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Lakeside, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5DJ, Tel: 017687 72282, Email, www.theatrebythelake.com

Set on the shores of Derwentwater in Keswick, Theatre by the Lake is Cumbria's only year-round professional producing theatre. Hosting a wide range of visiting drama, music, dance, talks, comedy and film.

The Old Laundry, Crag Brow, Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3BX, Tel: 0844 504 1233, Email, www.hop-skip-jump.com

The World of Beatrix Potter™ Attaction is a vibrant family visitor centre bringing to life all 23 enchanting stories in a magical recreation of the beautiful Lake District countryside complete with sights, sounds and smells.

Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8UR, Tel: 01228 625600, Email, www.english-heritage.org.uk/carlislecastle

Discover 900 years of history and explore the tumultuous life of Carlisle Castle and its characters, in a new exhibition.

Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8AD, Tel: 015394 41396, Email, www.brantwood.org.uk

Brantwood is a vibrant centre of exhibitions, both historic and contemporary. The programme features exhibitions of Ruskin's own exquisite studies as well as important contemporary shows of both well known and up and coming artists.

Castle Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8TP, Tel: 01228618781, Email, www.tulliehouse.co.uk

George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle: Artist and Patron This is the first comprehensive exhibition of George Howard’s work

Castle Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8TP, Tel: 01228618781, Email, www.tulliehouse.co.uk

Groundbreaking exhibition will explore the hidden world of Freemasonry.

Castle Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8TP, Tel: 01228618781, Email, www.tulliehouse.co.uk

The exhibition will showcase the works of artists from across the North West.

Castle Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8TP, Tel: 01228 618781, www.tulliehouse.co.uk

This exhibition will explore the interlocking landscapes of the South Solway Firth.

West Strand, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 7LY, Tel: 01946 592302, Email, www.thebeacon-whitehaven.co.uk

Historic photographs alongside stunning modern images Copeland.

Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0DQ, Tel: 01768 868000, Email, www.rheged.com

Wallace and Gromit are coming to Rheged, bringing with them a fantastic and activity-packed exhibition that reveals the artistry that goes into every scene of their classic animated adventures.

Town End, Grasmere, Cumbria, LA22 9SH, Tel: 01539435544, Email, www.wordsworth.org.uk/events

Get a 15-minute glimpse behind the scenes, and see some of the 65,000 artefacts from the collection not normally on show (Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri: 2nd May - 27th Sept).

Town End, Grasmere, Cumbria, LA22 9SH, Tel: 015394 35544, Email, www.wordsworth.org.uk

This exhibition will follow Dorothy’s writing through seasons and through years.

12 Main Street, Egremont, Cumbria, CA22 2DW, Tel: 01946 820693, Email, www.lowescourtgallery.co.uk

Open exhibition of arts and crafts by Cumbrian makers. Gallery also houses craft shop and tourist information. Lowes Court Gallery is housed in an 18thC Listed building. Established in 1972 to promote the appreciation of visual arts.

Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5AL, Tel: 01539 722464, Email, www.lakelandmuseum.org.uk

In this display we are bringing boating on Windermere to life, through beautiful dinner services used for fine dining on board, to oil cans used to keep elegant steam launches whisper-quiet.

Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3JT, Tel: 015394 46139, Email, www.blackwell.org.uk

This display marks an era of extravagant living, cut short by the First World War, with a display of elegant costume and accessories from 1900-10.

Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3JT, Tel: 015394 46139, Email, www.blackwell.org.uk

Our retrospective of the celebrated British sculptor, Lynn Chadwick, is spread across two Lakeland Arts Trust sites.

Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3JT, Tel: 015394 46139, Email, www.blackwell.org.uk

The exhibition will celebrate the work of both established and emerging makers and also reveal something of the hidden processes that underpin the glassmaker’s art.

Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5AL, Tel: 01539 722464, Email, www.abbothall.org.uk

This exhibition at Abbot Hall, the first significant show of the artist in the north west, will explore Sutherland’s surreal transformation of the natural forms he chanced upon.