Rating
4.7/5 (based on Google user reviews)
User Reviews
Colin Smith (6 months ago)
This is an amazing museum, with something for everyone, and it’s free, although donations are very welcome. There is so much to see that we visited twice covering one floor on each visit. Plenty of seating around to sit and ponder. With a lovely cafe upstairs serving lunches, cakes and snacks, it’s a great place to spend a few hours.
This is an amazing museum, with something for everyone, and it’s free, although donations are very welcome. There is so much to see that we visited twice covering one floor on each visit. Plenty of seating around to sit and ponder. With a lovely cafe upstairs serving lunches, cakes and snacks, it’s a great place to spend a few hours.
Beverly Hetherington (6 months ago)
Excellent museum in a modern building in Lerwick. Two floors with one covering the history of Shetland from the ice age onward and then a second floor with social and economic history exhibits - all very interesting with great information. Also a good cafe. The Archives are very helpful when looking for information on local family history. Free entry.
Excellent museum in a modern building in Lerwick. Two floors with one covering the history of Shetland from the ice age onward and then a second floor with social and economic history exhibits - all very interesting with great information. Also a good cafe. The Archives are very helpful when looking for information on local family history. Free entry.
elaine chapman (6 months ago)
Lovely staff, brilliant layout and chronological order. The exhibitions are full of various artifacts and information about life in the Shetland Islands.
Lovely staff, brilliant layout and chronological order. The exhibitions are full of various artifacts and information about life in the Shetland Islands.
Christopher Chapman (7 months ago)
Great place and very educational. Could do with better visitor signage to follow the historical sequence for viewing exhibits - I found myself at a number of points during the visit jumping backwards and forwards a few centuries in the Shetland Island's history.
Great place and very educational. Could do with better visitor signage to follow the historical sequence for viewing exhibits - I found myself at a number of points during the visit jumping backwards and forwards a few centuries in the Shetland Island's history.
Hannah Randolph (9 months ago)
Really amazing wee museum and the staff were so friendly! We only had a short time to visit, so we asked what we should be sure to see and the woman at the front desk took us for a quick tour of the high points. The exhibits are arranged very thoughtfully and lead you through Shetland's history with lots to explore about different aspects of daily life, culture, and history. Wish we'd had more time!
Really amazing wee museum and the staff were so friendly! We only had a short time to visit, so we asked what we should be sure to see and the woman at the front desk took us for a quick tour of the high points. The exhibits are arranged very thoughtfully and lead you through Shetland's history with lots to explore about different aspects of daily life, culture, and history. Wish we'd had more time!
