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

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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.

'Felsite Stone Age Tools'

  • 2 May — 28 December 2014 *on now

A display of polished axes and knives to coincide with a forthcoming project in partnership with University College Dublin, under the leadership of Professor Gabriel Cooney. In Lower Gallery. Free, no booking required.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly

Admission

Free

Shetland Brownies Celebrate a Century

  • 1 — 31 July 2014 *on now

See a display of Brownie memorabilia from years gone by. Share your own Brownie memories in a book especially placed to collect your stories.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly

'Jock Rattar'

  • 5 July — 28 December 2014 *on now

Lower Gallery. A display highlighting the life and work of Jock Rattar, who was a blacksmith in Foula in the late 20th cenury. This includes items he made and some of his tools and personal effects.Free, no booking required.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly

'Lighthouses and Crofts'

  • 5 July — 17 August 2014 *on now

Carolyn Dixon is an Orkney - based artist who in this exhibition features paintings of lighthouses and monochrome collagraphs of Orkney and Shetland crofts. she porposely disregards the often dramatic landscape to bring forward the peuliarities of place.

Suitable for

  • Any age

Admission

Free

'Restored Threshing Machine'

  • 14 July — 14 September 2014 *on now

Foyer. 'Restored Threshing Machine'

Suitable for

  • Any age
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.

'Family Crests'

  • 5 August 2014 2-3pm

Learning Room. A 'Family Week' craft activity. Limited places.Booking essential. Morning session for P1-3. Afternoon session for P4-7. (Age refers to those pupils who have been in those classes in the past academic year). Inspired by the crests and heraldy in our collections, find out what all the symbols mean. Then design your own family crest using clay.

Suitable for

  • Especially for children

Admission

£4.00

"Erupting Volcanoes"

  • 31 July 2014 10:30am-12pm, 1:30-4pm

In the learning room. Limited places. Morning session for P1-3. Afternoon session for P4-7. Join artist Ana Horne to create a prehistoric landscape with a real errupting volcano.

Suitable for

  • 5-6
  • 7-10

Admission

£5.50

'Painted Pebble People'

  • 8 August 2014 10:30am-12pm

Learning Room £2.00 per child, no booking, pay on the door. 'Painted Pebble People'. A 'Family Week' craft activity. A family drop-in session. Make a family of funny pepple people at this family drop-in event.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly

Admission

£2.00 per child

'Runic Plaques'

  • 14 August 2014 10:30-11:30am, 2-3pm

£4.00 Booking essential. Learning Room. Limited places. Morning session for P1-3. Afternoon session for P4-7. (Age refers to those pupils who have beeen in those classes in the past academic year). Using clay, design a plaque for your room with your name written in runes.

Suitable for

  • Especially for children

Admission

£4.00

'Dus Du Mind? Country and County Shows'

  • 20 August 2014 2-4pm

Learning room, 2.00pm, free, no booking required. Spend and enjoyable afternoon with old friends and new. Come along to share your stories about this month's topic. In partnership with Alzheimer Scotland.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly

'Blockade 1914-1918'

  • 23 August — 5 October 2014

Da Gadderie. 'Blockade 1914-1918' A Sheltland Museum and Archives curated exhibition, looking at the impact on Shetland of its time as a Royal Navy base in the first World war.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly
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