To celebrate International Women’s Day 2024 we shine a light on Ann Harriet Pottinger, née Hunter, one of many unsung, hard-working ...
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One of the results of years of peat-cutting in Shetland is that occasionally interesting objects are revealed. So it was the case in ...
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Our bog butter is going 'home' for the season - and will be on display in the Old Haa, Yell as part of their summer exhibition about ...
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We are delighted to celebrate volunteers' week (1 - 7 June) and take time out to thank our fantastic volunteers Mike and Jenny.
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We are delighted to see the launch of this beautiful Fair Isle Shetland jumper as part of clothing company TOAST new autumn ...
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Women, and sometimes children and men, have been covering their heads and faces in public since ancient times. Not so very long ago ...
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It’s a sad fact that after working with hundreds of examples of Shetland fine knitted lace over the years, it takes something very ...
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Lace shawls with the largest number of complex designs get the most admiration, but there is another class of Shetland lace that is ...
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One of the most dramatic pieces of lace knitting in our collection is an oddly-shaped red and white striped flat textile (TEX 7780). ...
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An important part of the Lace Assessment Project is to catalogue each object to a level where its description will distinguish it from ...
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Our project team for the Lace Assessment Project is myself as Project Leader, Tracey Hawkins, our trusted and dynamic Collections ...
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Some of the most often heard sounds in our first floor gallery are the oohs and aahs from visitors viewing Shetland fine knitted lace. ...
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