TULLIE House in Carlisle was recently handed a national award for its work on an 'ambitious' two-year climate project. 

The museum was nominated for best youth project in the climate category at the Kids in Museums family-friendly museum awards - the only museum award in the UK to be judged by families.

It was up against London Transport Museum and Falmouth Art Gallery but came out on top thanks to its piece 'Once Upon A Planet'.

Once Upon A Planet was supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund through Museums Association, which sought to develop new and innovative ways to engage with the museum's natural science collection.

Tullie worked with numerous partners on the project, including a team of 16-25-year-old young advisors.

The awards ceremony was held on Thursday October 19 at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.

Sarah Forster, learning and engagement manager at Tullie, said: "We were over the moon to win the award. Once Upon A Planet has been our biggest co-curation project to date, so it's wonderful to see it recognised at this level, especially for the fantastic young people who helped us throughout."

The aim of the Once Upon A Planet project is to use the natural science collections at Tullie House to inspire, engage, and advocate around the climate crisis, with young people leading the way.

The ideas and content generated during the project will be used to shape future natural science galleries as part of the museum’s major capital development programme, Project Tullie.

In year one of the project, the museum worked with a huge range of partners to create an inspiring, interactive exhibition that focussed on climate change, biodiversity, and habitats – both their loss and conservation.