Events
Shetland Museum and Archives are proud to offer a range of events for adults, children and famlies, covering a variety of themes throughout the year. Our own events are detailed below, or see the 'What's On' Calendar for all public events and exhibition listings for the building.
Visit our Box Office to view event listings at our heritage sites
Shetland Museum Socials - drop-in
Learning Room, Shetland Museum & Archives
Come along to our informal Shetland Museum Socials running fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons from 2pm - 3.30pm. Each session will have a heritage theme as the focus. Enjoy a cuppa, have a chat and learn something new!
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ASN Friendly Relaxed Morning Session
9:30am - 11:00am
Shetland Museum & Archives
A safe and welcoming morning for children with additional support needs and their families to learn about life in Shetland’s past.
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Slander, Theft and Violence in early seventeenth-century Shetland: a talk by John Shaw
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Auditorium, Shetland Museum & Archives
How people slandered each other reveals a great deal about a society. It speaks to their fears and anxieties and to the preoccupations of the elites that ran the legal system. In this lecture John Shaw will examine how slander was treated in the Sheriff Court operated by Earl Patrick Stewart and how this related to crimes like theft and assault.
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Halloween Candle Jars (Primary 4-7)
10:00am - 11:30am
Shetland Museum & Archives
Join us for a fun-filled workshop where bairns can get creative and design their very own spooky Shetland lantern!
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Spooky Shetland Stories (over 16s)
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Shetland Museum
Join us at Shetland Museum for a spooktacular night of ghostly tales and weird witchcraft, as we celebrate the time of year when the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead is thinnest!
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Celebrating Heritage Conference 2025
10:00am - 2:30pm
Shetland Museum and Archives
Shetland Amenity Trust and Shetland Heritage Association are hosting a get together on 1 November 2025 to celebrate the fantastic work going on in the heritage community. The format will be an inspiring mix of speakers and creative works, with time to network and chat to stallholders.
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