10am – 3pm – the first of what will be regular, indoor sales in the Joseph Wright Hall adjacent to the museum. Setting up from 9am. Tables are £5 each and can be reserved by telephoning the museum on (01652) 635172. Payment should be made as soon as possible after booking. Subsequent sales are 26 November (Christmas Festival) & indoor Christmas market, 4 March 2017, and 20 May 2017.
Every Thursday during the summer holidays children aged 5-13 can try out one of several crafts their parents or grandparents will recall – at school or in the home.
The first of four weekly craft sessions is on 28 July. The following sessions are: 4, 11 and 18 August. Come back each week to try a different craft.
Each session runs from 1pm to 3pm and cost £4 per single session or £3.50 per multiple sessions.
Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult – older participants may like “their” adult to join them – that’s fine – in fact it helps our volunteers help the children. So come along too!
The crafts vary each week – we’ll be bale to tell you exactly what is on offer if you ring.
Tel (01652) 635172 to book.
11am – 4pm (Wilderspin Schoolroom)
An exhibition of memorabilia from the Great War. Admission £2.
7pm for 7.30pm in the Wilderspin Schoolroom
Register your team of up to six for another evening of brainteasers and fun. £2 per person. Bar and raffle.
10am – 3pm
Art Fair organised by the Wilderspin Art Group with affordable art for you to appreciate and buy.
7.30pm (Joseph Wright Hall)
Ladies and Gentlemen … You are cordially invited to the 1890’s wittiest “Chit-Chat” show where a gay time is guaranteed! You’ll be ‘Wilde’ about who he has on his chaise.
The popular modern chat show reimagined for the Victorian age, hosted by the acclaimed wit of the era, Oscar Wilde. Following the now familiar format, guests include a selection of some of the ‘celebrities’ of the day. Packed with gossip, song and humour – and a few surprises – this light-hearted performance invites the audience to experience the 1890s wittiest “chit chat” show.
Tickets £9, Concessions £8
7.30pm, Joseph Wright Hall
John Scotney outlines the life and work of one of Hull’s most famous architects who designed Leeds Town Hall, The Grand Hotel in Scarborough and the former Town Hall in Hull. This talk will be in the Joseph Wright Hall designed by Joseph Wright, a pupil of Brodrick.
Civic Society members free. Non-members £2
2.30pm (Wilderspin Schoolroom)
Chills and chuckles in abundance with this original one-woman show featuring Sweeney Todd’s partner in crime, Mrs. Lovett! Be appalled by a plethora of other grotesque characters from the cheap and grisly pages of the Victorian era’s penny dreadful papers, in a theatrical comedy suitable for children and the young at heart. Go on – have a close shave with Mrs. Lovett… She’d love to have you for dinner!
Tickets £9, Concessions £8, Children £5
Shows at 1pm, 2pm & 3pm
Come back in time with us in our Victorian lecture theatre and hear about the “latest” scientific breakthroughs. Tom Mulholland will be delivering his hand-on Victorian Science lecture with lots of amazing demonstrations and oodles of audience participation. Discover the genius of the North – its inventors, engineers and scientists who have embraced the new technologies and contributed to the industrial revolution that is changing our lives. The show includes practical demonstrations of treating aches and pains with electric shock, using air pressure to power railways, steam power to drive engines, and fanciful mechanisms to make toys work! Not for persons of a nervous disposition!
Booking highly advised – telephone (01652) 635172 to reserve your place. All seats £2
A rare opportunity to look inside some of Barton’s interesting buildings and sites as part of Barton Civic Society’s Heritage Open Days programme – including the former Primitive Methodist Chapel (1867) now the Joseph Wright Hall.
Exhibitions by the Wilderspin Art Group and Barton Civic Society.
The programme is being updated continuously so check the details in September here or on the Civic Society’s website.
Wilderspin National School
Queen Street
Barton-upon-Humber
DN18 5QP
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The Wilderspin National School is an independent museum, registered charity no. 1047187 and a Company Limited by Guarantee no. 2844791.