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Jersey Heritage once again have a busy schedule for 2022, including a new exhibition on the island's links with the slave trade and a discussion on the subject later this month.
An expert on the Transatlantic slave trade will be joining local researchers for a live audience discussion on the history and legacies of this chapter of European history on Thursday 20 January.
Newly-Opened Records talk
Pictured: The talk will take place at Jersey Archive, on Clarence Road.
At the start of every year, a host of closed records from years gone by are opened and their stories told. Join Director of Archives & Collections Linda Romeril for a talk about some of the records opened on 1 January 2022, which had been closed to public access for periods of 30, 75 and 100 years under Freedom of Information exemptions.
The talk is free, to book your place, call 833300 or email archives@jerseyheritage.org
(Image: Jersey Archive)
Pictured: Jean-Francois Manicom is the Lead Curator for Transatlantic Slavery & Legacies at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool.
Jean-Francois Manicom, Lead Curator, Transatlantic Slavery & Legacies at the International Slavery Museum, Liverpool, will be remotely joining a live audience in the AV Theatre at Jersey Museum for a talk about the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade.
Also online and taking part in the discussion will be Jade Ecobichon-Gray, a member of the Jersey Heritage Diversity Group and Guest Curator of the forthcoming ‘Trade Roots’ exhibition at Jersey Museum.
There will be a chance for audience members to ask questions of both Jean-Francois and Jade at the end.
The talk is free, places will be open for booking via Eventbrite from early January.
Pictured: The Archive Catalogue Online grows every year.
Hundreds of records are added to the Archive Catalogue Online (ACO) every year and this talk will take a look at what is new from the past 12 months.
The talk is free, to book your place, call 833300 or email archives@jerseyheritage.org
Pictured: Old and New St. John’s Road will be the focus of the first What’s Your Town’s Story? talks of 2022. (Courtesy of Société Jersiaise)
2022 sees a continuation of the popular series of free talks called What’s Your Town’s Story?, which were online during 2021 but will be in-person again at Jersey Archive this year.
Staff from the Archive have delved into records and found more fascinating stories to tell about areas of St. Helier and the communities who worked or lived in the town. They will focus on a different area every month, starting in March with Old and New St. John’s Road.
All the talks are free, to book your place, call 833300 or email archives@jerseyheritage.org
Pirates will be taking over the Maritime Museum over half term in February with five days of swashbuckling fun for the family! Kindly sponsored by Ogier.
Entry fee applies. Free to Jersey Heritage Members and children under the age of six.
Pictured: One of Harry Vardon's many medals.
This new charity golf day, sponsored by Oakbridge, will celebrate the achievements of Jersey golf icon Harry Vardon on the 150th anniversary of The Open Golf Championship.
As well as competing in the golf competition, participating teams will also have the chance to see and photograph themselves with Vardon’s medals, which are part of the Jersey Heritage collection and usually on display at Jersey Museum & Art Gallery.
There is only space for 24 teams for this one-off event that will get participants up close to some sporting history.
Email golf@jerseyheritage.org to find out more and book your place.
Pictured: The exhibition’s guest curator Jade Ecobichon-Gray and Vic Tanner Davy of Liberate in The Victorian House where ‘Trade Roots’ will be held.
This exhibition will explore Jersey’s historic links to slavery, from Islanders who owned mahogany plantations overseas and traded in slave-produced goods, to those who campaigned for the abolition of slavery. The opening date for the exhibition is on the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.
Entry fee applies. Free to Jersey Heritage Members and children under the age of six.
Pictured: The AJIG Visitor Centre opened in 2021.
The AJIG Visitor Centre, sponsored by Saltgate, is in the John de Veulle Gallery off the Museum concourse. It opened in 2021 and visitors can discover ways to explore the Island, which has been shaped by tide and time.
The Visitor Centre is part of a project to secure a UNESCO Global Geopark status for Jersey. Geoparks celebrate the links between the Earth and people, past and present. If successful, this designation will highlight the Island’s special culture that has developed in our beautiful landscapes and seascapes, on an international scale.
Entry is free. Donations welcome.
Pictured: The exhibition shines a light on the story of protest in Jersey, including the more recent Black Lives Matter movement.
Opened in 2021, the exhibition shines a light on the story of protest in Jersey and how it has shaped our lives today, from the ancient legal right of the clamour de haro, to the more recent Black Lives Matter movement.
It also marked the 250th anniversary of the legal reforms that came about as a result of the 1769 Corn Riots, when protestors forced their way into the Royal Court and demanded lower wheat prices and fairer government.
‘People, Power, Protest’ continues until 31 December 2022.
Entry fee applies. Free to Jersey Heritage Members and children under the age of six.
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