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Shetland Museum & Archives is open. Drop in and visit us, no booking is necessary.
Free to visit - As always, entry to the Museum and Archives is free but now more than ever we need your support - please consider making a donation.
Shetland Museum & Archives is open. Drop in and visit us, no booking is necessary.
Free to visit - As always, entry to the Museum and Archives is free but now more than ever we need your support - please consider making a donation.
The Shetland Crofthouse Museum is now closed for the season and will reopen in May 2025.
Read moreWhatever your reason for visiting us at Shetland Museum and Archives, there are a range of activities on offer to ensure you can make the most of your time with us.
Read moreShetland Museum and Archives sits on Hay’s Dock; the last remaining area of original dock on the Lerwick waterfront, which is now category B listed. This is a perfect setting to highlight the strong heritage connection with the sea, and display just some of the traditional Shetland boats in the collection.
Read moreShetland Amenity Trust commissioned over 60 individual artworks as part of its Shetland Museum and Archives Public Art Project. These are on show throughout the building and dock, some even appearing alongside the artefacts and documents in the galleries and Archives.
Read moreWe want to make sure we continue to offer an excellent experience for all visitors with additional needs .
Read moreThomas Hardy, probably the Victorian novelist most familiar with the grit of rural life, described the work of his agricultural ...
Read moreHallowe’en at the end of October is traditionally a part of the year when macabre things are thought of and expressed. Perhaps a ...
Read moreA new exhibition opens this week at the Shetland Museum and Archives. 'A’ll Tell Dee a Story' is the work of local author and ...
Read moreJoin us at the Shetland Museum and Archives this October holidays for an exciting programme of Halloween themed events.
Read moreShetland Museum and Archives is delighted to unveil a bold new art exhibition in its Gadderie space that is inspired by Shetland ...
Read moreAre you passionate about Shetland's culture and heritage? Do you enjoy working with the public and would you like to help create ...
Read moreThe Shetland Museum and Archives are delighted to extend their learning programme online with the launch of a new video exploring the ...
Read moreSometime in the 1920s a middle-aged businessman in Lerwick began to write stories. He didn’t write about his native town. The hero ...
Read moreWe are saddened to hear of the passing of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Read moreAs part of the Between Islands project, Shetland’s new online exhibition, ‘Fair Game’ examines three customs that are now ...
Read moreThe Shetland Amenity Trust will reopen its doors to the public at the Shetland Museum and Archives this week following careful ...
Read moreThe weather has changed, the temperature risen, wind and rain are back, the frosty winter fun gone. In 1909 though, one organisation ...
Read morePilot whales were important to islanders’ survival, providing many useful products. Subsistence whaling was unpredictable, because ...
Read moreThe pandemic meant no cruise liners came to Lerwick, but not many Shetlanders realise that an important one lies on the seabed at ...
Read moreWe’ve had a fine spell of weather of late, snowy, frosty, crispy. Out for a walk one day I was told someone had been spotted skiing, ...
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