Welcome

Our mission is to safeguard, enhance, and promote Shetland's heritage, ensuring it is accessible to be enjoyed by all.

Shetland Amenity Trust constantly strives to preserve and enhance everything that is distinctive about Shetland's cultural and natural heritage, promoting access to it whether physical or intellectual.

The Trust was created in 1983 and has since delivered an extensive range of high quality heritage and culture projects, in partnership with a range of local, national and international agencies.

We continue to be pro-active in seeking new opportunities and identifying new funding sources, to further enhance the heritage and culture experience for local Shetland people and visitors to our islands.

We are part of a community which takes great pride and pleasure in our cultural and natural heritage, embracing traditions, dialect and our physical environment in all of our activities.

Fair Work
We have adopted the Fair Work principles.

News rss

• 18Mar

  Easter weekend events at Sumburgh Head as it opens for the season

  Enjoy a family day out over the Easter weekend as Sumburgh Head lighthouse, visitor centre and nature reserve officially opens for the season on Saturday 30 March.

• 13Mar

  Registration for Da Voar Redd Up 2024 is now open

  Da Voar Redd Up (DVRU) will take place next month from Saturday 20 – Friday 26 April 2024, and you can sign up now

• 13Mar

  New book of Shetland Fine Lace Knitting launched

  A new publication, ‘Shetland Fine Lace Knitting – Recreating patterns from the past’ by Shetland Museum’s textiles curator, Carol Christiansen, has launched this week.