The Jersey Museum is home to a 19th century merchant’s house, which has been completely renovated to show how it would have functioned 200 years ago.

The house was originally built around 1818 for a wealthy local shipping merchant, Phillippe Nicolle, and would have had a ground-floor entrance straight onto the quayside, where the Weighbridge now stands. It was one on the first homes in the Island to benefit from gas lighting, which was introduced into Jersey in the 1830s.

The Museum also tells the story of Jersey throughout the ages. It charts the history of the people who have made Jersey what it is after living here for over a quarter of a million years. There is a chance to find our about our oldest industry – farming – and, of course, our pure breed of cattle, the Jersey cow.

The Heritage Trust are currently looking for a permanent home for the Millennium Mosaic, a massive community art project, created by thousands of gluey fingers. The mosaic has been made as a series of panels, each showing a scene of Jersey life now and in the future. Small glass tiles were put in place by more than 21,000 people over a period of two years and the result is a piece of community art that is probably the largest – and certainly the most ambitious – ever created in the Island.

There is also an extensive art gallery and an audio visual theatre in the museum.