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.
To mark the 70th anniversary of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary’s expedition to the summit of Mount Everest a new display in the ...
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Shetland Museum and Archives are hosting a special social evening to celebrate herring, heritage and art to coincide with the ...
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Grace Leask (née Mouat) shared her memories of time spent as a gutter lass in Shetland.
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Hazel Hughson, Barbara Ridland and Joan Fraser explored the use of cloth to pay taxes in a series of thought-provoking art forms in ...
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It was a busy afternoon in Da Gadderie at Shetland Museum & Archives on Saturday (13 May) for the official opening of 'Fisherwomen' by ...
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A compelling new photographic exhibition that pays homage to the integral role women have played in the fishing industry will open ...
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To commemorate the Royal Coronation our curators have been working on a fascinating new display that shows objects that were worn or ...
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The Coronation of 2 June 1953 is a long way away now, in a vastly different world and culture. True, a major war was going on, but the ...
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What a buzz we had on Friday evening at the launch event of the new Shetland Week Patron Alison Rendall and her ...
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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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Ian Bairnson, who died on 7 April, was certainly one of the more remarkable people from Shetland, born here on 3 August 1953.
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Shetland Amenity Trust is beginning to gather thoughts and views on the long-term future of Old Scatness and is inviting the public ...
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During the global pandemic, we saw the impact that change and disruption caused to international trade and supply of goods, but it was ...
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Shetland Museum and Archives continues its wide-ranging programme of exhibitions with the opening of a new art installation ...
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As part of #ScottishApprenticeshipWeek2023 we wanted to shine a light on Jordan Clark, who is one of two staff currently working his ...
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