Shetland Museum and Archives

Shetland Museum and Archives
Hay's Dock
Lerwick
Shetland Islands
ZE1 0WP
Scotland

Website

www.shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk

E-mail

info@shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk

Telephone

01595 695057

Fax

01595 696729

All information is drawn or provided by the venues themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
External view of the Shetland Museum and Archives
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Set on the waterfront within a restored 19th century dock the Shetland Museum and Archives tells Shetland's story. As well as housing the Museum and Archive collections there is a cafe restaurant, auditorium, learning and research rooms, temporary exhibition space and shop. Other facilities include historic boat building sheds and a three storey boat hall with suspended boats.

Venue Type:

Museum, Archive

 Opening hours

Museum:
Mon - Sat: 10am - 5pm
Sun: 12pm - 5pm

Archives:
Mon - Fri: 10.00am - 4.30pm
Sat: 10am - 1pm

Closed: Archives: Sun

 Admission charges

Entry free

Collection details

Agriculture, Archaeology, Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Industry, Land Transport, Law and Order, Maritime, Music, Personalities, Religion, Science and Technology, Social History, Toys and Hobbies, Trade and Commerce, Weapons and War

Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

'Fragments'

  • 15 February — 16 March 2014 *on now

, museum opening hours, free, no booking required.
Da Gadderie. ‘Fragments’. A collaboration between Vivian Ross-Smith and Gemma Balfour. Vivian uses traditional craftsmanship and preservation techniques to explore relationships between the fabricated and natural, and material and surface. Gemma uses old typewriters to create art representing coastal erosion, chipping away but also creating layered images.

‘Recent Graduates’

  • 15 February — 16 March 2014 *on now

Museum opening hours, free, no booking required.
Da Gadderie. ‘Recent Graduates’

Suitable for

  • Any age

Writing in the North

  • 29 March — 11 May 2014

Museum opening hours, free, no booking required.
Da Gadderie. ‘Writing the North’. An exhibition exploring 200 years of literature from the Northern Isles. This is a collaboration between Shetland Museum and Archives, Orkney Library and Archives and Edinburgh University.

Events details are listed below. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all. For events that don't have a specific date see the 'Resources' tab above.

‘Models in Mind’. Jim Pattinson

  • 15 February — 16 March 2014 *on now

Museum opening hours, free, no booking required.
Da Gadderie. ‘Models in Mind’. Jim Pattinson.

photograph of forest path

'Sheeksin - Geopark Shetland'

  • 11 March 2014 2:30-4pm

‘Sheeksin – Geopark Shetland’. A talk by Robina Barton. Shetland has been on an incredible 3 billion year geological saga of tropical seas, volcanoes, deserts, mountains, ice ages and ancient rivers! Your own journey of discovery starts with this introduction to the Geopark Shetland app for your phone and tablet.

2.30pm, free, no booking required. Learning Room.

Suitable for

  • Any age
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