2007 NEWS ARCHIVE
MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES WINS FIVE STAR ACCOLADE (December 2007)
THE SHETLAND Museum and Archives, managed by the Shetland Amenity Trust, has gained five stars, the highest grading possible through VisitScotland’s Quality Assurance Scheme. [more...]
NEW WATERFRONT MUSEUM WOWS GLASGOW ARCHITECTS (November 2007)
THE SHETLAND Museum and Archives fended off stiff competition to win a prestigious design award at the Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA) annual dinner on Friday. [more...]
BIG ATTRACTION (November 2007)
THE NEW museum and archives seem to be appealing to ever-greater numbers of folk, according to curator Tommy Watt. [more...]
MUSEUM CHIEF DIGS IN OVER TREASURE BID (September 2007)
TREASURED items from Shetland's past will be coming to the museum in a deal struck between the amenity trust and the National Museums of Scotland this week. [more...]
MUSEUM ATTRACTS THEM IN DROVES (September 2007)
VISITOR figures recorded at the Shetland Museum and Archives for the first three months since opening have smashed annual forecasts made at the start of the project. [more...]
MUSEUM ACQUIRES RARE SHETLAND BANKNOTE (September 2007)
SHETLAND Museum and Archives has today (Wednesday) acquired an extremely rare banknote for its collections. [more...]
TREASURE'S LOAN IS A START - MSP (September 2007)
SHETLAND MSP Tavish Scott has said that the short-term loan of the St Ninian's Isle Treasure to Shetland Museum and Archives next year is a good starting point in the campaign to have the treasure returned on a permanent basis. [more...]
CULTURE MINISTER REFUSES TO SUPPORT TREASURE CAMPAIGN (September 2007)
CULTURE minister Linda Fabiani has come under criticism for backing away from the SNP's previous support for the return of the St Ninian's Isle Treasure to Shetland. [more..]
CLIPPIT AND STEEKIT SHOW (September 2007)
AN EXHIBITION exploring and celebrating some of Shetland's most colourfully creative work will go on show in Da Gadderie at the Shetland Museum and Archives from today. [more...]
SIGN OF MOVEMENT FROM NATIONAL MUSEUMS (September 2007)
SHETLAND MSP Tavish Scott has said that the short-term loan of the St Ninian's Isle Treasure to Shetland Museum and Archives next year is a good starting point. [more...]
GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO BACK TREASURE CAMPAIGN (September 2007)
THE SCOTTISH government has refused to give its backing to the campaign to bring the St Ninian's Isle treasure back to Shetland, saying that the decision should be left up to the National Museums board. [more...]
NO GOVERNMENT BACKING FOR ST. NINIAN'S TREASURE CAMPAIGN (September 2007)
THE SCOTTISH government has refused to give its backing to the campaign to bring the St Ninian's Isle treasure back to Shetland, saying that the decision should be left up to the National Museums board. [more...]
ANCIENT EGYPT COMES TO SHETLAND (August 2007)
FOR THE next two years school pupils in Shetland will have the opportunity to handle replica Egyptian artefacts from National Museums Scotland. [more...]
RESTORED COSTUEM UNVEILED AT MUSEUM (August 2007)
A DECORATIVE court costume worn by Admiral Alexander Fraser at the coronation of King George IV in 1821 has gone on display at the Shetland Museum and Archives. [more...]
CHARTING 25 YEARS IN DIGITAL PRINT (August 2007)
GUNNIE Moberg trained as a photographer and has worked as a press photographer for many years. [more...]
PHOTOS HIGHLIGHT CONTRASTS OF THREE ISLANDS (August 2007)
DA GADDERIE, the temporary exhibition space at the Shetland Museum and Archives, is hosting a photographic exhibition by Gunnie Moberg, beginning today. [more...]
BAIRNS ARTWORK GOES ON DISPLAY AT MUSEUM (July 2007)
WINNING entries and others which were highly commended in the recent art competition for children at the new Museum and Archives run in conjunction with The Shetland Times have gone on display at the museum this week - with an important addition. [more...]
PEARLS OF WISDOM AT THE BÖD (June 2007)
I'VE looked out at the Böd of Gremista from the Shetland Times' office almost every day for the last 18 months. [more...]
TWIN HOMES FOR LAND AND SEA EXHIBITION (June 2007)
A NEW exhibition showing the work of Leeds-based artist Jack Chesterman begins this weekend. [more...]
CAMPAIGN AIMS TO BRING BACK TREASURE TO ISLES HOME (June 2007)
THE NATIONAL Museum of Scotland is coming under increasing pressure to return Shetland's most important archaeological relic from Edinburgh to the newly-opened Shetland Museum. [more...]
MPs BACK LERWICK MUSEUM'S BID FOR ST NINIAN'S ISLE TREASURE (June 2007)
The National Museum of Scotland is coming under pressure from Westminster MPs to return one of the Shetland Islands' greatest treasures from Edinburgh to the newly opened museum in Lerwick. [more..]
