Jersey Heritage is an independent

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Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...

which is responsible for the island's major historic sites,

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

s, and public

archive An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...

s. It holds collections of artefacts, works of art, documents, specimens, and information relating to Jersey's

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

culture Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tyl ...

, and environment. The trust was formally registered in Jersey on 3 June 1983. The trust is financed by an annual grant from the

States of Jersey The States Assembly (french: Assemblée des États; Jèrriais: ) is the parliament of Jersey, formed of the island's 37 deputies and the Connétable of each of the twelve parishes. The origins of the legislature of Jersey lie in the system o ...

, and self-generated income.

Properties managed

Jersey Museum and Art Gallery

The Jersey Museum and Art Gallery is located at Weighbridge Place, in St Helier.

Jersey Archive

The Jersey Archive, established in 1993, is located in a building on Clarence Road, in St Helier. It has the responsibility of cataloging and storing historical documents and works of art, and to make archived items available to the public. This includes the initial examination of the

Grouville Hoard The Grouville Hoard is a hoard of an estimated 70,000 late Iron Age and Roman coins reported in June 2012. They were discovered by metal detectorists Reg Mead and Richard Miles in a field at an undisclosed location in the parish of Grouville on ...

, found in 2012. The research staff at the facility will assist anyone with local research on subjects such as

family history Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their Lineage (anthropology), lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family a ...

, the history of buildings, and the occupation of the Channel Islands.

Other properties managed

* Jersey Maritime Museum, New North Quay, St Helier *Occupation Tapestry Gallery at the Maritime Museum *

Mont Orgueil Castle Mont Orgueil ( French for 'Mount Pride') is a castle in Jersey that overlooks the harbour of Gorey. It is also called Gorey Castle by English-speakers, and ''lé Vièr Châté'' (the Old Castle) by Jèrriais-speakers.The castle is first called 'M ...

Gorey Gorey () is a market town in north County Wexford, Ireland. It is beside the main M11 Dublin to Wexford road. The town is also connected to the railway network along the same route. Local newspapers include the ''Gorey Guardian''. As a growi ...

* Elizabeth Castle, St Helier * Hamptonne Country Life Museum *

La Hougue Bie La Hougue Bie is a historic site, with museum, in the Jersey parish of Grouville. La Hougue Bie is depicted on the 2010 issue Jersey pound, Jersey 1 pound note. Toponymy ''Hougue'' is a Jèrriais/Cotentin variant form of the more common Norm ...

Seymour Tower Seymour Tower is a coastal defence tower built on a rocky tidal island called L'Avarison, located 2 km (1.25 miles) east of the shoreline of Jersey, an area included in Jersey's South-East coast Ramsar site. Acquired by Jersey Heritage i ...

*La Rocco tower *Fisherman's Cottage, St Helier *Marine Peilstand 2, also known as ''Radio Tower'' *La Crête Fort *La Tour Cârrée *L’Etacquerel Fort *Fort Leicester, 19th century fort *Lewis Tower *Kempt Tower *Archirondel Tower *Barge Aground, seaside folly built in the 1930s

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