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<< Our Photo Pages >> Shetland Museum - Museum in Scotland in Shetland

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MuseumsSite Name: Shetland Museum
Country: Scotland County: Shetland Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Lerwick
Map Ref: HU474413  Landranger Map Number: 4
Latitude: 60.153443N  Longitude: 1.148056W
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
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1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Shetland Museum
Shetland Museum submitted by jeffrep : Example of archaeological holdings in the Shetland Museum, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)
Museum in Shetland.
Large Neolithic, Bronze Age & Iron Age Collection.

Address: Lower Hillhead, ZE1 0EL
Phone: 01595 696729
Opening Hours: Not Known
Admission: Not Known
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Shetland Museum
Shetland Museum submitted by jeffrep : Example of early Christian holdings in the Shetland Museum, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Shetland Museum
Shetland Museum submitted by jeffrep : Plaque Commemorating the 2007 Opening of the Shetland Museum, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Shetland Museum
Shetland Museum submitted by jeffrep : Inside the Shetland Museum, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Shetland Museum may be forced to close due to budget cuts by Andy B on Wednesday, 24 October 2012
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Officials from Shetland Islands Council told trustees of the Shetland Amenity Trust (SAT) at a meeting last week that they would be recommending cuts of 35% to the budget of the Shetland Museum and Archive over the next three years.

In an open letter published in the Shetland Times, SAT’s chairman Brian Gregson said that, if implemented, the cuts would result in “at least 20 staff being made redundant and render it impossible to provide any workable or acceptable level of museum and archive services in Shetland”.

Gregson pointed to the 25-year service-level agreement between SAT and the council, which states that the council should provide the necessary revenue resources to meet the delivery of the museum and archives services. The agreement was a pre-condition of a £5.1m Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant for Shetland Museum and Archives.

"Notwithstanding this," he wrote, "since the first full year of operation the museum and archives services have been subjected to cuts each year.

More at
http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/23102012-shetland-museum-may-have-to-lay-off-20-staff-redundant
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Cultivating the Divine: Ritual Deposition in Shetland Peat- Thurs 13th September 2012 by Andy B on Friday, 07 September 2012
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Thursday 13th September at 19:30
Contact: Kirsty Clark, Shetland Museum & Archives.
Tel: 01595 695057
Where: Shetland Museum and Archives, Hay’s Dock, Lerwick, ZE1 0WP.

http://www.shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk

Jenny Murray, Curator of Collections, presents her findings on her recent research into the possibility of some Iron Age and Viking agricultural tools being buried as ritual offerings. Using typology and Radiocarbon dating, she assessed these objects to see if they were comparable to similar finds in Scandinavia and Scotland.
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Re: Shetland Museum by jeffrep on Thursday, 05 August 2010
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Condition: 5
Ambience: 5
Access: 5
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Re: Shetland Museum by jeffrep on Thursday, 05 August 2010
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The new Shetland Museum is located at Hays Dock, about a ten minute walk from Lerwick town center. The Museum is open during the following hours: Monday - Friday: 10.00 - 17.00; Saturday: 10.00 - 17.00; and Sunday: 12.00 - 17.00. There is a restaurant located on the upper floor of the museum. There is an admission charge.

The Museum holds artifacts from Shetland's entire history. The Museum's archaeological collection is superb with artifacts from the Neolithic (4000 B.C.) through Iron Age and Viking into Medieval (A.D. 1500) times, consisting of site excavations and stray finds.

Website: http://www.shetland-museum.org.uk/index.html
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