Museum Open Days
Our next open weekend is 1 & 2 April.
The Old School Canteen coffee shop is open as usual every week between 10am and 4pm on Thursday – Sunday inclusive.
Our next open weekend is 1 & 2 April.
The Old School Canteen coffee shop is open as usual every week between 10am and 4pm on Thursday – Sunday inclusive.
Our next open weekend is 18 & 19 March. On the Saturday you can get creative in the Chatty Cafe where we’ve everything you need to make a mothers’ day card – whatever your age!
The Old School Canteen coffee shop is open as usual every week between 10am and 4pm on Thursday – Sunday inclusive.
Our next open weekend is 4 & 5 March.
The Old School Canteen coffee shop is open as usual every week between 10am and 4pm on Thursday – Sunday inclusive.
By the way – a diary date : on Saturday 18 March we’ll have everything you need to make Mothers’ Day cards in the Chatty Cafe.
Our next open days are Thursday 16 – Sunday 19 February to include the half term holiday in North Lincolnshire.
Afternoon lecture – Peter Claxton looks back at the forces that shaped public housing in Hull. As the City’s population grew rapidly in the nineteenth century attempts to improve living conditions were controversial. Part of the Barton upon Humber Civic Society lecture programme. Non-members £2
Joseph Wright Hall, 2pm
Refreshments available before the lecture, in The Old School Canteen coffee shop in the Wilderspin School Museum.
Autumn Winter 2022/23 Opening at Wilderspin
Museum Open 11am – 3pm on each date listed.
The Old School Canteen coffee shop is open as usual Thursday – Sunday 10am – 4pm throughout the year.
Saturday 01-Oct
Sunday 02-Oct
Saturday 15-Oct
Sunday 16-Oct
Thursday 27-Oct Half Term
Friday 28-Oct Half Term
Saturday 29-Oct Half Term
Sunday 30-Oct Half Term
Saturday 05-Nov Admission charge £5 per adult commences. Children FREE.
Sunday 06-Nov
Saturday 19-Nov
Sunday 20-Nov
Saturday 26-Nov Barton Christmas Festival (12pm – 4pm)
Saturday 03-Dec
Sunday 04-Dec
Saturday 17-Dec
Sunday 18-Dec
Saturday 07-Jan
Sunday 08-Jan
Saturday 21-Jan
Sunday 22-Jan
Saturday 04-Feb
Sunday 05-Feb
Thursday 16-Feb Half Term
Friday 17-Feb Half Term
Saturday 18-Feb Half Term
Sunday 19-Feb Half Term
Saturday 04-Mar
Sunday 05-Mar
Saturday 18-Mar
Sunday 19-Mar
We’ve decided to mitigate the high winter energy costs by opening less but providing more!
The Museum will be open on alternate weekends only between 11am and 3pm from October until April, except for special events and school half term holidays.
As there will be family events, exhibitions, scheduled tours and talks throughout the winter to enhance visitors’ experience we are introducing a small admission charge too, from November.
School visits and group tours will carry on as normal.
Our open weekends commence on 1 & 2 October, then 15 & 16 October and continuing on the first and third weekend of each month through to April.
Our Autumn & Winter Opening Times
Opening times of The Old School Canteen coffee shop have not changed and it will continue to open Thursdays – Sundays 10am – 4pm.
Hire of our function and community rooms is not affected, and they are still available for business, community and family any time.
Barton upon Humber
Heritage Open Days 2022
Friday 9 – Sunday 18 September
The heritage festival shifts its Barton focus to the great outdoor spaces in the town – with guided walks and hidden gems to discover.
Heritage Without Walls
Industrial Footprints at Far Ings
Friday 9 – Sunday 11 & Wednesday 14 – Sunday 18 September, 10am – 4pm, Far Ings National Nature Reserve, free
Samuel Wilderspin’s Outdoor Classroom
Saturday 10 September, 1.30pm, Wilderspin Garden Playground, free
The Ted Lewis Town Trail
Sundays 11 September, 11am – 1pm, Starts at the Ted Lewis Centre, free
Garden Cures
Sunday 11 September, 1.30pm, Wilderspin & National School Museum, free
The Ted Lewis Humber Bank Trail
Monday 12 September, 11am – 1pm, Starts at The Old Tile Works, free
A Walk around Barton Haven and its Former Industries (free)
Thursday 15 September 1.30pm, Maltkiln Road Bridge (corner of Waterside Road),
The Ted Lewis Town Trail
Sundays 18 September, 11am – 1pm, Starts at the Ted Lewis Centre, free
Samuel Wilderspin’s Outdoor Classroom
Sunday 18 September, 1.30pm, Wilderspin Garden Playground, free
The Ropewalk Sculpture Garden & Promenade
Tuesday to Saturday 10am – 5pm, 10am – 4pm Sunday, free
More Heritage Open Days Events
Dr. Mary Murdoch: Suffragist and Social Reformer
Friday 9 September, 2pm, Wilderspin & National School Museum (Joseph Wright Hall), £2
Satchel Trail for Kids at Wilderspin
Friday 9 – Sunday 11, & Thursday 15 – Sunday 18 September, 10am – 4pm, Wilderspin & National School Museum
Open Days at St Peters Church
Saturdays 10 & 17 and Sundays 11 & 18 and Friday 16 September, 10am – 3pm, free
Who Was Ted Lewis?
Saturday 10 September, 11am to 12.30pm, The Ted Lewis Centre, free
Fertiliser Friends
Saturday 10 September, 11am to 1pm, Waters’ Edge Visitor Centre
Get Carter – film show & presentation
Wednesday 14 September, 11am, The Ted Lewis Centre, free
The Serpent – film show & presentation
Thursday 16 September, 6pm, The Ted Lewis Centre, free
Check out www.barton-upon-humber.org.uk for the full Barton Heritage Open Days programme including things to see and do at Far Ings Nature Reserve, Ropewalk, The Ted Lewis Centre, St. Peter’s Church, and Waters’ Edge Visitor Centre.
The full Heritage Open Days programme for Lincolnshire is available at www.heritagelincolnshire.org
Our Summer Quiz is on Friday 8 July starting at 7pm in the Joseph Wright Hall.
Telephone (01652) 635172 or email wilderspinschoolmuseum@gmail.com to book your team of up to six or we can join you up with others.
£2pp. Bar.
Wilderspin National School
Queen Street
Barton-upon-Humber
DN18 5QP
The Wilderspin National School has received help and support from the following organisations:
The Wilderspin National School is an independent museum, registered charity no. 1047187 and a Company Limited by Guarantee no. 2844791.
