possible thanks to ARTIST ROOMS, to Alex Katz and his studio; and to Anthony ARTIST ROOMS d’Offay and the Artist Rooms Foundation for generously Berwick Visual Arts enabling additional loans to the exhibition. ARTIST ROOMS is British Museum jointly owned by Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. The Borderlines Book Festival collection was established through The d’Offay Donation in Building Better Opportunities Partnership 2008, with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Cabaret Mechanical Theatre Fund, Art Fund and the Scottish and British Governments. Carlisle and Cumbria Artists Carlisle City Council Rembrandt: Etchings from the British Museum was Carlisle Culture made possible through major loans from the British Carlisle Dementia Action Alliance Museum, alongside material on loan from Norman Carlisle Mencap and The Independence Studio Ackroyd CBE and Museums Liverpool, Liverpool School Carlisle Partnership of Art and Liverpool John Moores University. Carlisle Refugee Action Group Council for British Archaeology North Turner: Northern Exposure was made possible through Cumbria Children’s University loans from Tate, Carlisle Library, Lakeland Arts, Manchester Cumbria County Council Art Gallery, Whitworth Art Gallery, the Wordsworth Trust Cumbria Youth Service and the University of Liverpool Art Gallery. It was supported Curious Minds by the Art Fund Weston Loan Programme. This exhibition CWAAS (Cumberland & Westmorland was made possible as a result of the Government Indemnity Antiquarian & Archaeological Society) Scheme. Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery would Grow Wild like to thank HM Government for providing Government Hadrian’s Wall Partnership Indemnity and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport Imperial Decree Museum and Arts Council England for arranging the indemnity. Lakeland Arts Lancaster University Treasures of China: Splendour, Status and Symbolism Lancaster University Confucius Institute was made possible thanks to the support of our partner Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate and lender, the Oriental Museum, Durham University. Multicultural Cumbria OF/BY/FOR ALL Oriental Museum, Durham University Prism Arts Patrons Sapienza University TATE Our thanks go to our patrons for their generous support: University of Cumbria Wordsworth Trust Guy Booth Roger and Mary Cooke Dr Jim Fotheringham and Marcia Reid Fotheringham, JP Philip Howard In-kind support Sir Mark Jones and Camilla Toulmin Simon and Margaret Long Burnetts Howard T McLean Cartmell Shepherd Jessica Riddle CH Group Andrew and Diana Smith Cumbria Police Caroline Thomson and Roger Liddle David Allen Valerie Young John Watt & Son Stagecoach and those who wish to remain anonymous The Lanes Shopping Centre Corporate patrons
The Christopher Harrison Group
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 45 Reference & Administrative Details
Trustees Company Secretary Councillor J Bomford D A Gibson P Croft M Reid Fotheringham Chair R Foy A J Smith C J Harrison Sir M Jones Museum Director L A Kneath A R Mackay A R Mackay Professor J Mennell Independent Auditors Councillor J Riddle (retired June 2019) Armstrong Watson Audit E B Robson (retired November 2019) Limited, Fairview House, A J Smith (appointed Chair April 2019) Victoria Place, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 1HP Professor P Strike C Thomson Bankers Councillor L Tickner Cumberland Building Society, Cumberland House, Company Registered Number Castle Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8 07568957
Charity Registered Number 1143235
Registered Office Castle Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8TP
46 Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 Financial Performance
Our Income 5% 6% Donations Donations £123,840 Fees and Charges Grants £191,592 5% 7% Capital Grants £420,317 Museum admission charges Grants Arts Council NPO grant £400,476 Carlisle City Council £970,547 core funding 6% Trading Activities 15% Trading activities £162,541 Arts Council NPO Grant Interest £10,956 Museum £142,360 admission charges 16% Fees and Charges £165,997 37% Capital Grants TOTAL £2,588,626 Carlisle City Council core funding
Income £2,588,626
Our expenditure 7% Staff costs £1,021,562 13% Trading Activities Running costs £713,052 Capital Projects Capital Projects £292,549 Trading activities £144,044 TOTAL £2,171,207 47% Staff costs 33% Running costs Expenditure £2,171,207
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. Impact Report 2019/20 47 Thank you
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