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.
A new exhibition has been unveiled at Shetland Museum and Archives. The two displays, located outside the archives showcase finds from ...
Read moreAfter 240 years a rare Fetlar bronze armlet, will return home to Shetland for a museum exhibition from 16 November 2014 to 20 January ...
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Following a successful request for volunteers by the Shetland Amenity Trust, essential repair work has begun at Hay’s Dock to the ...
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Shetland Amenity Trust and one of its core services, the Shetland Museum and Archives, have both, again, achieved Gold Standards in ...
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Shetland Museum and Archives, and Shetland Arts are looking for 12 young ambassadors to take part in an exciting 3-month project in ...
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A year-long project which has explored the historical literature of Orkney and Shetland, and explored continuity with contemporary ...
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Shetland Museum & Archives and Shetland Arts Development Agency will show work by internationally acclaimed photojournalist Don ...
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Shetland Museum & Archives’ Textiles Collection has been awarded Recognised status by Museums Galleries Scotland, under its ...
Read moreShetland Museum and Archives are delighted to announce that they have received a Leverhulme Trust Artist in Residence award, to work ...
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Shetland Museum and Archives has received a grant from the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund to research its taatit rug collection. ...
Read moreShetland and Orkney’s literature will take centre stage in a major new project being launched this weekend in Edinburgh. The project ...
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The Gayer Anderson Cat Exhibition from September to December attracted over 6000 more visits from the same period in the previous ...
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