Jersey War Tunnels has announced it wants to build a new wartime museum as it also reveals it bought the Operation Nestegg document auctioned earlier this month.
A planned new museum on the current site in St Lawrence will display unseen archive stock and artefacts and wartime collectibles it hopes to add to its collections.
The expansion of its displays has already begun, with JWT securing a rare copy of the Operation Nestegg document that went under the hammer on Derbyshire recently.
The attraction hopes its plans will draw a wider range of tourists to the museum and to the island, in a bid to return to pre-pandemic visitor numbers.
Concept designs for a new museum at Jersey War Tunnels
JWT has revealed it has bought the super-rare Occupation-era documents detailing the Allies' plans to liberate the Channel Islands from Nazi rule.
They sold for £3,800 at auction in early August.
READ: Secret Allied plans to liberate Channel Islands to be auctioned
The 50-page document was found in a cardboard box in Derby in early 2025, with 'Top Secret, Most Secret' stamped on top on the folder.
Before the sale, Matt Crowson, military expert at Hansons auction house, told Channel 103:
"The document had been part of a dusty box of papers in a UK saleroom, the value of which was considered negligible.
"But on closer examination, the vendor came across a piece of WWII history detailing the freeing of the only Nazi-occupied area of the UK.”
'Personnel will embark and land in khaki working dress of regulation pattern.
'Officers in No. 5s, or working dress as convenient.
'All personnel will carry large and small packs, 2 days landing rations, water bottle (filled to capacity), mackintosh (or oilskin) ground sheet and Army type blanket.'
Jersey War Tunnels has also acquired three rare and original D-Day Landing Craft maps for Juno Beach, Gold Beach, and Sword Beach.
Owner Lance Trevellyan says they are 'absolutely delighted to have secured these exceptional items':
"Bringing the Operation Nestegg document and the D-Day maps home to the Channel Islands ensures they are preserved for future generations, rather than disappearing into private collections.
"Our mission has always been to protect and share the stories of the Occupation and Liberation, and acquisitions like these enhance our mission to place Jersey firmly on the map as a destination for world-class WWII history."
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