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New photographic exhibition capturing 1970s social history
A new photographic exhibition opens today at Shetland Museum and Archives which provides a glimpse into an aspect of Shetland’s ...
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‘All About Everything’ featuring the creative work of Eric Gray students
The creative and colourful work of Eric Gray students is on display from today in a new exhibition ‘All About Everything’ at the ...
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Marion Ninianson’s Roup
Roup is a word not commonly used in Shetland any more, although the Shetland Times in 1962 advertised a house in Scalloway “for sale ...
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New summer exhibition Ebbe and Flow to open this weekend
A new exhibition celebrating cultural and maritime connections with Scandinavia through the work of Scottish and Norwegian artists ...
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Shetland Amenity Trust celebrates collaboration with Shetland Family History Group in acquiring Gilbert Goudie’s Notebook
Shetland Amenity Trust is delighted to announce the successful acquisition of a significant 19th century notebook to the Shetland ...
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Wonderful woolly evening at the Shetland Museum
What a fantastic evening at the Shetland Museum celebrating the announcement of the new Shetland Wool Week Patrons, the Doull Family, ...
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New book of Shetland Fine Lace Knitting launched
A new publication, ‘Shetland Fine Lace Knitting – Recreating patterns from the past’ by Shetland Museum’s textiles curator, ...
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Profound new exhibition, Polar North, captures the fragility of the Arctic landscape
A profound new exhibition which captures the fragile and shifting beauty of the Arctic landscape opens this Sunday 10 March at Da ...
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Shetland Museum and Archives launches series of ‘Thursday Lates’ heritage talks
Evenings celebrating Shetland’s rich culture and heritage will begin next month as Shetland Museum and Archives launches its ...
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Be My Valentine
It’s that time of year, Valentine’s Day, the 14th of February. In the Shetland Archives Catalogue references to Valentines are ...
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Shetland Museum celebrates Lerwick Up Helly Aa 2024
The Shetland Museum & Archives was full of activity last week as we celebrated Lerwick Up Helly Aa with a series of fiery events and ...
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Shetland Amenity Trust’s heritage sites open for this year’s Up Helly Aa
The fiery season will soon be back and Shetland Amenity Trust is putting together a series of events as well as offering extended ...
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Shetland's War Memorial - constructed by William Horne
Shetland’s War Memorial on Hillhead is now one hundred years old, and was rededicated with a ceremony on 6 January. The memorial ...
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Christmas in Shetland - 1923
1923, like many of the years between the wars, was not a good one. The Shetland Times year end report spoke of a poor herring fishing, ...
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Research project commissioned to encourage locals to grow more aets!
Shetland Amenity Trust has commissioned a research project with two local straw makers to understand more about the growing of ...
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