Welcome to Wilderspin School

New opening times: Thursday – Saturday 10am – 3pm

Our next School Holidays Admission Discount (£1 per person – adults & children) is the May Half Term week (Thursday – Saturday, 23 May – 30 May).

Before then (Thursday 7 – Saturday 9 May) we’ve our next Chatty Café – Memories of the 1960s, 10am- 3pm. Reminisce over a tea or coffee with some 1960s memorabilia to trigger some memories.  Admission this week £1pp.

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JOSEPH WRIGHT HALL

CURRENT EVENTS

1960s Memories 

Tour the historic school rooms and reflect over tea or coffee in the Chatty Café while reminiscing with family and friends about growing up in the 1960s.

10am – 3pm        

Museum and Chatty Café admission £1 per person.

Light refreshments can be purchased separately.

Part of Humber Stories – a project supported by The Humber Museums Partnership

Barton Civic Society Lecture

The Life and Artwork of Reuben Chappell

with Alex Ombler

Joseph Wright Hall, (ground floor Raikes Room), 7.30pm, non-members £4

Family Weekend

Take advantage of our £1pp School Holiday admission fee for some Half Term family fun. 

School Dinner Memories

Tour the historic school rooms and reflect over tea or coffee in the Chatty Café while reminiscing with family and friends about school dinners.

10am – 3pm        

Museum and Chatty Café admission £1 per person.

Light refreshments can be purchased separately.

Part of Humber Stories – a project supported by The Humber Museums Partnership

Displays

Displays

Discover the story of Samuel Wilderspin and see the unique Infant Schoolroom and Playground that he designed in 1845.

The Wilderspin Story
Schools Programme

Schools Programme

Our Schools Programme has been developed to provide children with an exciting way of engaging with the history of Victorian school life.

Schools Programme
History of the School

History of the School

Learn about Samuel Wilderspin and the Wilderspin National Schools and how his innovations gradually transformed schooling for children of all ages.

Wilderspin History
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