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A team of archaeologists are in Jersey this week to begin an ambitious survey on foot of a former Ice Age landscape off the south east coast of the Island.

Jersey Heritage is celebrating all things ‘prehistory’ at the end of the month with a week full of activities for different parts of the community to enjoy.

The monthly events will showcase pieces from the collections not currently on display, including works of art, textiles, parchments and archaeological material.

We all love a good story and there will be plenty being told at Jersey Heritage sites over Easter to entertain families during the school holidays.

The team at Jersey Archive will continue to share stories about the history of St Helier with a second series of monthly talks about life in the Island’s capital.

Grab your cutlass and your eye patch – the pirates are coming! It’s been a while since they last set foot on these shores but they will be at the Maritime Museum this half term.

Jersey Heritage is looking for a new falconer to continue captivating visitors at the Castle.

Islanders have the opportunity to hear some of the fascinating stories that have been locked away for the past 100 years in the 1921 census.

Records opened to the public after 100 years give an insight into life in Jersey at the beginning of 1920s, with changing attitudes towards education making an impact on Islanders’ lives.

A series of small but beautiful paintings by one of Jersey’s most highly-regarded 19^th century painters, Philip John Ouless, has been added to the Jersey Heritage art collection.

Jersey Heritage is looking for three Islanders with diverse skills and backgrounds to sit on an independent panel that oversees its work to preserve Jersey’s unique recorded cultural history.

The ‘AJIG Prospectus’ sets out 19 points of action, which range from working with different areas of the community, such as schools and the parishes, to the development of a geotourism offering for Jersey. Other actions include the creation of a new Scientific Committee to serve as a link between the Aspiring Geopark and academia; new signage at sites of geological interest; and increased access to these sites, where possible, whether physical or digital.

Jersey Heritage is extending the opening times at its historic sites this winter to offer more opportunities for Islanders and visitors to enjoy the Island’s history.

The ‘Jersey Heritage Report on Legacies of Transatlantic Slavery in Jersey’ is published today (14 October) to coincide with Black History Month. It details the Island’s links to the transatlantic slavery trade and considers how that knowledge could be shared in the future. It is the first of a series of reports that will share research about previously excluded voices from the Island’s history.

This year’s event, which is sponsored by Ogier, takes place over the weekend of 16-17 October between 10am-5pm. It will be a slightly smaller version of itself but will include dancing, delicious local food and plenty of fun family activities, as well as the all-important apple pressing by Jersey Heritage volunteers.

Islanders who discover something in Jersey that might be of historical interest have a new person to contact, following the appointment of Perry Mesney as Jersey Heritage’s Finds Liaison Officer (FLO).

Jersey Heritage is celebrating a year of development and innovation at the Archive despite the global pandemic, with staff adapting and providing online solutions to ensure continued access to the Island’s records.

How do you squeeze 600 million years of history into a short walk along St Ouen’s Bay? The answer is to make every step represent half a million years!

Dav Smith, from University of York’s Archaeology Department, and fellow archaeologist Susan Brook are at the Castle this week surveying historic buildings so that all the necessary conservation information is available for when funding is granted to start phase one of the vital restoration project.

‘People! Power! Protest!’ opens on Monday, 19 July and will explore the story of protest in Jersey, from the Corn Riots of 1769 to the Black Lives Matter movement of 2020.