Alderney Museum Alderney Museum No Data

Description


The museum has a small and eclectic collection of artefacts related to the island, from flints and stones used by the very first settlers to the island up to the modern day, with - unsurprisingly, a large collection of items relating to the war. The museum tells the history of the island including the murky period during WWII when it was evacuated of all the inhabitants and turned into the only concentration camp in the British Isles. Records show that definitely 1000 and maybe as many as 3000+ people died on the island during the war either as slave workers or from the conditions they were forced to live in.

Charge


Small Charge

Getting There


Latitude: 49.713838; Longitude: -2.204604
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Photos


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Web Link


www.alderneymuseum.org
Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (15/08/2004), and on time of last update (05/09/2004) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.