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Hitchin British School Museum

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When: September 09, 2023 from 8:30PM to September 10, 2023 2:30AM

Price: £45.00

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Join us at the British School Museum, Hitchin

Another new venue for the Team come and join us in this most haunted of schools. Paranormal activity in abundance has been reported at the school.

The British Schools Museum bills itself as the Home of the Education Revolution a bold claim but one that has a great deal of truth about it. The museum is built around and authentic early Victorian school established in the 1830’s and is remarkably unaltered since it was opened. The history of the museum goes back to 1810 when an old malthouse on Queen Street was transformed into a schoolroom for 200 boys and 100 girls, the children of Hitchin’s poorest residents.

There are 4 authentic school classrooms that make up the museum experience. One is the Monitorial Classroom built in 1837. The Monitorial classroom is a huge hall, built to hold 300 boys, taught by a single Master with the aid of 30 monitors, or older students. This style of teaching was based on the Lancasterian method established by Joseph Lancaster and is the only surviving example in the world. It is an eye-opening experience to see how the boys were seated in row upon row on long benches, facing the Master.

The second classroom is the Gallery Classroom, built in 1853 to house 110 students under a single master. By 1905 the Queen Street school was taking in 700 local students. To handle the numbers two new classrooms were built.

The British Schools Museum provides a fascinating glimpse into a world of Victorian schooling.

Reported paranormal activity includes full body apparitions, loud footsteps and crying voices are often heard.

Your ghost hunt at the school includes:

• Tour of the venue

• Vigils throughout the location working in small groups

• Spirit board experiments

• Use of ghost hunting equipment including Dowsing Rods & EMF Meters

• Refreshments throughout

Join Essex Ghost Hunters as we venture around this magnificent school.in search of the spirits that haunt this venue.

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We run ghost hunting events across Essex and the surrounding counties. Our aim is to provide a great experience, showing how spirits can communicate with us, learning their stories and having an enjoyable time. We charge a minimum and only aim to cover costs and services. Your experience you have and your company will be truly valued by us.

You will be joining an experienced team with at least two mediums, who rarely get information incorrect. Every ghost hunt starts with the history of the location and the group is then split into teams, you will have the chance to participate in activities like; Séances, Vigils, EVP experiments and use our equipment; K2 EMF meters, ghost communicators, Dowsing rods, thermometer readers, Pendulums.

Please note that all attendees are required to be over the age of 18. See the Event Terms and Conditions.