Events for 16th September 2025 › Heritage
Ongoing
Two hundred years ago, education pioneer Samuel Wilderspin began his travels across Britain promoting infant schools in the nation’s towns, villages and cities. Our celebrations begin with this exhibition about his amazing adventures and achievements, and a programme of events through to 2026. Children Free. Adults £5, (Free to Annual Ticket holders)
Find out more »Family trail & display of children’s competition as part of Heritage Open Days Free
Find out more »Paintings of Barton buildings exhibited by the Museum's resident art group. Free
Find out more »Two hundred years ago, education pioneer Samuel Wilderspin began his travels across Britain promoting infant schools in the nation’s towns, villages and cities. Our celebrations begin with this exhibition about his amazing adventures and achievements, and a programme of events through to 2026. Children Free. Adults £5, (Free to Annual Ticket holders)
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As part of national celebrations to mark the bicentenary of the world’s first public railway between Stockton and Darlington, we’ve joined with Friends of the Barton Line and Barton Civic Society to host a nostalgic look at films from the British Film Archive with one of its former archivists, Barry Coward. Free
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