Martin Toft of the Société Jersiaise describes how archival research inspired him to travel to Brazil and Belize to discover more about Jersey’s links to the slave trade.  Find out more in our Trade Roots exhibition, now on at Jersey Museum, Art Gallery & Victorian House. 

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Keith McClelland of the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery discusses the evidence for Channel Islanders’ involvement in the slave trade.     Find out more in our Trade Roots exhibition, now on at Jersey Museum, Art Gallery & Victorian House.

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Professor Brycchan Carey of Northumbria University discusses 200 years of silence on the subject and encourages us all to question the past.

 Find out more in our Trade Roots exhibition, now on at Jersey Museum, Art Gallery & Victorian House.

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Discover the incredible love story of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, and their daring resistance work during the Occupation.

Claude Cahun (1894-1954) was an artist, photographer and writer. She is best known today for her surreal self-portrait photographs which show her dressed as different characters. Cahun questioned the accepted status-quo, particularly the position of women, through her art and in the way she lived her life.  Visit our website to keep reading.

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Explore the story of Seymour Tower and the magnificent wetlands site in which it stands, a mile off Jersey’s south-east coast.   Find out more about the history of Seymour Tower or why not stay at the Tower yourself?  Take a look at our website for details. 

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This Heritage Podcast explores the story of Howard D, Jersey’s first motor lifeboat, and the rest of the historic fleet on display outside the Maritime Museum.  Come and explore the Maritime Museum yourself, take a look at our website for opening times.

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Step behind the scenes at Jersey Archive and explore fascinating stories from the collection of  Aliens Registration Cards. From Breton farm workers to South American piano teachers, Jersey was a surprisingly international community in the 1920s when these immigration cards were created.

Jersey Archive is the Island’s national repository holding archival material from public institutions as well as private businesses and individuals. Winner of 'Record Keeping Service of the Year’ in the Archives and Records Association (ARA) Excellence Awards 2023.  You can visit Jersey Archive for free or use our Archive and Collections online resources for a subcription fee. Visit our website to find our more.

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Discover the history of the landmark Radio Tower that stands high on the cliffs at La Corbiere overlooking the lighthouse and Jersey’s dramatic south-west coastline. What were the many challenges of converting this concrete German tower into a unique holiday home?

Set on a clifftop overlooking Corbière lighthouse on Jersey’s south-west tip, the Radio Tower provides stunning self-catering accommodation over six floors and boasts a jaw-dropping 360-degree view from the lounge. Built during the Second World War by German Occupying Forces, the Tower has been sympathetically restored in a German modernist style.  Want to stay in Radio Tower?  Visit our website for details.

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Uncover the secrets of Jersey’s Cold War Bunker with some of the people who worked there in the 1980s. They describe its operation role and share their memories of the fateful night in 1986 when the Chernobyl accident threatened to turn a nuclear nightmare into reality.   

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