Barton Civic Society Lecture

Archaeological Aerial Photography in North Lincolnshire

with Simon Tomson

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

Barton Civic Society Lecture

Lancasters, Lincolnshire and the International Bomber Command Centre

with AVM Paul Robinson

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

Barton Civic Society Lecture

Internetty – a Barton Success Story

How a local company brought high speed connectivity to a rural North Lincolnshire community.

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

Afraid of heights?

Don’t worry – most of our volunteering is at ground level!

The Museum depends on voluntary help to run the museum.

It involves a range of tasks – working alone or in groups – but always part of a wider team.

Fixing and improving the buildings, looking after our archive and collection, sewing, gardening and planning events.

The list is endless.

The winter is a great time to come and join us – we’ll be busy and we will be planning get togethers to help plan ahead and get to know one another.

Volunteering helps us “do our bit” for the town caring for two historic buildings and sharing its unique heritage link with Samuel Wilderspin.

It’s good for us too – being part of our Wilderspin Team, a recipient of the Queens’ Award for Volunteering!

Ring (01652) 635172 or email wilderspinschoolmuseum@gmail.com to “get the ball rolling”.

A Festive Celebration

Get in the festive spirit with an evening of Christmas music starting at 4pm at the Joseph Wright Hall.

Join South Bank Singers in some festive singing.

Tickets £7.50 inc. refreshments. Under 16s FREE.

Available from Euronics or on the door.

2025 FAB Panto – Tickets on sale

Friends At Barton are delighted to kick off the 2025 festive season with their Family Pantomime, Goldilocks and the Three Bears. A Panto that is not too hot…not too cold…but just right!

Performances are:

Friday 14th November at 7.30pm

Saturday 15th November at 1.30pm and 5pm

Sunday 16th November at 1.30pm and 5pm

Tickets are £5 each and on sale at Wilderspin, Thursday-Saturday 11am to 3pm.

Box Office: 01652-635172

Talks & Tours

We always welcome invitations from organisations for outreach speakers in addition to guided tours. The The groups which we have visited or have brought groups to the Museum are varied and have included heritage, civic society and amenity organisations, as well as U3A, WEA and WI groups.

Topics can include The Wilderspin Story (who was this self-styled “inventor” and promoter of infant education and what did he do?), The Barton Church School (saving the school building and the restoration project or the origins of the School using the archive records) and The Teacher is Abroad in the Land (accompanying our latest exhibition, Travels & Travails about the fascinating journeys of Wilderspin in the early 1800s).

Please give us a ring on (01652) 635172 to email bookings4wilderspinschool@gmail.com for more details.

Travels and Travails

In 1825 Samuel Wilderspin undertook his first road-trip promoting infant schools in villages, towns and cities across the nation. The 800 mile roundtrip set the pattern of things to come over the next 20 years. Based on his own accounts, this exhibition highlights the challenges of lone travel across the British Isles just as the railway age was dawning. It’s a unique story of ambition and endurance.

Playground Picnic – Storytime

This Saturday, 9 August

BYO picnic, and Teddy too, from 11.30 (free) – followed at 12.30 with Storytime (£2) – a thirty minutes session led by museum staff, with time afterwards to roam the museum or follow the Teddy Bear Trail.

Barton Church School

Join one of our short guided tours of the Church School and uncover its intriguing story and unique part in the story of Infant education in Britain.

10.30am and 2pm, £3, with refreshments afterwards. Booking not required.