Come & Sing

Enjoy a sing with South Bank Singers with music from Frozen, Lion King etc.

Everyone welcome, especially families – and you don’t need to be able to read music!

Joseph Wright Hall auditorium (with lift access)

1pm –  4pm

Free – but donations towards running costs welcome!

Please register your interest on 01652 618770 so that we can control numbers.

Posted on:2nd April 2022

Easter Chick Hunt

Saturday 2 – Sunday 17 April

Our popular family trail is back (£1)

Posted on:1st April 2022

Teddy Trail

Our furry friends are back for children to spot  – and tell them about the School.

Free (included as part of adult admission fee)

Posted on:1st April 2022

Samuel Wilderspin’s Outdoor Classroom – Heritage Without Walls

A 40 minutes tour (starts at 1.30pm) demonstrating Mr. Wilderspin’s outside classroom in the Playground before adjourning to his schoolroom.

 

Posted on:29th March 2022

Christmas Festival Fair

Enjoy the Barton Christmas Festival and pop in to the Museum to browse for Christmas crafts and gifts, meet a Victorian Father Christmas, and warm up with refreshments in The Old School Canteen.

12pm – 4pm

Posted on:25th March 2022

Public Health & Housing in Kingston upon Hull 1830-1914

Afternoon lecture – Peter Claxton looks back at the forces that shaped public housing in Hull.  Part of the Barton upon Humber Civic Society lecture programme.  Non-members £2

Joseph Wright Hall, 2pm

 

Posted on:25th March 2022

Museums at Night Quiz

Teams of up to six can be booked now. Doors open at 6.45pm for heads down at 7pm.  Please note – the quiz was originally scheduled for Friday 4 November but has been brought forward to Thursday 3 November.

 

Posted on:25th March 2022

Vere Foster Philanthropist and Benefactor

Due to illness the talk has been cancelled and will be rescheduled.

Barton Civic Society talk, Friday 21 October

Posted on:25th March 2022

Dr. Mary Murdoch: Suffragist and Social Reformer

Cecile Oxaal explores the life of Mary Murdoch, a Scottish medical doctor who settled in Hull in 1896 and galvanised the suffrage campaign in Hull and East Yorkshire.   £2.   Joseph Wright Hall, 2pm

Posted on:25th March 2022

Empire & Commonwealth Day Recollections

Share your schooldays memories in the Memory Café, 11am-3pm

Posted on:25th March 2022