Museum of Wigan Life

The Museum of Wigan Life is a public museum and local history resource centre in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The nineteenth-century listed building is by the noted architect Alfred Waterhouse.

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Type: Museum
Description: center in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Wigan Museum”
Address: Library Street, Wigan, WN1 1NU

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wigan Town Hall and Wigan North Western Railway Station.

Wigan Town Hall

Town hall

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The new Town Hall is a former technical college in Library Street, Wigan, England which was converted into a municipal facility in 1990. It is a Grade II listed building. Wigan Town Hall is situated 370 feet north of Museum of Wigan Life.

Wigan North Western Railway Station

Railway station

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Wigan North Western is one of two railway stations that serve the town centre of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England; the other is Wigan Wallgate, 110 yards away. Wigan North Western Railway Station is situated 750 feet west of Museum of Wigan Life.

Wigan Wallgate Railway Station

Railway station

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Wigan Wallgate is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England; the other is Wigan North Western, which is 100 metres away across the street named Wallgate. Wigan Wallgate Railway Station is situated 1,000 feet west of Museum of Wigan Life.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wigan and Wigan Pier.

Wigan

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Wigan is an industrial town in Greater Manchester in the north of England. It's 17 miles northwest of central Manchester and until 1974 was part of Lancashire. In 2019 the population was 108,000.

Wigan Pier

Quarter

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Wigan Pier is an area around the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, south-west of the town centre. The name has humorous or ironic connotations since it conjures an image of a seaside pleasure pier, whereas Wigan is inland and a traditionally industrial town.

Scholes

Suburb

Scholes is an urban area in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Scholes is immediately to the east of Wigan's town centre; separated from the commercial area by the River Douglas.

Museum of Wigan Life

Categories: heritage center, art museum, local museum, local authority museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.54414° or 53° 32′ 39″ north

Longitude

-2.62977° or 2° 37′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C5VG9VC+M3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1552375476

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q6941049

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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to German—“Museum of Wigan Life” goes by many names.

Egyptian Arabic: “متحف ويجان لايف”
French: “Musée de la vie Wiganois”
German: “Museum des Wiganer Lebens”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wigan Life Centre and Wigan Life Centre (North Building).

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