Blog
Keep up to date with new stories and details of what our researchers are doing to preserve and promote Shetland's heritage and culture.
- All
- Archaeology
- Textiles
- Lace Project
- Museum and Archives News
- Natural History
- Archives
- Curator
- Exhibitions
- History
- Equality, Inclusion & Diversity
- Community
Highlights from two centuries of Shetland fine knitted lace on display
A new awe-inspiring display of Shetland fine knitted lace spanning two centuries is now available to view at the Shetland Museum and ...
Read more
550 Years Ago: how Shetland became part of Scotland - part 2
Shetland and Orkney became part of Scotland 550 years ago, on 20 February 1472. Denmark’s economic interests were concentrated in ...
Read more
A reminiscence of a traditional Shetland wedding
When lockdown came, one of our first sad tasks was to tell two couples who’d planned a wedding in the museum that it couldn’t ...
Read more
Shetland Festival of Care 2022 - Tending the Light
'Tending the Light', the Shetland Festival of Care 2022, launches on Friday 18 February at the Shetland Museum and Archives. It ...
Read more
Shetland Museum and Archives reopens to the public
We are delighted to announce that the Shetland Museum and Archives will re-open from tomorrow (Tuesday 8 February) following a ...
Read more
550 Years Ago: how Shetland became part of Scotland
A fortnight ago some women and men from the South Mainland of Shetland marched in Glasgow with torches. They were commemorating the ...
Read more
Up Helly Aa - the Venues
We’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 more
Origins of the Up Helly Aa Song
A huge procession of torch-carrying guizers is one of the most spectacular sights of the Shetland year. For anyone who heads out in ...
Read more
Update on temporary closure of Shetland Museum and Archives
We apologise for the delay in reopening the museum and archives this year.
Read more
A historical walk to Culsetter
There 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 more
The New Year, 1872 and the Truck Commission
The 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 more
A Lerwick Christmas One Hundred Years Ago: 1921
The Town Council decided which day the Christmas holiday should be on, there had been petitions. After some deliberation they settled ...
Read more
Shetland Museum and Archives awarded funding for Year of Stories
Shetland Museum and Archives is delighted to announce that it will be celebrating and showcasing many of Shetland’s untold stories ...
Read more
Kirk artefacts to be saved by Shetland Museum
The heritage of a number of important religious artefacts from some of Shetland’s churches is to be preserved for future generations ...
Read more
Accounts with Women Labourers
Thomas Hardy, probably the Victorian novelist most familiar with the grit of rural life, described the work of his agricultural ...
Read more