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 weather has changed, the temperature risen, wind and rain are back, the frosty winter fun gone. In 1909 though, one organisation ...
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Some artefacts are interesting for what they tell us, and others are simply nice to look at. Here's one that's both. On the face of ...
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Pilot whales were important to islanders’ survival, providing many useful products. Subsistence whaling was unpredictable, because ...
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The pandemic meant no cruise liners came to Lerwick, but not many Shetlanders realise that an important one lies on the seabed at ...
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We’ve had a fine spell of weather of late, snowy, frosty, crispy. Out for a walk one day I was told someone had been spotted skiing, ...
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On the 26th of June 1576, three ships anchored near St Ninian’s Isle. These were the Gabriel, a twenty-five tonne barque, the ...
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As part of the Between Islands project, Shetland’s new online exhibition, ‘Fair Game’ examines three customs that are now ...
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Today is the last Tuesday in January and would traditionally be Up Helly Aa day 2021. This is a much anticipated date for many ...
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With the cancellation of Up Helly Aa there will be no torchlit procession, galley burning or all night partying this year. These ...
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In the Shetland archives, we are lucky to have an enormous collection of our recent-forebears on tape. There are recordings of men and ...
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The project highlights the historical cultural links between the islands of Shetland, Orkney, and the Outer Hebrides, while exploring ...
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Shetland Museum and Archives will remain closed to the public after the festive period due to the latest advice from NHS Shetland on ...
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A collection of colourful Skovi Kapps which highlight Shetland’s trading and maritime links with Russia during the 19th century is ...
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The Shetland Museum and Archives have announced new opening times that will come into effect on Saturday 28th November. The aim is to ...
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An exciting new exhibition of Fair Isle Chairs by local carpenter Eve Eunson is on display in Da Gadderie in Lerwick. In collaboration ...
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