• Share this
• 
• 

25 Oct 2008 - 15 Mar 2009

What was Victorian Sunderland like? A dirty, crowded, disease-ridden place where lives were short and hard, or a town of opportunity where fortunes could be made and life became more comfortable as the years went by?

Whichever kind of Sunderland was yours, this dynamic town was growing and changing much faster than ever before. Through objects, photographs, paintings and atmospheric settings, Boom Town brings you face to face with the people of Sunderland at an amazing time in the city's history.

Assisted by a grant from the Northern Rock Foundation.

Supported by Tyne & Wear Museums Business Partners and Friends of Sunderland Museums (FOSUMS).