Events Archive

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.

Posted on:5th August 2025 20250809 20251010

Classroom Curiosities Challenge

Try our family challenge solving puzzles set by the historical teachers in each of the old classrooms.

10am and 1pm – the sessions last 90 minutes

£3pp or £10 family ticket. Book on (01652) 635172

Posted on:5th July 2025 20250801 20251010

Building Stories

A top-to-bottom exploration of the School building, and a family challenge to test your observational skills – also a chance to enter Barton Civic Society’s Children’s Competition 2025.

Children Free.  Adults £5 (Free to Annual Ticket holders)

Posted on:23rd April 2025 20250731 20251010

Building Stories

Follow the clues to discover more about the school building and the materials used to construct it, and spend a few minutes in our building-blocks corner.

£1.50

Posted on:24th April 2025 20250724 20251010

Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat

Journey back to the 1940s as we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, with a vintage fair, wartime cinema & theatre, evacuees’ classroom, tea dance, NAAFI café and more!

10.30am – 3.30pm, FREE

Posted on:23rd April 2025 20250713 20251010