School Tour & Tea
Enjoy your own private tour of the historic classrooms then reflect on your own schooldays and reminisce with family and friends in the Memory Café with tea & coffee or a bespoke afternoon tea.
Enjoy your own private tour of the historic classrooms then reflect on your own schooldays and reminisce with family and friends in the Memory Café with tea & coffee or a bespoke afternoon tea.
Discover the fascinating stories behind our historic classrooms spanning 150 years.
Keep an eye out for the mystery objects challenge as you explore the school.
Reminisce in our Memory Café at the end of this unique tour and rekindle memories of your own schooldays stories
This hands-on tour lasts ninety minutes, and includes refreshments.
Our teachers from the past will welcome you to their classrooms and share the School’s stories starting in 1845 when Queen Victoria was at the beginning of her long reign, and Mr. Wilderspin was at the end of his illustrious career. Here in Barton he seized the opportunity to create the country’s first Model Infant School based on his System which was adopted internationally.
Our teacher-guides will escort you through time, experiencing the strictness of the Victorian National School, the hardships of wartime in the 1940s Classroom, and the liberation and enjoyment of the post war classrooms.
Along the way there are mystery objects to test you – and a puzzle or two to solve.
The tour is designed for organised groups and parties of friends or family.
It’s a fun corporate experience too.
There’s a chance to add your own childhood stories to our memory blackboard and enjoy a well-earned cup of tea or coffee with cake or scones.
The price is £10 per person, including refreshments at the end of the tour. (Children £5)
Discover the history of the Barton National & Infants School and it’s unique link with the “inventor” of infant schooling, Samuel Wilderspin.
Tour times are 11am and 1.30pm. Please book by phone on (01652) 635172 by Friday 6 December .
£5 (Free for Annual Ticket holders)
A Christmas cracker of festive music to get you into the Christmas spirit!
7pm, Joseph Wright Hall
£7.50 (tickets available from Euronics or on the door). Under 16s free.
Barton Musical Theatre Company present this original musical comedy for the over 18s!
7.30pm, Joseph Wright Hall (Doors open 7pm)
Married to his first wife for nearly a quarter of a century, Henry managed to get through five more in the space of only fourteen years. This is history they didn’t teach you at school!
Marilyn Roberts returns as part of the Barton Civic Society Lecture Programme.
2pm, doors open 1.30pm Non-members $4
Our Back to School theme continues with more history they didn’t teach us, this time a look at Elizabethan Hull with Jean Cannon.
Saturday 14 December as part of our December Winter Warmer Day.
Free admission for Annual Ticket holders. £4 others.
“l learned more than just walking round by myself. It was definitely a worthwhile experience, and l would recommend it to anyone interested in local/social history. Thank you.” (December ‘ 24 participant)
Discover the history of the Barton National & Infants School and its unique link with the “inventor” of infant schooling, Samuel Wilderspin.
These special tours are held on the first Sunday of each month when the Museum is closed to general visitors. They’re free for Annual Ticket holders. Annual Tickets cost £5.
Forthcoming tour dates are 8 December and 11 January.
Our new Classroom Curiosities Challenge is on Saturday 25 January.
Tour times are 11am and 1.30pm. Please book by phone on (01652) 635172 by the preceding Friday.
We thoroughly enjoyed welcoming Y3 & Y4 pupils from Plover to learn about a child’s war on 3 & 4 September. The pictures on their https://ploverschool.co.uk/ website say it all!
Admission to the Museum is FREE during the Heritage Open Days festival 6 – 15 September, and our opening hours expanded to include both Sundays so we’ll be open 11am – 3pm on Thursday 5 – SUNDAY 8, and Thursday 12 – SUNDAY 15 September with FREE guided tours on Sunday 15 at 11am and 1.30.
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.