Museum sights in Shetland Islands
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Shetland Museum
This modern museum is an impressive recollection of 5000 years’ worth of culture, people and their interaction with this ancient landscape. Comprehensive but never dull, the display covers everything from the archipelago’s geology to its fishing industry, via a great section on local mythology – find out about the scary nyuggles (ghostly horses), or use the patented machine for detecting trows (fairies).
The Pictish carvings and replica jewellery are among the finest pieces here; the museum also includes a working lighthouse mechanism, small art gallery, and – what great smells! – a boatbuilding workshop, where you can watch carpenters at work restoring and re-crea…
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Scalloway Museum
After years of delays, Scalloway's museum has finally moved to new, purpose-built premises next door to the castle. The main exhibit celebrates the town's role in WWII's Shetland Bus operation; other displays cover Scalloway's people, industries and maritime history.
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