Jersey Maritime Museum, Maritime museum in Saint Helier harbor, Jersey.
The Jersey Maritime Museum occupies a cluster of five connected 19th-century warehouses positioned directly on the harbor and contains objects related to seafaring in the Channel Islands. Inside, visitors see navigation tools, sailing equipment, and maritime artifacts that document commercial shipping and seafaring practices from past centuries.
The five linked warehouses on the New North Pier were built for let in 1889, after the pier itself was constructed in the 1880s during a States of Jersey harbour redevelopment. From 1945 they housed the harbour's customs and maintenance teams, and containerisation left them empty by the 1970s. The Friends of the Maritime Museum occupied them from 1992, and the museum opened in 1997.
The galleries dedicated to wartime occupation display needlework panels created by local residents, offering personal perspectives on how everyday life changed during the conflict. These works reflect how the community experienced and remembered those years.
The museum sits in five linked warehouses on the New North Pier, a pier built in the 1880s and turned into a marina from 1980. A memorial to Channel Islanders deported to Europe by the Germans stands outside the buildings, erected in 1996. The Occupation Tapestry hangs in its own gallery, with a thirteenth panel added in 2015.
The museum displays artefacts recovered from the burnt wrecks of ships in French Admiral Anne Hilarion de Tourville's fleet, lost at the 1692 Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue. The collection also covers the island's piracy and mercantile past.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 93,996 contributors worldwide.
