Events

Films about our key events here at the Shetland and Archives.

Shetland Wool Week

We celebrated the 10th year of Shetland Wool Week in 2019. Promote Shetland produced a fantastic film about the event and textiles in Shetland.

Shetland Nature Festival

Shetland Nature Festival takes place each Summer with activities thoughout Shetland all about our outstanding nature and wildlife.

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Events Blog Posts

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Shining a light on Ann Harriet Pottinger this International Women's Day

March 8th 2024

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2024 we shine a light on Ann Harriet Pottinger, née Hunter, one of many unsung, hard-working ...

Museum and Archives NewsTextilesLace Project

New book of Shetland Fine Lace Knitting launched

March 5th 2024

A new publication, ‘Shetland Fine Lace Knitting – Recreating patterns from the past’ by Shetland Museum’s textiles curator, ...

ArchaeologyTextilesHistory

A Fragment of Viking-Norse Life

January 24th 2024

One of the results of years of peat-cutting in Shetland is that occasionally interesting objects are revealed. So it was the case in ...

ArchaeologyTextilesMuseum and Archives NewsCurator

Gunnister Man Coins

April 1st 2022

Over 70 years after his discovery in a Northmavine peat bog, Gunnister Man continues to intrigue. Last week Shetland Museum curator, ...

Museum and Archives NewsTextilesLace Project

Highlights from two centuries of Shetland fine knitted lace on display

February 15th 2022

A new awe-inspiring display of Shetland fine knitted lace spanning two centuries is now available to view at the Shetland Museum and ...

Museum and Archives NewsTextiles

Tears of joy and appreciation for peerie hansels

November 17th 2020

Shetland students on the mainland will be receiving a ‘Peerie Hansel fae Hame’ this week as part of the Shetland Amenity Trust’s ...

Textiles

Inspired by Shetland's Historical Textiles

August 11th 2020

We are delighted to see the launch of this beautiful Fair Isle Shetland jumper as part of clothing company TOAST new autumn ...

Lace Project

Face Veils: a Victorian Fashion Accessory for the New Norm?

May 19th 2020

Women, and sometimes children and men, have been covering their heads and faces in public since ancient times. Not so very long ago ...

TextilesLace Project

The Seductiveness of Fine Knitted Lace Blouses

December 13th 2019

It’s a sad fact that after working with hundreds of examples of Shetland fine knitted lace over the years, it takes something very ...

TextilesLace Project

A Rose by Any Other Name

September 25th 2019

According to Shakespeare “that which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet” but can the same be said for knitted ...

TextilesLace Project

Oh So Fine and Simple : the Crepe Shawls

August 22nd 2019

Lace shawls with the largest number of complex designs get the most admiration, but there is another class of Shetland lace that is ...

TextilesLace Project

Ready, Set, Click!

June 20th 2019

TextilesLace Project

The Burnous

May 28th 2019

One of the most dramatic pieces of lace knitting in our collection is an oddly-shaped red and white striped flat textile (TEX 7780). ...

Museum and Archives NewsTextiles

From this Day Forward – Wedding Exhibition

February 5th 2019

Shetland Museum and Archives is proud to present our latest exhibition, ‘From This Day Forward’ a celebration of Shetland Weddings ...

TextilesLace Project

What's in a name?

January 15th 2019

An important part of the Lace Assessment Project is to catalogue each object to a level where its description will distinguish it from ...

St. Ninian's Isle Treasure

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