Council-run local heritage museum with 30,000-plus artifacts from Roman times to the present day.
With time on my hands in Wigan for a morning, I sought out the only museum listed in the town centre (the excellent Wigan pier museum from my childhood is no more apparently) so I followed maps and discovered the low key entrance on a side road. First off, it is small. If you're hoping to kill a few hours here, heck an hour, you'll probably be disappointed (unless you're researching family history/genealogy in the excellent library part). In a room the size of a standard McDonald's, over half of the display space is given over to Wigan musical heritage, particularly Northern soul. If you are a fan, and Wigan Casino is/was your mecca, then you will find a lot of material and exhibits here to bring back memories. It is a fascinating peep into this facet of the local story. The rest of the small space quickly runs through several other subjects, Egypt - fascinating but brief, the civil war (which I found interesting) and feels all to brief and rushed as an afterthought to the northern soul. The staff are warm and friendly, knowledgeable and are probably the best thing about the museum. If you have half an hour to spare or if you are a fan of Northern soul, definitely pop in.
Lovely friendly people who work at this place , The museum was built by the same person who built the town hall in Manchester and the natural history museum as a library
Brilliant! You won't spend all day inside but it's worth a visit if you're in the town centre. Loads of rugby stuff, pictures old medals shirts! A must for the Rugby fans!
Excellent local museum
An excellent place of reference. The library has lots of interesting history books and microfiche
Went for the Chinese New year celebrations. Lots of activities to do and the Chinese dragons dancing was amazing.
On-site services
Wheelchair-accessible car park
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Toilets
Restaurant
Good for kids
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With time on my hands in Wigan for a morning, I sought out the only museum listed in the town centre (the excellent Wigan pier museum from my childhood is no more apparently) so I followed maps and discovered the low key entrance on a side road. First off, it is small. If you're hoping to kill a few hours here, heck an hour, you'll probably be disappointed (unless you're researching family history/genealogy in the excellent library part). In a room the size of a standard McDonald's, over half of the display space is given over to Wigan musical heritage, particularly Northern soul. If you are a fan, and Wigan Casino is/was your mecca, then you will find a lot of material and exhibits here to bring back memories. It is a fascinating peep into this facet of the local story. The rest of the small space quickly runs through several other subjects, Egypt - fascinating but brief, the civil war (which I found interesting) and feels all to brief and rushed as an afterthought to the northern soul. The staff are warm and friendly, knowledgeable and are probably the best thing about the museum. If you have half an hour to spare or if you are a fan of Northern soul, definitely pop in.
Lovely friendly people who work at this place , The museum was built by the same person who built the town hall in Manchester and the natural history museum as a library
Brilliant! You won't spend all day inside but it's worth a visit if you're in the town centre. Loads of rugby stuff, pictures old medals shirts! A must for the Rugby fans!
Excellent local museum
An excellent place of reference. The library has lots of interesting history books and microfiche
Went for the Chinese New year celebrations. Lots of activities to do and the Chinese dragons dancing was amazing.
