Below is more information on the museums that supported the Wonderland by the Waves exhibition.

 Archives+ is an archive centre of excellence in the heart of Manchester. The project brings together statutory, university and voluntary organisations to provide a holistic range of archive and heritage services from one location. Archives+ raises awareness of and provides easy access to our histories for the broadest possible audiences. more info: Archives+ website

Greater Manchester’s Museum of Transport has one of the largest collections of its kind in the country. It is run by the volunteers of the Greater Manchester Transport Society (GMTS) but the Museum is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester (formerly Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive). 

 Bolton Museumis a public museum and art gallery in the town of Bolton, Greater Manchester, northern England, owned by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. The collections include natural history, archaeology, art, local history and one of Britain's oldest public aquariums.  more info: Bolton Museum website


NWFA (North West Film Archive) is the professionally recognised public home for the moving image heritage of the North West of England. The Archive cares for over 38,000 items from the pioneer days of film in the mid 1890s to video production of the present day. The work of both the professional and the amateur is collected


Stockport Museum takes visitors on a fascinating journey through Stockport’s history dating back over 10,000 years through to the present day. Explore changing social climates, attitudes and lifestyles and hear from characters of Stockport’s past.