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Keep up to date with new stories and details of what our researchers are doing to preserve and promote Shetland's heritage and culture.

Textiles Collection Announced as Recognised Collection of National Status

November 15th 2013

Shetland Museum & Archives’ Textiles Collection has been awarded Recognised status by Museums Galleries Scotland, under its ...

August 20th 2013

Shetland Museum and Archives are delighted to announce that they have received a Leverhulme Trust Artist in Residence award, to work ...

July 11th 2013

Shetland Museum and Archives has received a grant from the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund to research its taatit rug collection. ...

May 1st 2013

Shetland and Orkney’s literature will take centre stage in a major new project being launched this weekend in Edinburgh. The project ...

February 6th 2013

The Gayer Anderson Cat Exhibition from September to December attracted over 6000 more visits from the same period in the previous ...