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In 2022, Hadrian’s Wall celebrates its 1900th anniversary, and Hadrian’s Wall 1900 is a year long festival dedicated to this impressive milestone.
Built in AD122 to protect the northern frontier of the Roman Empire, today Hadrian’s Wall is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and stands as a reminder of times gone by. Stretching for 73 miles from Wallsend in the east to Bowness-on-Solway in the west, its defensive structures continue down the Cumbrian coast south of Maryport, making this a fantastic place to visit in the Lake District, Cumbria.
From 24th January – 23rd December 2022, a series of events will take place along the wall to mark 1900 years since it was built – and there’s something for everyone to enjoy! Contemporary artworks, family-friendly exhibitions and events, food festivals, and even a city of lights celebration in Carlisle await. Each season brings something different and unique, so whenever you’re planning to visit, there will be something to experience at this vibrant celebration of Roman history.
The Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival will launch on Hadrian’s birthday on Monday 24 January 2022, with a yearlong programme, culminating with Saturnalia on 17-23 December 2022.
Check back here to keep up to date with the festival programme. Learn more about Hadrian’s Wall 1900 here.
Festival Events
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Station Road, Keswick
Nurturing Nature is an exhibition exploring the relationship people have with the outdoors in Keswick and the seven Derwent parishes.
During the pandemic, many of us have been relying on outdoor spaces as safe places to exercise, socialise, and…
Keswick Museum, Keswick
Carlisle
Capturing Hadrian's Wall In Its 1900th year
Tullie House garden is host to a new exhibition of photographs submitted by members of the public, exploring what The Wall means to people in 2022. Photographs show dramatic landscapes, share cherished…
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle
Carlisle
The stories behind the community excavation of Carlisle's Roman bathhouse
In 2017 archaeological investigators discovered the remains of a 3rd century Roman bathhouse at Carlisle Cricket Club, part of the former site of the largest fort on…
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle
Carlisle
Celebrating 1900 years of Hadrian's Wall
Marking 1900 years since the commencement of the building of Hadrian's Wall in AD122, To the Edges of Empire features beautiful and important objects to explore the role of locations and people across the…
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle
Windermere
Lost in Cumbria
12 March – 29 May
Watch Blackwell come alive with creatures great and small! Maddy Humberstone's Lost in Cumbria gives us a glimpse of the endangered and extinct species we could be living alongside.
This mixed media experience…
Blackwell – the Arts & Crafts House, Windermere
Barrow in Furness
We are delighted to have for viewing for you the International Garden Photograph of the Year Exhibition. Entry to the Museum is free with free car parking. There is so much to do and see at the Museum for all the family. Please note, we are closed…
Ravenglass
The story of Romans in and around the Muncaster Parish.
Through artefacts discovered recently and long ago, learn about what the Romans were doing in this area and gain an insight into their lives.
Hear an interview with Dr Roger Tomlin about the…
Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass
Sedbergh
Lovingearth project is a community textile project which seeks to help people engage with the climate and environmental crisis in a fun and creative way which results in positive changes -but without becoming overwhelmed. The project asks people to…
Farfield Mill, Sedbergh
Kendal
A stunning new ceramics exhibition featuring artists Lawson Oyekan, William Plumptre, Nicola Tassie and Gavin Turk opens in Kendal next week.
Curated by Rebecca Scott, Gallery Director at Cross Lane Projects, this new group exhibition foregrounds…
Grasmere
This is Dorothy Wordsworth's story, told in her own words from original manuscripts in celebration of her 250th birthday.
Dorothy Wordsworth was more than William's sister. She was a writer, friend, collaborator, aunt, pioneering walker, local…
Wordsworth Grasmere, Grasmere
Rayrigg Road, Windermere
Dovetailing is an immersive installation inspired by luthiery (the making of stringed musical instruments). Sculptor Juliet Gutch has responded to the shapes and forms of stringed instruments with a series of suspended wooden mobiles; filmmaker…
Windermere Jetty Museum, Windermere
Sedbergh
Heallreaf 4 presents their latest international exhibition of handwoven tapestry. Using centuries old weaving techniques, the exhibitors produce beautiful thought provoking works. There are unlikely to be any medieval maidens or unicorns here but…
Farfield Mill, Sedbergh
Keswick
This classic fairytale represents the battle between good and evil, and the attempt of love to conquer all. The magic of the lakes, forests and palaces is brought to life with glittering
designs by John Macfarlane and a sublime score by Tchaikovsky.…
Windermere
We're calling all eco-warriors to come along and save the planet, one craft at a time!
Arts & Crafts Club is back and this year our theme focuses on the four R's – refuse, reduce, reuse, and recycle. Join us for a series of craftivism and…
Blackwell – the Arts & Crafts House, Windermere
Keswick
In the much-anticipated sequel to 2019's Downton Abbey, Maggie Smith's Countess Violet Crawley has some unexpected news to share with the residents of Downton: a mysterious man she met long ago has left her a villa in France. The entire family,…
Keswick
Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts is a unique and inventive feature documentary about the life of Queen Elizabeth II. Directed by the late, great, and much celebrated Roger Michell (Notting Hill, The Duke) and produced by prolific British producer…
Keswick
In Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the MCU unlocks the Multiverse and pushes its boundaries further than ever before. Journey into the unknown with Doctor Strange, who, with the help of mystical allies both old and new,…
Keswick
In 1943 the Allies were determined to break Hitler's grip on occupied Europe and plan an all-out assault on Sicily, but they faced an impossible challenge – how to protect a massive invasion force from potential massacre. It fell to two remarkable…
Keswick
Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts is a unique and inventive feature documentary about the life of Queen Elizabeth II. Directed by the late, great, and much celebrated Roger Michell (Notting Hill, The Duke) and produced by prolific British producer…
Keswick
In Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the MCU unlocks the Multiverse and pushes its boundaries further than ever before. Journey into the unknown with Doctor Strange, who, with the help of mystical allies both old and new,…
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