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    • 80 Year Anniversary of the Radar Station that saved the British Home Fleet in Orkney during WW2
    • One Piece at a Time
    • Shetland Wool Week 2020 Patron & Hat Pattern Launched
    • Shetland Amenity Trust closes key sites
    • BBC Radio 4's Any Questions Postponed
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    • Shipwrecks in Shetland
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    • 'Men in Tights' - the themes behind the costumes
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    • Shetland Amenity Trust kicks off Up Helly Aa with a series of fiery events
    • Memorial Lecture - Viking Genes, Jim Wilson
    • Last chance to see Grayson Perry exhibition and hear from leading expert in contemporary art
    • The Seductiveness of Fine Knitted Lace Blouses
    • Grayson Perry: Behind the Scenes
    • Looking back at the history of the 'North Star'
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    • Grayson Perry: A Potted Biography - Events and Activities Programme
    • Winter Lecture series at Shetland Museum and Archives
    • Grayson Perry: A Potted Biography - Opens at Shetland Museum & Archives
    • A call for ‘Pre-loved’ leaflets
    • Shetland Needleworkers Pieces in Time Exhibition
    • A Rose by Any Other Name
    • The mystery of the three kirks uncovered
    • Two Earls and a Bishop
    • Oh So Fine and Simple : the Crepe Shawls
    • Your Shetland Wool Week Stories
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    • Drum roll please...
    • From this Day Forward – Wedding Exhibition
    • Road trip to Orkney
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    • Welcoming tenders for Hay’s Dock Café
    • The Fine Detail of Fine Knitted Lace
    • Now for the scientific bit….
    • The mystery of the three Kirks
    • Lace Project Begins
    • The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour 2018
    • Holbein Comes to Shetland
    • The BIG Takeover - Shetland 2018
    • Oasis inspired by Shetland Museum Textile Collection
    • Boats on the Move
    • Aith Junior High Pupils curate new exhibition at Shetland Museum and Archives
    • 10th Birthday Celebrations
    • Mathewson Lecture
    • Shetland Museum and Archives goes virtual
    • Rare and Unique - Shetland's rare book collection
    • Littoral Art Project gives pupils a new perspective on beach litter
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    • Shetland Boat Week Launched Today
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    • Reid Tait Collection transferred to Shetland Archives
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    • P&O Flag flies at Bod
    • Take a Virtual Tour of Fethaland
    • BBC Sound Booth comes to Shetland Museum and Archives
    • Archaeological Artefacts Return
    • Shetland's Sunken Treasure - Unveiled!
    • Breaking The Mould
    • Essential repairs commence on Nil Desperandum
    • Gold Standard Maintained
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    • Writing The North Project Concludes
    • ARTIST ROOMS 214 Tour: Don McCullin
    • Textiles Collection Announced as Recognised Collection of National Status
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    • Writing the North
    • Visitor numbers boosted by Divine Cat visit
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