Events
Shetland Museum and Archives are proud to offer a range of events for adults, children and famlies, covering a variety of themes throughout the year. Our own events are detailed below, or see the 'What's On' Calendar for all public events and exhibition listings for the building.
Click on the 'What's On Calendar' above to view monthly listings
For online bookings visit Shetland Museum Box Office
Shetland Museum Socials - drop-in
Learning Room, Shetland Museum & Archives
Come along to our informal Shetland Museum Socials running fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons from 2pm - 3.30pm. Each session will have a heritage theme as the focus. Enjoy a cuppa, have a chat and learn something new!
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VE 80 Night at the Museum
7:00pm - 9:30pm
Shetland Museum and Archives
Join us to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, marking the formal end of World War II in Europe. Throughout the nation, folk will come together in remembrance and celebration on this day.
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A Night by Da Fire - Music and Stories at the Crofthouse Museum
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Crofthouse Museum, Dunrossness
Step back in time as you enter a traditional 19th century thatched crofthouse to recreate Shetland's past in a special 'in aboot da night'. One of our custodians will light the fire and 'hand doon a fiddle' to local musicians who will play a range of traditional tunes along with a few stories and yarns along the way.
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What's New with Shetland Finds?
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Shetland Museum and Archives
Join Dr George Prew, Treasure Trove Officer, for an evening learning about the recent significant finds in Shetland!
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Shetland Finds Day with Treasure Trove
10:00am - 4:00pm
Shetland Museum and Archives
Chance discoveries of artefacts by members of the public have the potential to make a significant contribution to our understanding of Scotland’s past. The role of Treasure Trove is to ensure that finds of cultural significance are protected for the benefit of the nation and preserved in museums across the country.
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Slander, Theft and Violence in early seventeenth-century Shetland: a talk by John Shaw
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Shetland Museum & Archives
How people slandered each other reveals a great deal about a society. It speaks to their fears and anxieties and to the preoccupations of the elites that ran the legal system. John Shaw will examine how slander was treated in the Sheriff Court operated by Earl Patrick Stewart and how this related to crimes like theft and assault.
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