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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.
We are delighted to announce that the Shetland Museum and Archives will re-open from tomorrow (Tuesday 8 February) following a ...
Read moreA fortnight ago some women and men from the South Mainland of Shetland marched in Glasgow with torches. They were commemorating the ...
Read moreWe’re missing Up Helly Aa again - not just a fire spectacle but a major social event, with dances and performances in many venues in ...
Read moreA huge procession of torch-carrying guizers is one of the most spectacular sights of the Shetland year. For anyone who heads out in ...
Read moreWe apologise for the delay in reopening the museum and archives this year.
Read moreThere is much more to Shetland than the popular places where people go: the Hams of Muckle Roe and the Sands of Breckon, for instance. ...
Read moreThe New Year of 1872 began in a special way in Shetland. On the first of January Sheriff William Guthrie began hearings in the Queens ...
Read moreThe Town Council decided which day the Christmas holiday should be on, there had been petitions. After some deliberation they settled ...
Read moreShetland 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, ...
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