More With Less

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.

Heritage Without Walls

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

Summer Quiz

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.

Join the Team

Open Day – come and join us

Come and have a look behind the scenes, join one of our historic tours or chat to our staff to see if you’d like to join our award-winning team of volunteers who run the Museum.

Saturday 19 February 11am -3pm

Funders’ support with Joseph Wright Hall refurbishment

The Trust is working hard to restore and reuse this Grade II listed building which we use for our education and community events and arts programmes, and to adapt the surviving first floor of the Chapel with its tiered pews to create an auditorium for school visits and community performances.

With external support and our own investment we’ve been able to:

• draught proof and refurbish the windows thanks to WREN Landfill
• restore the pews and platform stage thanks to WREN Landfill
• modernise the heating system thanks to (ERDF) Smart Energy
• install a lift to provide access for all to the auditorium thanks to EnTrust
• rewire the building and install a new fire alarm system thanks to SSE Renewables – North Lincolnshire Sustainability Development Fund
• improve the kitchen thanks to Wren Kitchens (Barton)

Joseph Wright Hall – a work in progress

We’ve done a lot – but need to do more.  Our next project is to increase capacity of the building by improving the groud floor and staircases to the first floor auditorium.

To further bolster the Trust’s efforts to attract additional external funding we have launched a local appeal for £50,000 which will be used to lever in a further £200,000.

Supporters can send a cheque (payable to the Queen Street School Preservation Trust) to the Treasurer, Graham Cannon at the Wilderspin School Museum, Queen Street, Barton, DN18 5QP,  or contact us for details of how to arrange a BACS payment.  Alternatively, you can set up a standing order for a monthly payment or a BACS payment. While it is hoped that these payments will continue for two years they can be cancelled at any time.

Time’s On Our Side

We’ve all the time in the world at Wilderspin – now that Humberside Clock Works is based here in oue Aelberry Building.

Darren Bristow provides specialist servicing and repairs of mechanical clocks of all types: antique, vintage and reproduction.

Telephone (01652) 634913 or visir humbersideclockworks.co.uk

Arwen Couldn’t Dampen Our Spirits

Storm Arwen may have led to Barton’s Christmas Festival 2021 being cancelled but we were REALLY busy!

Hundreds came to Wilderspin to buy Christmas gifts from 20 stalls and bag a bargain from our Christmas Shop.

Father Christmas didn’t know what had hit him as children queued to “place their Christmas order” with him and take home a stocking.

The Old School Canteen was busy all day keeping up with hungry visitors.

We hope we made up for the disappointment of the festival cancellation and helped put folk in the Christmas spirit!

Alice in Wonderland cancelled

Click here for more information and about refunds.