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The Maritime Museum is located in Saint Helier, Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is housed in a set of five 19th-century warehouses and was opened in 1997. It is housed in a set of five 19th-century warehouses and was opened in 1997.
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 Jersey Archive, established in 1993, [2] 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 It has the responsibility of cataloging and storing historical documents and works of art, [3] and to make archived items available to the public.
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.
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.
A train running on the standard gauge railway. A 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge railway operates around the perimeter of the museum site. A Victorian style station was re-constructed using surviving elements of Snow Hill railway station, St Helier, and officially opened on Liberation Day 1996 by Senator Dick Shenton.
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)
Hohlgangsanlage 8 (often abbreviated to Ho8, also known as the German Underground Hospital or the Jersey War Tunnels) was a partially completed underground hospital complex in St. Lawrence, Jersey, built by German occupying forces during the occupation of Jersey during World War II. Over 1 km (1,100 yd) of tunnels were completed.