| AIM_size_designation | Large Museum (50,000 to 100,000 visitors p.a.) |
| AIM_size_source | mm.aim.1317 |
| Accreditation | Accredited |
| Accreditation_source | Accredited |
| Address_line_1 | Wigan Pier |
| Admin_hierarchy | /England/North West (English Region)/Greater Manchester (English CA)/Wigan (English District or Borough) |
| DOMUS_identifier | 866 |
| Deprivation_index | 4 |
| Deprivation_index_crime | 4 |
| Deprivation_index_education | 4 |
| Deprivation_index_employment | 5 |
| Deprivation_index_health | 3 |
| Deprivation_index_housing | 2 |
| Deprivation_index_income | 5 |
| Deprivation_index_services | 5 |
| Geodemographic_group | Services Manufacturing and Mining Legacy |
| Geodemographic_group_code | 6ar |
| Geodemographic_group_name_long | 6ar-Services Manufacturing and Mining Legacy |
| Geodemographic_subgroup | Manufacturing Legacy |
| Geodemographic_subgroup_code | 6a1r |
| Geodemographic_subgroup_name_long | 6a1r-Manufacturing Legacy |
| Geodemographic_supergroup | Services and Industrial Legacy |
| Geodemographic_supergroup_code | 6r |
| Geodemographic_supergroup_name_long | 6r-Services and Industrial Legacy |
| Governance | Independent-Not_for_profit |
| Identifier_used_in_source_database | NW000089 |
| Latitude | 53.542271 |
| Longitude | -2.638625 |
| Name_of_museum | The Way We Were |
| Notes | Hybrid. Transferred from Wigan Council to the Wigan Leisure & Culture Trust in 2003, which managed the museum until it closed in 2007. |
| Postcode | WN3 4EU |
| Primary_provenance_of_data | domus |
| Region_country | North West |
| Size | large |
| Size_prov | aim_size_designation |
| Subject_Matter | Local_Histories |
| Town_or_City | Wigan |
| Visitor_Numbers_Data | 0:0:1994:domus |
| Year_closed | 2007:2007 |
| Year_closed_source | MDN |
| Year_opened | 1986:1986 |
| Year_opened_source | dfoundation |
| media | 0 |
| project_id | mm.domus.NW089 |