Eleven museums and heritage centres — six sited in St Peter Port, the rest scattered through Castel, Forest, St Andrew, St Pierre du Bois, and Alderney. Five are States-run under Guernsey Museums; one is a National Trust charity, the remainder privately or society-held. Six document the 1940-45 German occupation; five are military museums. —
Alderney·Attraction
Part of The Alderney Society
✦Active since 1966
Building is the Old St Anne's Public School, built in 1790 by Governor Jean Le Mesurier. The Alderney Society was founded in 1966 in the basement of the Island Hall. The States of Alderney offered the old school building at peppercorn rent. Volunteers renovated it and the museum…
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Anchors Folk & Costume Museum, Victorian Shop & Parlour on this lens. View The National Trust of Guernsey →
Castel·Attraction
St Peter Port·Attraction
St Peter Port·Attraction
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery is a division of the States of Guernsey in Candie Gardens, St Peter Port, featuring permanent galleries, temporary exhibitions, and a Discovery Room.
St Pierre du Bois·Attraction
St Peter Port·Attraction
St Peter Port·Attraction
Forest·Attraction
Opened in 1966 in an outbuilding on Richard Heaume's parents' farm; Heaume was born in 1944 during the occupation and grew up collecting shells and bullets from a former Luftwaffe firing range on the family farmland; continuously expanded since opening
St Andrew·Attraction
The German Underground Hospital (Ho.40) and Ammunition Store (Ho.7) were constructed by forced labourers during the German Occupation of Guernsey. Site work began in early 1942 and was largely complete by early 1944. 29,823m³ of rock was excavated and 9,053m³ of concrete poured…
St Peter Port
La Valette Underground Military Museum is an award-winning museum that covers aspects of Guernsey's history, mainly focusing on its military history, including WWI, the German Occupation 1940-45 and the island's Militia. The museum is set in a German Tunnel complex and features…
St Peter Port·Attraction
Built c.1800 by an English privateer. Purchased by Victor Hugo on 16 May 1856 using revenues from Les Contemplations. Hugo lived here during exile 1856-1870 and returned in 1872, 1875, and 1878. Donated to the City of Paris in March 1927 by Hugo's descendants (Jeanne, Jean, Marguerite, and François Hugo) during the centenary of Romanticism. Major renovation 2008-2009; interior restoration funded by François Pinault (£2.6 million) with reopening 7 April 2019.
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