Museum of Wigan Life
The Museum of Wigan Life | |
| Established | 1878 (Wigan Public Library) 1990 (The History Shop) 2010 (Museum of Wigan Life) |
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| Location | Library Street, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England |
| Coordinates | 53°32′39″N 2°37′47″W / 53.5442°N 2.6297°W |
| Type | Heritage centre |
| Visitors | 16,000 (April–October 2010) |
| Public transit access | Wigan North Western and Wigan Wallgate train stations, Wigan bus station |
| Website | Museum of Wigan Life – official site at Wigan Leisure & Culture Trust |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated | 1988 |
| Reference no. | 1384510 |
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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. It originally housed Wigan Library, where George Orwell researched his book The Road to Wigan Pier in 1936.
The museum works with other museums in Greater Manchester as part of the Greater Manchester Museums Group (GMMG).