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British Schools Museum Ghost Hunt - Hitchin, Hertfordshire - 2026
British Schools Museum - Hitchin, Hertfordshire
3rd October 2026 - 8:00pm until 2:00am - Tickets £50 per person
Experience a night of ghost hunting at British Schools Museum in Hitchin, Hertfordshire with Ghost Hunt Events on 3rd October 2026, 8:00pm until 2:00am. Tickets £50 per person
History of British Schools Museum
The British Schools Museum is in original Edwardian and Victorian school buildings in Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. The museum complex is made up of school buildings housing infants, girls and boys schools with houses for Master and Mistress. It includes a monitorial schoolroom based on the educational theories of Joseph Lancaster for 300 boys, which opened in 1837, and a rare galleried classroom, dating from 1853.
The first school on the site was a schoolroom for 200 boys and 100 girls. It was founded in 1810 by local lawyer William Wilshere in a disused malthouse. This schoolroom was the first monitorial school for the sons of the poor in Hertfordshire. Teaching was based on Joseph Lancaster's methods of monitorial teaching. He developed a system in which large numbers of younger scholars could be taught by older scholars under the supervision of the master (for boys) or mistress (for girls). This method continued until the Revised Code of 1862 that brought in the Pupil Teacher method of teaching.
The school grew steadily and to such an extent that in 1837 a new schoolroom was built that could hold 300 boys. This was completed in 1838.
In 1857, it was decided by the School's Board of Trustees to completely rebuild the Girls' and Infants' School. The new building was completed in 1858 together with adjoining houses for the Master and Mistress.
It remained as a school until 1969.
Ghostly Activity includes full body apparitions, loud footsteps and crying voices.
Event Details
British Schools Museum Ghost Hunt
📍 British Schools Museum, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
🕗 Time: 8:00pm until 2:00am
🎟️ Tickets: £50 per person - Deposit (£20) bookings available
Book British Schools Museum on Saturday 27th February 2027 - £50 per person - Tickets available
Please note
16 & 17 year olds with parents/guardians - No accommodation provided - Unsuitable for guests with limited mobility
☕ Complimentary Tea, Coffee and Biscuits are provided in the breaks.
VIP Tickets
VIP tickets available at British Schools Museum for £5 extra per person, see VIP info for information.
What to Expect
Our team of experienced investigators will be on hand throughout the night so that you can participate in:-
- Séances (in small groups)1
- Vigils (in the dark)
- EVP (Ghost Voice) Experiments
- Estes Method & Hartley Method Experiments
- Ouija boards, Glass Divination and Table Tipping
- Automatic writing, Dowsing and Pendulums
- Metaphysical experiments
- Use of our ghost hunting equipment (EMF/KII's, REM Pods, Ovilus, Thermal Camera etc)2
and much more with our experienced Mediums & Paranormal Investigators.
Event will include:-
- Usual group size 8-12 people (but may be a maximum of 15 on rare occasions)
- The number of groups depends on venue size.
- Controlled sessions & 45mins - 1 hour with our Mediums3/Paranormal Investigators
- Free time for you to investigate / explore on your own
- Opportunity for lone vigils throughout the evening
- Regular breaks
We can't guarantee spiritual or ghostly activity but we can guarantee that everything you experience will be 100% real.
1 At the Mediums discretion.
2 Not all technical equipment may be available at every event.
3 A Medium may not be present at every event.
Location of British Schools Museum
British Schools Museum is available for private bookings, see Group Events for more information and pricing.
What Happens at the Event
Our events are always 100% investigation and vigil events, we won't waste time by taking you on a history tour of the venue.
We will not usually talk about the history of the building unless people ask us to do so.
We don't hold workshops or briefing on equipment usage. Any equipment that you will be using throughout the event will be explained at the start of each session by our team leaders.
For the first few hours (usually 1 hour per session) you will be in a group and you will spend time with our Mediums1 doing séances, where they will try to get the active spirit to move you in some way (this is not designed to scare you) and with our paranormal investigators doing experiments, table tilting, glass divination, Ouija boards, EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena a.k.a. ghost voice) experiments and other equipment experiments using the latest ghost hunting equipment.
After these controlled sessions you will have the opportunity to venture off on your own or in small groups to explore the venue or to hold lone vigils or re-visiting an activity that you enjoyed in our controlled sessions. In this part of the night you can use our ghost hunting equipment to do your own ghost hunt. You may take photos/videos with your own cameras throughout our ghost hunts. You may also use any of your own ghost hunting equipment during our controlled sessions.
1 A Medium may not be available at every event, please contact us for clarification.
30 May 2026
British Schools Museum
"Great night out fun xxxx"
A.G.
31 May 2025
British Schools Museum
"Fantastic night. Thank you. A lovely group, had some amazing experiences. Can't wait for our next adventure."
A.H.
29 March 2025
British Schools Museum
"Had amazing evening"
A.G.
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