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Keep up to date with new stories and details of what our researchers are doing to preserve and promote Shetland's heritage and culture.
Keep up to date with new stories and details of what our researchers are doing to preserve and promote Shetland's heritage and culture.
Shetland Museum and Archives is delighted to announce that it will be celebrating and showcasing many of Shetland’s untold stories ...
Read moreThe heritage of a number of important religious artefacts from some of Shetland’s churches is to be preserved for future generations ...
Read moreThomas Hardy, probably the Victorian novelist most familiar with the grit of rural life, described the work of his agricultural ...
Read moreHallowe’en at the end of October is traditionally a part of the year when macabre things are thought of and expressed. Perhaps a ...
Read moreA new exhibition opens this week at the Shetland Museum and Archives. 'A’ll Tell Dee a Story' is the work of local author and ...
Read moreJoin us at the Shetland Museum and Archives this October holidays for an exciting programme of Halloween themed events.
Read moreWe don’t have many records that make a direct reference to a person’s personal appearance. Important people might be described, ...
Read moreBigga, a little island in Yellsound, 80 hectares in extent, is not easy to visit. It has been uninhabited for 200 years, largely ...
Read moreShetland Museum and Archives is delighted to unveil a bold new art exhibition in its Gadderie space that is inspired by Shetland ...
Read moreShetlanders have long enjoyed jokes, pranks, and hoaxes, aka “plunkies.” Sometimes these have stretched to include British ...
Read moreWe are delighted to celebrate volunteers' week (1 - 7 June) and take time out to thank our fantastic volunteers Mike and Jenny.
Read moreAre you passionate about Shetland's culture and heritage? Do you enjoy working with the public and would you like to help create ...
Read moreWhere is Shetland? Well, it depends who you ask. "In the north Atlantic" is the most likely answer, but it isn't the only one, ...
Read moreIn recent years there has been a lot of discussion about the ‘wulver’, Shetland’s ‘kind and generous werewolf’, as someone ...
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