History & heritage
Jersey Heritage
We are Jersey Heritage, our charity is dedicated to protecting Jersey’s unique culture and heritage.
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We are Jersey Heritage and we’re here to share our island’s fascinating stories and places. We’re here to care for our unique history. We’re here to help you find your place in the story. And we’re here to make sure that these stories keep getting told.
We hold collections of artefacts, works of art, documents, specimens and information relating to Jersey's history, culture and environment. These collections define the island, hold the evidence for its historical development and act as the community's memory.
We look after the following visitor sites; Jersey Museum, Maritime Museum, Mont Orgueil Castle, Elizabeth Castle, La Hougue Bie and Hamptonne. We also manage Jersey Archive.
We are open all year round.
| Monday: | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Tuesday: | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Wednesday: | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Thursday: | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Friday: | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Saturday: | closed |
| Sunday: | closed |
- Indoor
- Outdoor
- Family friendly
- Couples
- Wheelchair access
- Hearing loop
Location
Jersey Heritage
Jersey Museum, The Weighbridge
Jersey
St. Helier
JE2 3NG
Offers and events
Winter Warmer Discounts | Heritage Lets
Enjoy up to 40% off midweek stays in amazingly unique accommodation! T&Cs apply.
Jersey Heritage
Available: 5th Jan 2026 ‐ 3rd Apr 2026
Jersey’s Royal Charters
Jersey Heritage
Our 'Jersey Royal Charters' banner exhibition is in residence in the Undercroft at Mont Orgueil Castle. The castle's ancient links with the Crown make it the perfect site to explore the history of the charters granted to the island from Edward III onwards.
Dec 06 2025 ‐ Dec 31 2026
Seeing The Light Exhibition
Jersey Heritage
Inspired by the exceptional properties of the light in Jersey, which have made it home to artists over the centuries, this FREE exhibition is a rare chance to view works from the Jersey Heritage collection that see the light in different ways
Dec 06 2025 ‐ Dec 27 2025
Life After Liberation Exhibition
Jersey Heritage
To mark the 80th anniversary of Liberation, this special exhibition examines the many challenges and opportunities Jersey faced following its release from five long years of German occupation.
Dec 06 2025 ‐ Sep 13 2026
Liberation 80: A Day to Remember
Jersey Heritage
Immerse yourself in this captivating ten-minute projected film, ‘A Day to Remember’. As the magnificent events unfold, we hear from islanders who witnessed them, as well as evacuees in England and deportees in Germany.
Dec 06 2025 ‐ May 17 2026
Farming After Liberation Exhibition
Jersey Heritage
Head to Hamptonne Country Life Museum and experience a small exhibition that tells the Occupation story of the historical site and examines how farming recovered after Liberation.
Dec 06 2025 ‐ May 17 2026
Meet the Jersey Heritage Collection
Jersey Heritage
A chance to get behind the scenes and take a closer look at objects and artwork in the Island's collection. Your chance to see some of the weird, wonderful, and sometimes commonplace, objects that make up the social history, art, textiles, archaeology and archive collections cared for by Jersey Heritage.
Dec 13 2025
Free Talks at Jersey Archive
Jersey Heritage
Discover the stories of local schools, the teachers and staff who worked there, the pupils who started their journeys in the classroom and the surrounding community in a series of free talks by Jersey Archive staff.
Dec 20 2025
Cold War Bunker Tour
Jersey Heritage
A rare opportunity to tour Lé Bunkèr d’la Fraide Dgèrre, a Second World War German communications bunker transformed into a Cold War nuclear fallout communications centre.
Dec 19 2025 ‐ Jan 05 2026
La Tèrr’rie d’Jèrri
Jersey Heritage
La Tèrr’rie d’Jèrri - d's histouaithes dé not' Île / Being Jersey - stories of our Island. A new free exhibition at Jersey Museum. Jersey is a special island. It is tiny – a small dot on the world map. But its size belies the breadth of its unique and varied heritage.
Dec 06 2025 ‐ Dec 31 2025
The Heritage Pass
Unlimited access to Jersey Heritage visitor sites for 7 days.
Jersey Heritage
Available: 1st Mar 2024 ‐ 31st Dec 2025
From: £29.60
Searching for Jersey’s Celts
Jersey Heritage
In 2012, the world's largest Celtic hoard was discovered buried in a field in Jersey. This exhibition explores what might have led people to bury a hoard of 70,000 coins and jewellery in Jersey, 2000 years ago and looks closely at some of the items found within the hoard.
Dec 06 2025 ‐ Dec 31 2026
