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Up Helly Aa 2026 - what's on at the Shetland Museum
Join us at the Shetland Museum & Archives as we celebrate Up Helly Aa 2026 with extended opening times, Origins of UHA tours, a food ...
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Shetland Amenity Trust unveils Up Helly Aa 2026 events
The fiery season will soon return and Shetland Amenity Trust is preparing a varied programme of events and ...
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Cauld Wadder
So it’s been snowing. Temperatures below zero, minus two, or minus four. It depends on where you are, a little altitude matters at ...
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A 1913 Pullover from Fair Isle
Some objects in Shetland Museum’s collection tell a more in-depth story than others. When a child’s pullover was donated in 1981, ...
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A Sixpence Sized Challenge
Sometimes an archival discovery resonates far beyond the documents themselves. In this blog, Cultural Heritage Officer Eileen ...
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The ‘Churchill’ pattern
From Selbu to Scalloway, via Whalsay and Lerwick: tracing the so-called ‘Churchill’ pattern
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November Round Up
From heritage events and restoration projects to new additions in the archives and activities from schools and families, here's a look ...
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Lights Up: Archiving miscellaneous Islesburgh Drama Group papers
With the panto season upon us, we thought it would be timely to share this blog post from our Archives Volunteer, Amber Paton. After ...
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A Treasure Arrives at Shetland Archives
We’ve just received one of our most beautiful donations - a stunning collection of 19th-century papers including two intricate ...
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A New Arrow in the Quiver
The transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age in Shetland brought new ideas, technologies, and materials. One key change was in ...
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Remembrance, 1925
In 1925, Shetland urged ex-servicemen to attend the Armistice parade just as they were - work clothes and all - so they could honour ...
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September & October Monthly Round-Up
What a whirlwind the past couple of months have been at the Shetland Amenity Trust. From welcoming school groups to hosting tours to ...
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The Story of the Black Book
This week’s 'Shetland Spooky Stories' event was a big hit. One tale that especially gripped our audience was 'The Black Book', ...
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Flight exhibition opening in pictures
It was a pleasure to welcome so many guests to the opening of Flight in Da Gadderie this weekend. There was a real sense of ...
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Paul Bloomer exhibition opens at Shetland Museum this Sunday – celebrating 25 years of work
Shetland Museum and Archives is proud to announce the opening of Flight, a major retrospective exhibition by Paul Bloomer, celebrating ...
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