http://www.museums.gov.gg/index.htm Guernsey Museums & Galleries is a service provided by the government of Guernsey, one of the British Crown Dependencies known as the Channel Islands. As part of a Culture & Leisure Department, our service runs eight museums at four locations and is responsible for some eighty historic sites around the island. en-GB http://www.museums.gov.gg/images/256logo2.gif http://www.museums.gov.gg/index.htm http://www.museums.gov.gg/artofmonth11s.htm http://www.museums.gov.gg/artofmonth11s.htm Each month the museum highlights a single artwork, either from our own collection or from a living local artist. This allows for a focused (and free-of-charge) exploration of the individual work, away from the distractions of the main museum. The work for December 2011 is an appropriately seasonal depiction of the Annunciation by a 19th century Italian School artist. Alan Howell 2011-12-01 http://www.museums.gov.gg/download/Easter2011.pdf http://www.museums.gov.gg/download/Easter2011.pdf It's that time of year again and the Guernsey History in Action Company are limbering up to provide a full programme of stories to both entertain and inform you about Guernsey's colourful past. The action will all be in Castle Cornet and the link below will provide full details of the planned weekend schedule. Alan Howell 2011-04-13 http://www.museums.gov.gg/download/MUSGUIDE2011.pdf http://www.museums.gov.gg/download/MUSGUIDE2011.pdf Now available - a PDF version of our printed guide which will be distributed widely throughout the island and freely available from our sites. It contains full details of all our activities for the 2011 season. Please note this is a 1.36Mb download. Alan Howell 2011-02-02 http://www.museums.gov.gg/Exhibitions.htm#WPY2010 http://www.museums.gov.gg/Exhibitions.htm#WPY2010 The Brian White Gallery has been given a subtle makeover for the new season and opened in style with the stunning Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition. As we have come to expect from this high quality exhibition organised by the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine, it features some of the best wildlife and environmental photography in the world. Prepare to be entertained and amazed but also to have your conscience pricked at some of man's activities towards the natural world. Alan Howell 2011-02-01 http://www.museums.gov.gg/artofmonth11s.htm http://www.museums.gov.gg/artofmonth11s.htm Each month the museum highlights a single artwork, either from our own collection or from a living local artist. This allows for a focused (and free-of-charge) exploration of the individual work, away from the distractions of the main museum. The work for February 2011 is a work by the late Larry Ham, a Guernsey-based modernist painter who achieved a considerable local following. An illustrated booklet about his work has recently been published and is available from the museum shop. Alan Howell 2011-02-01 http://www.museums.gov.gg/p-choice/index.html http://www.museums.gov.gg/p-choice/index.html The votes are in and counted in our People's Choice ballot. First was 'The Tree of Life' by Peter Le Vasseur; second, 'Petit Port' by William Trost Richards; third, 'View of St Peter Port from First Tower' attributed to Peter Le Lievre; fourth, 'The Venus Pool' by William Toplis and fifth, 'Surrealist Defences' by Chris Foss. Follow the link to see if you agree with the choices made! Alan Howell 2010-11-30 http://www.flickr.com/groups/guernsey_museum http://www.flickr.com/groups/guernsey_museum The Guernsey Museums & Galleries service now has a presence on Flickr! Historic Sites Curator Helen Glencross established this to showcase the entries from our recent photography competition. We will be adding images of events at our museums and sites to the Group Pool and would be delighted if visitors did the same. (If you are viewing this page within our website the link above will generate a message about Flickr not opening in a frame and offer a link which will take you away from our site. Copy and Paste the following address - http://www.flickr.com/groups/guernsey_museum - into the address bar of a new tab if you would like to open our Flickr content in a new browser window) Alan Howell 2010-06-03 http://www.museums.gov.gg/Guernsey-Museums-Photography-Competition-2010.html http://www.museums.gov.gg/Guernsey-Museums-Photography-Competition-2010.html In conjunction with the recently-launched Guernsey Photography Festival, we are offering a chance to win a day out with a Guernsey Press photographer, plus cameras and vouchers donated by Guernsey Photographics, a place on a photography workshop with Jean Christophe Godet and Photography Masterclass DVD's donated by Karl Taylor. Alan Howell 2010-03-04 http://www.museums.gov.gg/what's%20On%20Now.htm http://www.museums.gov.gg/what's%20On%20Now.htm The temporary exhibition galleries at Guernsey Museums & Galleries are currently closed for the installation of our next exhibition - Occupied Behind Barbed Wire - which opens on 13 March 2010. The permanent display galleries and other facilities remain open and the admission fee is reduced by GBP1.00 until the temporary exhibition spaces re-open. Alan Howell 2010-03-01 http://www.museums.gov.gg/exhibitions.htm http://www.museums.gov.gg/exhibitions.htm A full listing of our exhibitions for the current year - with links to pages about other events and activities at our sites is now online. Alan Howell 2010-01-15 http://www.museums.gov.gg/cfapps/artofday_detail.cfm http://www.museums.gov.gg/cfapps/artofday_detail.cfm Each day of the year a single artwork from the collection is featured at the head of our website home page. The Art of the Day database is searchable by artists' name, keyword and the date within the current year when the image will appear on the website. This link goes straight to the detail page for today's image. Alan Howell 2010-01-01 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=171813732427 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=171813732427 Guernsey Museums & Galleries now have a Facebook Group. Access and Learning Manager Jo Dowding is heading up this new venture which now has 163 members. Jo is keen to keep the group informed about the museum's activities and to respond to members' comments, so join today and become one of our informal Friends. Search for Guernsey Museums in Facebook Groups or take the link from the menu area of our website homepage to find us. Alan Howell 2010-03-04