SHIP-SHAPE ARCHIVE SHEDS LIGHT ON ISLAND LIFE (June 2007)
'I'M ON the back foot," says the builder, 46, having a fag outside Lerwick's Lounge Bar on a mild Sunday evening. He's trying to think of something negative to say about the new Shetland Museum and Archive, but having had a sneak look inside after making a delivery he has nothing but praise for it. "I went to the old museum ever since I was a bairn," he says. "But this is something else." [more...]
GRAND OPENING: SHETLAND MUSEUM & ARCHIVES, LERWICK (June 2007)
WITH three days to go before the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and Queen Sonja of Norway, arrive for the official opening, the scene inside the new Shetland Museum and Archives seems remarkably free of panic. [more..]
MUSEUM HAS 'COME ALIVE' (June 2007)
THE SHETLAND Museum and Archives opening weekend has exceeded the staff's expectations with an incredible 4,000 people through the doors on Saturday and Sunday. [more...]
WHAT LIES IN STORE FOR YOU WHEN THE MUSEUM OPENS ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC FROM TOMORROW? (June 2007)
PREPARE to be overwhelmed and truly in awe when the iconic new museum and archives finally throws its doors open to the public tomorrow morning. [more..]
A DAY TO REMEMBER AS ROYALS OPEN JEWEL IN ISLES' CROWN (June 2007)
AS THE convoy of blacked-out 4x4s carrying the Duke of Rothesay, Prince Charles, the Duchess of Rothesay, Camilla, and Queen Sonja of Norway, pulled up outside the new Shetland Museum and Archives a splattering of flash lights greeted them. [more...]
SHETLAND RECYCLES IT PAST - AND ITS EVIL PIG (May 2007)
Britain’s northernmost community believes that it has more in common with Norway than with the United Kingdom, or even Scotland. [more...
MUSEUM & ARCHIVES SPECIAL: FLAGSHIP OPENS DOORS TO VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY (May 2007)
A WEEKEND of special events is planned for the 2nd and 3rd of June to celebrate the opening of the Shetland Museum and Archives. [more...]
DOUBLE ROYAL DATE FOR MUSEUM (May 2007)
SCHOOLCHILDREN and museum staff are among those who will take centre stage when Shetland hosts a double royal visit later this month. [more...]
WORK ON MUSEUM MURAL GETS UNDERWAY AT BUS STOP (May 2007)
THE FINAL phase of an ambitious project to cover a 25m x 3m wall area at the Viking Bus Station in Lerwick with a promotional mural for Shetland Museum and Archives has begun. [more...]
DINING AT NEW MUSEUM WILL BE A WORK OF ART (May 2007)
THE SHETLAND Museum and Archives has unveiled a specially commissioned art installation, ahead of its public opening on 2nd June. [more...]
MUSEM GEARING UP FOR GRAND OPENING (May 2007)
THE SHETLAND Museum and Archives will be opening its doors to the public with a grand launch weekend on 2nd and 3rd June, it was announced this week. [more...]
PLANS TO BUILD ON SUCCESS OF WOMEN'S CONFERENCE IN ISLES (April 2007)
A SOLD-OUT conference investigating the role of women in Shetland's history, at the Shetland Museum and Archives last weekend, was so successful that organisers are already planning a winter programme of lectures and events in a similar vein. [more...]
ARTEFACTS TELL STORY ABOUT ISLES HISTORY (April 2007)
SEVENTEEN artefacts of great historical value have made their way back to Shetland from the National Museums of Scotland this week where they will be housed in the Shetland Museum and Archives ready for its opening in June. [more...]
LITERATURE GIVEN NEW LEASE OF LIFE (March 2007)
A VALUABLE collection of Shetland and saga literature is being transferred to the Shetland Museum and Archives, 57 years after it was donated to the Shetland Library. [more...]
ROLL THE STONE AND STEP INTO A LIVING LEGEND (February 2007)
A MAGICAL and legendary part of Shetland's folklore history has been re-created at the Shetland Museum and Archives, due to open in May. [more...]
DISPLAY MAKER HARD AT WORK AT NEW MUSEUM (February 2007)
EXPERT mount maker and display designer Lee Wheeler is working with the Shetland Museum and Archives to display some of its most valuable collection items. [more...]
MUSEUM TO OPEN END OF MAY (January 2007)
AN IMPORTANT part of Shetland's maritime history was officially re-opened to the public yesterday (Thursday) following a £1 million refurbishment. [more...]
HISTORIC HAY'S DOCK REOPENED (January 2007)
THE SHETLAND Museum and Archives is celebrating the reopening of the restored 19th century Hay's Dock, more than 180 years since it was originally built. [more...]
HOME GUARD IDENTITY CARDS DONATED TO SHETLAND ARCHIVES (January 2007)
Shetland Home Guard headquarters staff at the end of the war. John Johnson is second from the left in the back row. Courtesy Shetland Archives. [more...]
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