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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

Through the lens of Jersey’s Renaissance Man
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“An invaluable record of our cultural heritage”
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“Archaeology is a resource that will potentially disappear”
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Take a picture, it’ll last longer: Photo archiving as a love letter to our Island Home
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News

Photo-Archive Temporary Closure

July 31, 2023
5:28 am

Due to staff illness, the Photographic Archive is closed today Monday 31st July. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes and we hope to be open as usual from Wednesday 2nd August.

Please email photoarchive@societe.je for further information.

The SJPA 2023 Donation Highlights

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The Seaflower Venture

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