Keep up to date with new stories and details of what our researchers are doing to preserve and promote Shetland's heritage and culture.
The Museum and Archives is managed by the Shetland Amenity Trust, a small charity caring for Shetland's natural and cultural heritage. It is free to visit the Museum and Archives and here we share our work with you through our blogs and news. Donations are welcomed to help the Trust care for the collections and our heritage both now and in the future.
Where is Shetland? Well, it depends who you ask. "In the north Atlantic" is the most likely answer, but it isn't the only one, ...
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In recent years there has been a lot of discussion about the ‘wulver’, Shetland’s ‘kind and generous werewolf’, as someone ...
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Between around 1615 and 1680 Shetland was afflicted by a mania that was disturbing other parts of Europe. Ordinary Shetlanders and ...
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We're all familiar with calendar customs. Those we have in Shetland today (with one notable exception in late January!) are identical ...
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The Shetland Museum and Archives are delighted to extend their learning programme online with the launch of a new video exploring the ...
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James Hunter Thomson came from Deepdale (born 1884). There isn’t much that comes from Deepdale now. Uninhabited lang syne, you get ...
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Sometime in the 1920s a middle-aged businessman in Lerwick began to write stories. He didn’t write about his native town. The hero ...
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We are saddened to hear of the passing of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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As part of the Between Islands project, Shetland’s new online exhibition, ‘Fair Game’ examines three customs that are now ...
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In 1843 White’s, a firm of Quaker shipbuilders, launched a schooner, 125 tons, 104ft x 22.5ft x 12ft, the Bohemian Girl.
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International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Here Jenny ...
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The Shetland Amenity Trust will reopen its doors to the public at the Shetland Museum and Archives this week following careful ...
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The weather has changed, the temperature risen, wind and rain are back, the frosty winter fun gone. In 1909 though, one organisation ...
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Some artefacts are interesting for what they tell us, and others are simply nice to look at. Here's one that's both. On the face of ...
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Pilot whales were important to islanders’ survival, providing many useful products. Subsistence whaling was unpredictable, because ...
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