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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.
Archaeology really is rubbish. It is the study of the things which people have left behind – and usually that is the things which ...
Read moreThe Shetland Museum and Archives and Crofthouse Museum will both be closed on Monday 19 September for the State Funeral of Her Majesty ...
Read moreA very welcome book came out recently. Developed from a Ph.D., 'Shetland Boats: Origin, Evolution and Use', by Dr Marc Chivers ...
Read moreWe’re delighted that Brian Smith’s dedication to Shetland’s historical records has been recognised with a distinguished service ...
Read moreStories of shipwreck have long occupied the Shetland imagination. One Shetlander, R. Stuart Bruce (1873-1951), devoted much of his ...
Read moreShetland Museum is closing at 2.00pm this Saturday 6 August.
Read moreThe Maggie Helen was under sail last night for the first time in over 100 years.
Read moreThere will be a temporary car park closure and access diversion in place at Hay’s Dock at the Shetland Museum and Archives from the ...
Read moreOpening today, Berenice Carrington’s exhibition at the Shetland Museum and Archives focuses on the agricultural cycle of growing ...
Read moreThe Shetland Times, 12 October 1907 reported an important event at the Ness. Harry Irvine of Glenfield got a Fifie fishing boat, the ...
Read moreIt’s your chance to ask a question and influence the debate as BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions is coming to Shetland Museum and ...
Read more2022 is the third time in twenty years there’s been a Royal Jubilee, so you might think they come around often. In fact, it’s in ...
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