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.
We were delighted to have maritime archaeologists, Colin and Paula Martin back with us last week to record finds from three East India ...
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A colourful new schools’ art exhibition opens on Saturday 12 November in Da Gadderie at Shetland Museum and Archives.
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Shetland Museum and Archives is launching a series of winter evening sessions which will focus on craft techniques using oat straw and ...
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The Bruce of Symbister collection in the Shetland Archives, GD144, is a collection of bundled papers. Since it isn’t feasible to ...
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A new exhibition of paintings by Shetland resident John Johnson will be launched in the Shetland Museum and Archives on Friday 4 ...
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Halloween wouldn’t be the same without a fair sprinkling of supernatural beings such as ghosts, vampires and werewolves, but ...
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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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