Museums Heritage Centres

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…

First opened in 1968 with a collection of traditional farm implements donated by Advocate Walter Langlois, growing into a rich representation of Guernsey folk and island life. Set within 18th century stable complex of Saumarez Park.

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

Built as a house by Sark's first Seigneur Helier De Carteret in the 1560s on the site of older church buildings and a 12th-century cemetery. Around 1620 his grandson adapted it for cider making with a press and horse-drawn crusher. Later served as armoury and arsenal until…

Built 1804 as military defence during Napoleonic Wars by Thomas Henry of Clos du Valle. Sold by War Office to States of Guernsey in 1891 for £185. Used by German forces in WW2 (Widerstandsnest Graur Turm). Restored and converted to shipwreck museum in 1976.

Opened in 1978 combining collections from three former island museums. The design incorporates the old Victorian bandstand from the garden and won the British Museum of the Year Award in 1979. The Rona Cole Art Gallery was added in 2012, named after Helen Rona Cole, the first…

Housed in the 1841 Girls' School building, shared with Sark's Tourism Office/Visitor Centre. Maintains comprehensive herbarium for Sark since 1980. Discovered previously unknown bat species in 2023. Compiled CD of recordings of Sark's Norman French language in 2009. Published…

Built c. 1206-1256 as a Norman castle on a tidal island. Survived French sieges (1338, 1380), held for Royalists during the English Civil War for 9 years (1642-1651), keep destroyed by lightning strike on magazine in 1672 killing the Governor's wife. Used by German forces in…

Last operational German naval Signals HQ, running until Liberation Day 9 May 1945. Used Enigma code machines that were being decoded by Bletchley Park. Part of the Atlantic Wall fortification system. The nearby La Collinette Hotel served as the HQ of the German Naval Commander…

Believed to be the earliest complete medieval building in St. Peter Port. Acquired by the National Trust of Guernsey in 1983 and restored as a Victorian-era shop with original artefacts including a traditional wooden till.

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…

Alderney Library is a volunteer-run community library on Alderney, offering book lending, a Channel Islands reference section, a children's area, audio books, photocopying, and broadband access. It houses the Alderney Bayeux Tapestry and is linked to Guernsey Library for new…

Rona Cole Art Gallery is a permanent gallery within the Guernsey Museum at Candie in St Peter Port, established in 2012 and named after Helen Rona Cole (1938–1994), the museum's first director. It holds approximately 200 artworks from the museum's collection, arranged…

La Valette Underground Military Museum is a museum housed within former German military tunnels in St Peter Port. It offers visitors insight into Guernsey's military history, with a particular focus on the island's occupation during World War II. The museum serves both residents…