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You can explore our collections through curated digital resources or full catalogue listings via Jersey’s shared heritage database.

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Publications

Since its foundation in 1873, the Société has used publishing as means to share knowledge of Jersey’s history, culture and environment. Our publishing output forms a key part of our educational purpose.

Library

The Lord Coutanche Library supports the work of the Société Jersiaise by collecting and preserving material relating to Jersey's history, prehistory and natural environment.

Photographic Archive

The Photographic Archive (SJPA) contains over 125,000 items dating from the mid-1840s to the present day. It is the Island’s principal collection of nineteenth and early twentieth-century photography

Field Archaeology

The Société Jersiaise archaeologist is privately funded by a generous benefactor, which is a wonderful gift, for which the Société Jersiaise are extremely grateful.
Blog Series

The Polymath’s Journey
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Lithophilia: For the love of sound and stone
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The Philosophical Toy
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Inaugural Société bursary supports major marine monitoring project
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Rules & Reports

Lord Coutanche Library closure

The library will be closed due to staff training on Thursday 10th, Monday 14th and Thursday 17th October. Further closure dates will follow on Monday

Visite du Conseil Scientifique et Culturel des Parlers Normands / Norman Language Scientific Council visit

In September, members of the Conseil Scientifique et Culturel des Parlers Normands (Norman Language Scientific Council) lead by Geraint Jennings, visited the Lord Coutanche Library.