Why visit Wigan Pier?
So much to see, learn and enjoy. Developments in transport and communications have made the world a smaller place in the last 100 years. Now trends in food, fashion, music, toys, advertising and packaging are international and familiar to us all. At Wigan Pier, whatever your age, sex or nationality you are sure to find something which will remind you of a special time or a favourite thing. Specially appealing to young adults is Opie’s Museum of Memories at Wigan Pier, where examples of daily life over the past 100 years are remembered, decade by decade; newspapers, magazines, comics, toys, music, entertainment, fashion and design. Part museum, part theatre, actors bring history to life performing short scenarios and ‘Century’ a musical play which will remind you of national and international events from 1900 to present day. You can watch Pathe newsreels in the 1930s cinema, play the Jukebox in the 1950s Milk Bar, dress in the fashionable clothes of the 1960s in our boutique and listen
