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With a fascinating history and many different cultural influences down the centuries, it is hardly surprising that Cumbria is home to some great museums and art galleries. Visitors can find out about anything from the Romans to the Arts and Crafts movement – often in some beautiful locations.

• Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle. Award-winning museum with a huge range of interesting archaeological artefacts and superb galleries, here

• Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal. British art from the 18th century to the modern day, housed in an elegant riverside villa, here

• Senhouse Roman Museum, Maryport. A huge number of inscribed altar stones forms part of one of the largest private archaeological collections in the country, here

• Blackwell, near Windermere. Britain’s finest surviving Arts and Crafts house with a collection of work by artists including John Ruskin and Eric Gill, here

• The Beacon, Whitehaven. Award-winning visitor attraction with great interactive displays, here

• High Head Sculpture Valley, Ivegill. Life-size creations located in pretty meadows alongside the River Ive, here

Inside Tullie House Museum, Carlisle

Abbot Hall, Kendal

Long Meg, matriarch of one of England’s largest stone circles