Guernsey Museums and Art Galleries

(Guernsey, Channel Islands, British Isles)

The island of Guernsey is rich in culture and known for its countless different traditions and exports, with many of its best museums and art galleries being either free or quite inexpensive. The history of the Guernsey Milk Can is explored at the Edwardian Tin and Coppersmith at the Sausmarez Manor, while precious diamonds and jewels can be seen at the island's Diamond Museum, in St. Sampsons.

An important time in Guernsey's history was during the Second World War, and this period shaped much of the coastline, with the erection of lookout towers and forts. This time is remembered at the German Occupation Museum, La Vallette Underground Military Museum, at the renovated gun site of Fort Hommet Gun Casemate, and also at the rather unusual and unexpected German Military Underground Hospital, a vast construction carved out of solid rock during the early 1940s.


Learn more about the island at the National Trust of Guernsey Folk Museum, which is housed within the grounds of an old country house and clearly illustrates how life was led some 100 years ago.

Art lovers will appreciate spending some time at the Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery at Candie Gardens, which is actually based around the garden's Victorian bandstand and contains a wealth of Victorian artefacts, along with a cafe boasting excellent views stretching across the harbour as far as the neighbouring islands.

Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery

Address: Candie Gardens, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 1UG, Channel Islands, CI
Tel: +44 01481 726518

Edwardian Tin and Coppersmith

Address: Sausmarez Manor, Sausmarez Road, St. Martin, Guernsey, GY4 6SG, Channel Islands, CI
Tel: +44 01481 233339

Fort Grey and Shipwreck Museum

Address: Rocquaine Bay, Guernsey, GY7 9BY, Channel Islands, CI
Tel: +44 01481 265036

Fort Hommet Gun Casemate

Address: Fort Hommet Headland, Vazon, Castel, Guernsey, Channel Islands, CI
Tel: +44 01481 238205

Guernsey Diamond Museum

Address: Ray and Scott Jewellers, The Bridge, St. Sampsons, Guernsey, GY2 4QN, Channel Islands, CI
Tel: +44 01481 244610

German Military Underground Hospital

Address: Les Eperons, La Vassalerie, Guernsey, GY6 8XR, Channel Islands, CI
Tel: +44 01481 239100

German Occupation Museum

Address: Les Houards, Forest, Guernsey, GY8 0BG, Channel Islands, CI
Tel: +44 01481 238205

La Vallette Underground Military Museum

Address: La Vallette, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 1AX, Channel Islands, CI
Tel: +44 01481 722300

National Trust of Guernsey Folk Museum

Address: Sausmarez Park, Castel, Guernsey, GY5 7UJ, Channel Islands, CI
Tel: +44 01481 255384

National Trust of Guernsey Victorian Shop and Parlour

Address: 26 Cornet Street, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 1LF, Channel Islands, CI
Tel: +44 01481 728451

Telephone Museum

Address: Castel, Guernsey, Channel Islands, CI
Tel: +44 01481 726518