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Jersey Museum
Tel : +44 (0) 1534 833300
Email: info@jerseyheritagetrust.org
Website: http://www.jerseyheritagetrust.org
Address: Jersey Museum The Weighbridge JE2 3NF St. Helier
A visit to the award-winning museum is an excellent start to any stay in Jersey. At Jersey Museum you will find the real history, traditions and culture of the Island explained using modern technology and dramatic displays, making it exciting and understandable for all the family. At the museum you’ll also find a restored Victorian merchant’s house to explore and paintings and sculptures from the Island’s art collection can be seen in the Barreau Le Maistre art gallery. Jersey Museum is the winner of two major national awards. From September 2008 to May 2009 Jersey Museum will host 'Mammoth Hunters', an interactive exhibition showing the lives of Ice Age Jersey-man.
Jersey War Tunnels
Tel : +44 (0) 1534 860808
Email: info@jerseywartunnels.com
Website: http://www.jerseywartunnels.com
Address: Jersey War Tunnels Les Charrieres Malorey JE3 1FU St. Lawrence
Jersey War Tunnels is a permanent reminder of the German Occupation of Jersey, which lasted almost five years until the island's liberation on 9th May 1945. The tunnel complex, formerly known as Höhlgangsanlage 8 (Ho8), now plays host to a series of galleries detailing Occupation history through the diverse experiences of those who lived through it. Visitors will be led through the events of evacuation, deportation, captivity and siege, to eventual liberation. The tunnel complex of Ho8, which took almost three and a half years to build, was excavated by forced and slave labourers from all over Europe, some of whom died from the terrible hardship they were made to endure. In addition to the main 'Captive Island' exhibition, Jersey War Tunnels is home to the Garden of Reflection, War Trail, Visitor Centre, Research Centre, Shop and Cafe. The latest addition to the tunnels is a sculpture by internationally renowned artist, Paul de Monchaux. Entitled 'Silence' it has been commissioned to commemorate the suffering endured by forced and slave labourers who worked on the construction of the Ho8 complex.
Maritime Museum
Tel : +44 (0) 1534 833300
Email: info@jerseyheritagetrust.org
Website: http://www.jerseyheritagetrust.org
Address: Maritime Museum St. Helier
Set in the historic harbour area of St.Helier, the Maritime Museum explores the sea and our relationship with it. It reflects on the experience of islanders and Jersey's Maritime heritage, both contemporary and historic. Explore the natural elements including the tides, wind, waves and coastline and discover the basic principles of boat design and propulsion. Living in an island means that people have spent the last 8,000 years building on their relationship with the sea. At the Maritime Museum you’ll see, hear and even smell human story of Jersey's maritime heritage. Before you leave, you will also have a chance to see restoration work being carried out on one of our historic boats in the boat workshop - you may even have some questions for the boat builder. Also located at the Maritime Museum is the Occupation Tapestry, made by the people of Jersey to commemorate the Liberation of Jersey from German Occupation during the Second World War.
Mont Orgueil Castle
Tel : +44 (0) 1534 833300
Email: info@jerseyheritagetrust.org
Website: http://www.jerseyheritagetrust.org
Address: Mont Orgueil Castle Gorey JE3 6ET St. Martin
Built in the thirteenth century to protect the Island against the French, this dramatic castle towers over the harbour at Gorey. This jewel in Jersey's crown is one of the best preserved castles in Britain and one of the most photographed sites in the Island. It makes the perfect back-drop for medieval drama and re-enactment with spectacular views over the island and across the sea to France. Exhibits throughout the castle show it's history, the medieval world in which the castle was built and the significance of the castle to Jersey over the past 800 years.
Pallot Steam, Motor & General Museum
Tel : +44 (0) 1534 865307
Email: info@pallotmuseum.co.uk
Website: http://www.pallotmuseum.co.uk
Address: Pallot Steam, Motor & General Museum Rue du Bechet JE3 5BE Trinity
This fascinating Museum is managed by a Trust which was established by its founder, the late Don Pallot, with the object of promoting the permanent preservation of the Island's mechanical heritage. Don spent his early days as a trainee engineer with the old Jersey Railway. Later on, working as an agricultural and contracting engineer, he began collecting what he could of our mechanical heritage. There is no doubt that but for his steady interest, maintained over many years, much that is on view today would have been lost forever. So, whatever the weather, we invite you to take a step back in time and enjoy at your leisure the vast and varied collection of steam locos and engines, vintage, commercial, military and classic vehicles, bicycles and toys, tractors, barn engines, agricultural implements and other machinery, nostalgic photographs including the Jersey railways, Jersey Road Races and transport history, paraffin lamps and domestic items, a variety of organs, including a pipe church and Compton theatre organ and numerous items of memorabilia all housed within the absorbing Museum which has seating if you want a little rest. A real walk down memory lane with something to interest all ages.
