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Scalloway Museum

Scalloway Museum lies 4.8 km west of Lerwick. Around it, within 15 km, lie 5 more places, Scalloway Castle (1.2 km) first on our list. Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.

Where
4.8 km
west of Lerwick
How well known
Top 44%
#3,733 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 15–16°C
In brief

Museum near Lerwick

Just outside Lerwick

Scalloway Museum is 4.8 km west of Lerwick. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

The warm months in Lerwick are July and August, with 15–16°C highs.

Jan7° / 2°145 mm
Feb7° / 2°118 mm
Mar8° / 3°105 mm
Apr9° / 4°64 mm
May12° / 6°53 mm
Jun14° / 8°55 mm
Jul15° / 10°63 mm
Aug16° / 10°82 mm
Sep14° / 9°101 mm
Oct11° / 7°126 mm
Nov9° / 5°139 mm
Dec7° / 3°146 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Lerwick, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Lerwick. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Lerwick’s full climate →
About

Scalloway Museum

Museum in Shetland, Scotland, UK.

Type
Museum
Wikipedias
Covered in 2 languages
Town
4.8 km west of Lerwick
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Map of Scalloway Museum and nearby

Numbered points are the places near Scalloway Museum, which is in orange.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Towns that count Scalloway Museum

The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · 4.8 km east of it

Lerwick

6,714 people · 7 places to visit

Make a day of it

More near Scalloway Museum

Within 15 km you can add 3 museums, a castle and a fort.

1CastleScalloway Castle1.2 km away2MuseumShetland Museum and Archives7 km away3FortFort Charlotte7.2 km away4MuseumMuseumShetland Textile Museum6.6 km away5MuseumMuseumBressay Heritage Centre8.5 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Scalloway Museum, answered

Where is Scalloway Museum?

Scalloway Museum is 4.8 km west of Lerwick, Shetland Islands.

What is Scalloway Museum?

Museum in Shetland, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Scalloway Museum?

July and August are the warmest months in Lerwick, with afternoon highs of 15–16°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Scalloway Museum?

Within 15 km: Scalloway Castle (1.2 km), Shetland Museum and Archives (7 km), Fort Charlotte (7.2 km) and Shetland Textile Museum (6.6 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (3)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.