Wednesday 9th December, 5pm –7pm
Didn’t have a chance to visit us at the Christmas festival?
Here’s another chance to explore the origins of our Christmas traditions in this special family event. Find out about the first crackers, cards and Christmas trees. There are all sorts of Victorian crafts to make and a chance to visit the only Victorian Father Christmas in Barton!
Children: £2.00
Saturday 28th November, 1pm -5pm
Pop into the School on Christmas Festival day. Christmas Past includes the only Victorian Father Christmas in Barton resplendent in traditional Victorian green! Grown-ups can enjoy mulled wine and mince pies around the classroom fire while children can make a Victorian Christmas decoration. There will be indoor stalls too and lots of Christmas stocking ideas in the Joseph Wright Hall adjacent to the School Museum.
The Museum is open from 10am as usual – the fair begins at 1pm.
Saturday 28th November – Friday 4th December
(Thursdays – Sundays 11am – 3pm)
This is the first winter exhibition of paintings and drawings by the Wilderspin Art Group. This is a selection of work by the group which meets every week in the Joseph Wright Hall adjacent to the museum. the work will be on show in the Wilderspin Schoolroom beginning on Barton Christmas Festival Day.
Thursday 23 July – Monday 31 August
Thursdays – Sundays 10am – 4pm
Hundreds of hardback books for sale covering many themes including natural history, warfare, and railway history.
Every Thursday during the summer holidays children aged 5-13 can try out one of several crafts their parents or grandparents will recall – at school or in the home.
The first of four weekly craft sessions is on 28 July. The following sessions are: 4, 11 and 18 August. Come back each week to try a different craft.
Each session runs from 1pm to 3pm and cost £4 per single session or £3.50 per multiple sessions.
Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult – older participants may like “their” adult to join them – that’s fine – in fact it helps our volunteers help the children. So come along too!
The crafts vary each week – we’ll be bale to tell you exactly what is on offer if you ring.
Tel (01652) 635172 to book.
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.