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Door of 9 Pier Road, Saint Helier, Jersey – house given to La Société Jersiaise for use as museum (now part of the Jersey Museum). Motto over door reads: Fier coum Cyrus, mes viers garçons, j'vos ouvre l'us, l'us d'ma caumine (Proud as Cyrus, my old boys, I open to you the door, the door of my cottage)
St Helier (/ ˈ h ɛ l i ər /; Jèrriais: Saint Hélyi; French: Saint-Hélier) is the capital of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel.It is the most populous of the twelve parishes of Jersey, with a population of 35,822, [4] over one-third of the island's total population.
The museum is sited in a set of five linked warehouses on the New North Pier in Saint Helier. [1] [2] The pier was constructed in the 1880s as part of a redevelopment of the harbour by the States of Jersey. The warehouses were built, for let, in 1889.
Jersey Heritage is an independent trust in Jersey which is responsible for the island's major historic sites, museums, and public archives. It holds collections of artefacts, works of art, documents, specimens, and information relating to Jersey's history, culture, and environment. The trust was formally registered in Jersey on 3 June 1983.
Jersey Museum and Art Gallery: St Helier: Local: Operated by Jersey Heritage: Hamptonne Country Life Museum: St Lawrence: Country life: Operated by Jersey Heritage, owned by the National Trust for Jersey: Jersey War Tunnels: St Lawrence: Military: Tunnels built by the occupying German forces from 1941 - 1945 Elizabeth Castle: St Helier: Castle ...
The face of St Helier as sculpted on the 1978 monument La Croix de la Reine in St Helier. Saint Helier Harbour is named after Helier (or Helerius), a 6th-century ascetic hermit from Belgium. The traditional date of his martyrdom is AD 555. His feast day, marked by an annual municipal and ecumenical pilgrimage to the Hermitage, is on 16 July.
Charming Betty ascending the slipway at Elizabeth Castle, Saint Helier. Today, Jersey Heritage administers the site as a museum. Among the historical displays is the regimental museum of the Royal Jersey Militia that holds several centuries of military memorabilia.
Mont Orgueil has been managed as a museum site since 1929. During the Second World War German occupation (1940–1945), the castle was occupied by the Germans. Initially a small picket was installed on the top of the Keep and the Gardien of the castle, Captain Joe Dorey, was allowed to stay in his cottage in the Lower Ward.