Event Calendar

Meet the Castle Gunner at Elizabeth Castle, every weekday from 11am to 3.30pm.

GUNNER GILLMAN

Tuesday, Wednesday,  Thursday and Friday

11am to 3.30pm in April

10am to 4pm from May to end September

It’s the year 1781, just months after the legendary battle of Jersey.  Gunner Gillman for the Royal Artillery Invalid Battalion, will captivate you with an account of the battle and tell you stories from the Castle’s dramatic past.  But, be prepared to  be drafted into the Midday Parade and witness the firing of the musket and cannon….it will be an experience to remember.

GUNNER BLAKE

Saturdays 11am to 2pm

Gunner Blake will delight you with tales of his mother’s bean crock, among other delicacies, as he unravels the threads of Jersey’s history.  His skilled gunnery will ensure that you learn how to lead the signal gun in a way which will pack a punch when fired!

GUNNER BELL

Wednesdays 10am to 4pm

Don’t be fooled by Gunner Bell’s impeccable manners and jolly disposition….a lifetime career in His Majesty’s service has hardened Gunner Bell to the wit and humour of the cheekiest of recruits.  His clear-cut demonstrations of cannon and musket fire are something to marvel at.  Gunner Bell does not visit the Castle every week, to avoid disappointment please call Elizabeth Castle on +44 (0)1534 723 971

An exhibition at Jersey Archive to mark the Platinum Jubilee.

To mark the Platinum Jubilee, a FREE exhibition at Jersey Archive exploring the Royal Visits of the Monarch to our Island before and during her 70 years on the throne. Using images from the Jersey Evening Post Photo Archive and documents from the archive.

Jersey Archive is open Monday to Thursday, 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm.

Vince Thorne is delighted to announce his upcoming second solo photographic exhibition ‘The Art of Light’ which will open at The Harbour Gallery Jersey in St Aubin on Thursday 22nd September and continue until 13th October.Vince is a well-established local Jersey photographer, best known for his breath-taking landscape and wedding photography in addition to portraiture work including his most recent photographic competition ‘Child of the Year 2022’, voting for which will be open at the beginning of October.’The Art of Light’ is a photographic exhibition featuring Vince’s work from various stages of his photographic career as it has evolved over time. Talking about the exhibition, Vince explains “Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever. It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”The exhibition features a range of subjects all displaying various types of natural and man-made lighting from the tranquillity and colour of local Jersey scenery, vibrant still life imagery and dramatic architecture to rich and evocative night-time photography.Reflecting on his latest body of work, Vince said “Let’s travel into the past to see where my passion started and on into the present. I look for the new and the unusual along with photographic excellence.”The exhibition will officially open on Thursday 22nd September from 6.30pm to 8pm and along with a silent auction and exclusive limited-edition prints for sale on the evening, a raffle will be run in aid of Art in the Frame Foundation, the managing charity of The Harbour Gallery.

The exhibition continues until 13th October from 10am to 4.30pm daily.

ABOUT VINCE THORNE BESPOKE PHOTOGRAPHY: Vince is a well-respected, professional freelance photographer, based in St Helier, Jersey. Specialising in a variety of areas, from weddings to portrait, landscape and commercial photography, his distinctive, contemporary style of work, is expressed through his stunning and imaginative visuals. For Vince, photography is much more than just taking a photo, being able to capture a specific moment, that you can look back on for years to come, is just like travelling in time. More information can be found at www.vincethorne.com.

Vince Thorne

07797 753213

[email protected]

www.theharbourgalleryjersey.com

Your chance to see some of the unique, beautiful, unusual and sometimes commonplace objects, works of art, archives, textiles and archaeological material cared for by Jersey Heritage, dating from the Ice Age to the present day.

1 October at Sir Francis Cook Gallery
All things maritime, from marine salvage and archaeology to model ships and shipping charts.

The collections that Jersey Heritage look after comprise hundreds of thousands of items, including archaeology, social history objects, art and archive material. The majority of these collections are stored in one of our object stores or at the Jersey Archive, while some items can be seen on display at our visitor sites.

Our ‘Meet the Collections’ events will give members of the public the opportunity to see some of the fascinating items in our collections that are not usually on display at one of our sites. With a different theme each month, our collections team will be selecting some of their favourite objects to show and will be on hand at these events to talk to the public about what these objects are, where they came from and what they can tell us about our Island’s history.

Come along and see something different from the collection. All events will be open from 10am-2pm and are free to attend.