Exhibitions
There are a number of exhibition spaces and feature display areas throughout the Museum and Archives building. The artefacts and works on display change regularly and details of our current shows are listed here.
The main exhibition space is Da Gadderie. Shows on display here can be by individual artists, or curated by the Museum's own Exhibitions Officer based on Museum and Archive artefacts, or including touring exhibitions from other musuems, galleries or institutions. Details of some of the previous high profile shows are included on the Our Own Shows Archive page.
Any artist who would like to display work in the building should contact the Exhibitions Officer to discuss.
Current Exhibitions
Pieces in Time by the Shetland Needleworkers
Da Gadderie
Shetland Needleworkers` Exhibitions have established a reputation for being colourful and accessible, interesting and varied. Showing their most recent work, this event showcases the creativity and productivity of the members. From quilts and hangings, to pictures, cushions, boxes and bags……..it is all here to delight the eye.
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Grayson Perry: A Potted Biography
Da Gadderie
An exhibition of ceramics by contemporary British artist, author, and broadcaster Grayson Perry, winner of the 2003 Turner Prize.
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My Potted Biography
Da Gadderie
An exhibition of items on loan from people in Shetland, representing key aspects of their own life stories. This exhibition will run alongside the exhibition of Grayson Perry vases entitle 'A Potted Biography'
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