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).

Thursday 11 – Saturday 13 June: Drop in for some reminiscence over a tea or coffee about school dinners.  Refreshments are included with admission ticket.  

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CURRENT EVENTS

Half Term Family Fun

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

Bring your teddy, take them round the Teddy Trail (£1) and sit them in the Teddy Classroom for a school photo to share with us.

Barton Open Gardens

Drop in anytime on Saturday between 10am and 5pm to the Wilderspin Playground Garden for a look and some refreshments (until 3pm on Saturday only), and between 1pm and 5pm on Sunday.

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

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Barton Civic Society Lecture

Behind the Scaffolding – The Story So Far at Baysgarth House

with Liz Bennet

Wilderspin Schoolroom in the Museum, 8pm, following the Society’s short AGM, non-members £4

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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