Enjoy the start of the new football season with a visit to the footballing exhibition at Baysgarth House Museum.
Home & Away: Football, Fans and Memorabilia displays a fascinating collection of items collected by football fans in the local area. The exhibition features objects representing a wide variety of teams on a local, national and international level.
The exhibition includes many interesting items including original programmes from the 1966 World Cup final and items signed by some of the most famous players of the game.
Get Involved!
At Baysgarth House Museum
Do you want to meet new people, learn new skills and take part in your local heritage?
The ‘Get Involved!’ volunteering project at Baysgarth House Museum offers a unique and rewarding experience that provides you with the opportunity to meet new people and learn new skills.
As a museum volunteer you can take part in fascinating and fun activities while working within a friendly, dedicated volunteering team. You will participate in a variety of museum activities and receive training and support to help you develop skills in range of different areas.
Volunteering at Baysgarth House Museum is designed to be flexible to suit your needs. You can volunteer for as long or as little as you like and you don’t need any previous experience. All we ask is that you are enthusiastic and willing to learn.
We currently have volunteering vacancies in our Visitor and Exhibition Interpretation Teams.
If you think volunteering at Baysgarth Museum is right for you please contact CHAMP for more information.
1940s Dance at the Historic Assembly Rooms
(Saturday 23rd January 2010 – 7.30pm)
Tickets - £2.50
The Assembly Rooms in Barton has always been a popular venue for music and dancing. During the war years it held regular socials and often staged annual dances featuring some of Barton’s most talented and popular bands.
In January 2010 CHAMP will recreate the fun of the forties with a themed dance at the Assembly Rooms, Queens Street. The event will supports the recent ‘We’ll Meet Again’ exhibition at Baysgarth House Museum and include live music from the Barton Town Band and dance performances from the Julia Tyson Dance Group.
Tickets are available from Baysgarth House Museum with a limited number of tickets available at the door on the night.
For more information please contact CHAMP
We’ll Meet Again
Leisure Time in Barton during World War Two
Sunday 31stJanuary 2010
Seventy years after the outbreak of World War Two we still remember the sacrifice made the many brave men and women at home and overseas. We also remember the determination of the British people to not give up hope and continue with daily life.
Despite the terrible events of the war the people of Barton, like in so many towns and cities throughout Britain, attempted boost morale by enjoying a variety of leisure activities. The many dances, parades and carnivals and the continued popularly of the town’s two cinemas during the war, is testament to the enduring spirit of the British people, who managed to remain positive even in the most testing of times.
‘We’ll Meet Again’ details the leisure pursuits of the people of Barton upon Humber during the Second World War and features many interesting objects including a collection of items from Barton’s cinemas The Star and The Oxford.
Barton upon Humber – Then and Now
Friday 24th July – Sunday 30th August 2009
Barton upon Humber has gone through many changes over the past century. As the years have passed buildings have disappeared, traditional shops and businesses have closed and roads have become larger and busier. Although many of the town’s fine traditional buildings still stand, Barton is a town that has been greatly altered by the passage of time.
Barton upon Humber - Then and Now exhibits of a collection of local photographs old and new. Old photographs of Barton are displayed alongside contemporary images provided by the Barton Photographic and Digital Imaging Club The idea is to show how the streets and building of Barton have changed through time.
Capture the Moment
Friday 24th July – Sunday 30th August 2009
Today we take the ability to record the most special moments in life for granted. Photographs are important mementoes of birthdays, weddings and holidays to be treasured and passed on to future generations. When we imagine a life without photographs it is hard to think of a more important technical development than the invention of the camera. Over the years photography has developed from a complex process available only to professional photographers into an everyday activity that is available for everyone to enjoy.
Capture the Moment displays a selection of photography equipment to illustrate how photography has developed throughout history from the early plate cameras, the popular Box Brownie through to modern digital camera and camera phones.
The Grasby Embroiderers - have you seen...
Friday 10th April 2009 – Sunday 10th May 2009
The Grasby embroiderers have been working together for more than 10 years producing beautiful pieces of contemporary embroidery. Their 2009 exhibition entitled ‘have you seen.’ features a collection of new and retrospective work with many pieces available for visitors to purchase.
Edit - for young people by young people
2008
The EDIT Project, funded by Awards for All, worked to engage local young people in the Museum. Young people worked to interpret museum objects and exhibits and to develop a variety of responses including new postcards, videos and culminating in an exhibition of their work.
Legacies of War
Summer 2008
The culmination of a larger Heritage Lottery Funded project, the exhibition centred on the impact of the war on the home front, the changing roles of women in society and experience of WW1 of those at the front through an interpretation of the letters of Stanbury Taylor, the heir to Baysgarth House killed at Ypres in 1917 and objects and photographs loaned by the local community.
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