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Shetland Museum and Archives

Shetland Museum and Archives is a maritime museum. Lerwick has it inside its locality. Nearby, Fort Charlotte (400 m) heads a list of 5 within 15 km.

Photo: Shetland Museum and Archives, Clemensfranz (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Where
In Lerwick
inside the locality
How well known
Top 13%
#1,081 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 15–16°C
In brief

Museum in Lerwick

Inside Lerwick

Shetland Museum and Archives is inside Lerwick’s locality, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Picking your season

In Lerwick, July and August are the warmest, at 15–16°C in the afternoon.

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

Shetland Museum and Archives

Its story is told in 7 languages on Wikipedia.

Type
Museum
Wikipedias
Covered in 7 languages
Town
in Lerwick
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Plan your visit

Getting in

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.
Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.
The map

Locating Shetland Museum and Archives

Shetland Museum and Archives is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Lerwick’s locality. · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Where people come from

Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Lerwick

6,714 people · 7 places to visit

Make a day of it

Around Shetland Museum and Archives

There are 5 within 15 km, 3 museums, a fort and a castle among them.

1FortFort Charlotte400 m away2CastleScalloway Castle7.3 km away3MuseumMuseumScalloway Museum7 km away4MuseumMuseumShetland Textile Museum1.6 km away5MuseumMuseumBressay Heritage Centre1.6 km away

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

A visit to Shetland Museum and Archives: questions

Where is Shetland Museum and Archives?

Shetland Museum and Archives is in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, inside the town’s locality.

What is Shetland Museum and Archives?

Maritime museum in Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Shetland Museum and Archives?

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 Shetland Museum and Archives?

Within 15 km: Fort Charlotte (400 m), Scalloway Castle (7.3 km), Scalloway Museum (7 km) and Shetland Textile Museum (1.6 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.