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.

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• 18Nov

  Archaeology you must not miss!

  Shetland’s wealth of archaeological gems is an all too well-kept secret and visitors frequently ask which sites they really should see on a short trip. Here regional archaeologist, Val Turner, recommends the best places to visit.

• 16Nov

  WE'RE HIRING!

  We have a new vacancy for a Custodian at Sumburgh Head Lighthouse.

• 28Oct

  New exhibition at the Shetland Museum to excite young readers and art lovers

  A new exhibition opens this week at the Shetland Museum and Archives. 'A’ll Tell Dee a Story' is the work of local author and self-publisher Ann Marie Anderson, and her show is enhanced through a partnership programme of activities delivered by the Museum and Archives.