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.
The Crofthouse Museum has closed after a busy season and it’s been so good to see folk back again. One project we delivered over ...
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Join us throughout the bairns' October holidays for a host of heritage inspired craft activities with some spooky Halloween fun too!
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Archaeology really is rubbish. It is the study of the things which people have left behind – and usually that is the things which ...
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The Shetland Museum and Archives and Crofthouse Museum will both be closed on Monday 19 September for the State Funeral of Her Majesty ...
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A very welcome book came out recently. Developed from a Ph.D., 'Shetland Boats: Origin, Evolution and Use', by Dr Marc Chivers ...
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We’re delighted that Brian Smith’s dedication to Shetland’s historical records has been recognised with a distinguished service ...
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Stories of shipwreck have long occupied the Shetland imagination. One Shetlander, R. Stuart Bruce (1873-1951), devoted much of his ...
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Shetland Museum is closing at 2.00pm this Saturday 6 August.
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The Maggie Helen was under sail last night for the first time in over 100 years.
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There will be a temporary car park closure and access diversion in place at Hay’s Dock at the Shetland Museum and Archives from the ...
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Opening today, Berenice Carrington’s exhibition at the Shetland Museum and Archives focuses on the agricultural cycle of growing ...
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The Shetland Times, 12 October 1907 reported an important event at the Ness. Harry Irvine of Glenfield got a Fifie fishing boat, the ...
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