Museum bosses said a new blue sign on Tullie’s gatehouse will be temporarily removed while conversations about it take place.
The Carlisle museum attracted some criticism for the sign on Castle Street.
Museum bosses said: “We have not been asked by any officials to take it down.
“We’re temporarily taking down the blue sign from the gatehouse to ease a small number of concerns while we progress conversations with relevant parties over the look and design of the sign.
“It is important to clarify that prior to our recently completed redevelopment work we obtained planning permissions and listed building consents for all the planned work, including signs.
“A lot of thinking went into the design of this sign – we wanted to bring vibrancy to Castle Street and help people navigate to us from the city centre.
” We also want to widen the perspective here and highlight that the changes made to the gatehouse are much more than just a sign, we have undertaken significant and urgent restoration work, resulting in the building being removed from the Heritage at Risk Register.”
The museum posted on social media to address people’s concerns after it underwent a multi-million-pound revamp earlier this year.
In 2023, it changed its brand from Tullie House to Tullie.
The museum said: “In January 2023, we launched our new brand and name change for the whole site and organisation to Tullie, with the strapline “Carlisle’s Home of Culture” (a gentle nod to ‘house’).
“As the buildings we care for and our offer expands with Project Tullie, we thought a slightly less restrictive name was in order.
“Which isn’t to say you can’t still call us Tullie House – old habits die hard, and we know that many of you will have spent a lifetime instinctively following ‘Tullie’ with ‘House’.
“We will always refer to the building in which the Tullie family resided as “Tullie House” or “Old Tullie House”, but we now have many more spaces in our care which were never residential. The Rotunda would not make a very good front room, for example.
“As Tullie, we hope that those unfamiliar with the museum won’t wrongly assume we’re a stately home. Not that there’s anything wrong with stately homes, but it’s a far cry from what Tullie is and what we offer.
“Whether you want to call us Tullie or persevere with the extra syllable, we hope we can move past this in what is a very exciting time in the museum’s journey.”
