2006 NEWS ARCHIVE
LONG-LOST IDENTITY CARDS BRING DAD'S ARMY TO LIFE (December 2006)
A VALUABLE source of information about the Home Guard in Shetland during World War II has been donated to the Shetland Archives. [more...]
MUSEUM EMBRACES RECYCLING (December 2006)
WHEN it comes to recycling and reducing waste the Shetland Museum and Archives have certainly got it covered. [more...]
ENVIRONMENT LIES AT HEART OF MUSEUM (December 2006)
MANAGERS of the new Shetland museum and archives have asserted that they are committed to environmentally friendly building methods. [more...]
SHETLAND ACADEMICS RECREATE EXTINCT BOAR (November 2006)
A BREED of pig that vanished on Shetland 100 years ago has reappeared on the island. [more...]
EXTINCT ISLAND PIG SPOTTED AGAIN (November 2006)
AN EXTINCT pig which was indigenous to Shetland has been seen for the first time in more than 100 years. [more...]
NEW PORKER IS A REAL CORKER (November 2006)
THE SHETLAND pony and Shetland sheepdog are famous around the world, but whatever happened to Shetland's indigenous pig? [more...]
HEY, WHY NOT TAKE A WALK ON THE ART SIDE (November 2006)
LAST weekend may have been a wet one but some brave souls spent it out and about drawing and photographing Shetland's land and seascapes. [more...]
CHEF TAKES UP NEW JOB (November 2006)
NEW restaurant manager Mike Skinner has taken up his post in the Shetland Museum and Archives building at Lerwick's Hay's Dock. [more...]
BUILDERS LAUNCH NEW YOAL (October 2006)
THE FIRST Shetland Boat Building Seminar last weekend was a great success, ending in the launch of the newly-built Fair Isle yoal. [more...]
MODEL DELIVERY FOR MUSEUM (October 2006)
THREE exquisite model boats made by a Dutch model-maker arrived at the Shetland Museum and Archives yesterday. [more...]
NEW LIFE FOR ARCHIVES IN HAY'S HOME (September 2006)
THE NEW Museum and Archives took another massive leap forward this week. The vast collections of archives are finally being moved into the new state-of-the-art building at Hay's Dock. [more...]
NEW ARCHIVES TO BE OPEN SOON (September 2006)
SHETLAND'S impressive archive collection will be open to the public in two months, for the first time in more than a year. [more...]
YOAL DO FOR THE FIRST REPLICA (September 2006)
A YOAL, the first of three replica boats to be permanently moored at Hay's Dock as part of the Shetland Museum and Archives maritime collection arrived from Fair Isle yesterday. [more...]
FIRST BOAT FOR NEW MUSEUM (September 2006)
THE FIRST of three replica boats to be permanently moored at Hay's Dock as part of the Shetland Museum and Archives' maritime collection, arrived yesterday morning (Thursday) by ferry from Fair Isle. [more...]
DIANA TRADEGY REVISITED (September 2006)
RELATIVES of the captain of the whaler Diana, locally the most famous of all the whaling ships, were in Shetland this week to see artefacts and documents connected to their ancestor. [more...]
RELIVING THE DIANA DISASTER (August 2006)
THE HISTORY of one of Shetland's most memorable maritime disasters came alive yesterday (Monday) when one of the last surviving relatives of Captain John Gravill visited the isles. [more...]
FLOATING YOUR BOAT SHETLAND STYLE (July 2006)
Five boats have been suspended in mid-air as part of preparations for the New Shetland Museum & Archives [more...]
BOATS ARE HIGH AND DRY (July 2006)
FIVE historic boats were winched into postion at the new Shetland Museum and Archives at Hay's Dock this week [more...]
JEWEL IN CROWN SPARKLES (June 2006)
A SHINING jewel in Shetland's crown has yet to be fully polished. But she's already an impressive sight, glinting in the sun down on Lerwick's waterfront. [more...]
LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL FOR MUSEUM (May 2006)
A TEAM of experts have been busy all week putting the finishing touches to a bright new addition for the museum and archives at Hay's Dock. [more...]
MUSEM RECEIVED CASH FOR EXHIBTS (April 2006)
SHETLAND'S newest museum will receive £150,000 to help with its maritime section.[more...]
FLOOR IS PURE GLASS (January 2006)
A FLOOR made of local recycled glass is being laid at the new Shetland museum and archives.[more...]
DELIGHT AS MUSEUM BAGS OCEANIC'S BELL (January 2006)
AN E-MAIL from a local diver has led to the acquisition of a rare artefact for the museum. [more...]
