Art What’s On
A British Museum Partnership Exhibition: Gladiators of Britain
Venue: Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
Date: Feb 7th 2026 - May 31st 2026
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Price: Adult admission (valid for 12 months) £15/Under 18s Free
Detail
Think of gladiators and your mind probably wanders to central Rome and the Colosseum (or Russell Crowe). But did you know there were gladiators in Britain? Carlisle was home to the largest fort on Hadrian’s Wall at the very northern edge of the empire – did gladiators walk where the museum stands today? This exhibition explores the violence, pageantry and graphic reality of the arena in Roman Britain through extraordinary objects from across the country.