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Celebrating Valda Grieve this International Women’s Day
Valda was an incomer to Whalsay in 1933, when she moved there with her young son Michael to join her husband. Born in Cornwall in ...
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Outwith: Valda, MacDiarmid and Whalsay - Event Programme
The story of Hugh MacDiarmid and Valda in Whalsay continues to inspire nearly a century on. Discover their legacy through a vibrant ...
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We are hiring!
If you’re passionate about Shetland’s cultural heritage and want to make a real difference helping to protect, celebrate and share ...
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Terms of Endearment
February, so far dim and wet, but also the Valentine month, perhaps a chance to seek warmth outwith the weather. Cards and flowers, ...
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Rare Fair Isle smoking cap
We have recently accepted this knitted smoking cap into the collection. It’s a wonderful blend of Victoriana and Shetland design!
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Up Helly Aa 2026 at the museum
What a day - Up Helly Aa always brings an incredible atmosphere, and this year was no exception.
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The Telegrams - Up Helly Aa
Lyndon Nicolson, Guizer Jarl, in the person of Knut the Great, visited the Museum and Archives yesterday. It was a fine occasion, ...
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New exhibition celebrates gifted Shetland craftsman, Bobby Simpson
A special exhibition celebrating the life and crafting skills of Robert Gilbert Blance Simpson (1928 – 1974) opens at Shetland ...
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Up Helly Aa 2026 - what's on at the Shetland Museum
Join us at the Shetland Museum & Archives as we celebrate Up Helly Aa 2026 with extended opening times, Origins of UHA tours, a food ...
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Shetland Amenity Trust unveils Up Helly Aa 2026 events
The fiery season will soon return and Shetland Amenity Trust is preparing a varied programme of events and ...
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Cauld Wadder
So it’s been snowing. Temperatures below zero, minus two, or minus four. It depends on where you are, a little altitude matters at ...
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A 1913 Pullover from Fair Isle
Some objects in Shetland Museum’s collection tell a more in-depth story than others. When a child’s pullover was donated in 1981, ...
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A Sixpence Sized Challenge
Sometimes an archival discovery resonates far beyond the documents themselves. In this blog, Cultural Heritage Officer Eileen ...
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The ‘Churchill’ pattern
From Selbu to Scalloway, via Whalsay and Lerwick: tracing the so-called ‘Churchill’ pattern
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November Round Up
From heritage events and restoration projects to new additions in the archives and activities from schools and families, here's a look ...
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