Shetland Museum

The New Shetland Museum and Archives at Hay's Dock, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, was formally opened on 31 May 2007 by HM Queen Sonja of Norway and the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay. The new building, which cost in the area of 11.6 m, was part supported by a Heritage Lottery Fund concede of 4.9 m, and replaces considerably littler structures which were situated at the Lower Hillhead and King Harald Street. The lead specialist for the advancement was the Building Design Partnership, and the fundamental temporary worker D.I.T.T. Development Ltd. begun take a shot at the working in 2004.

The showcase plans in the building were made by GBDM of Dundee in a joint effort with exhibition hall staff. The finished building is a huge advance forward for the Shetland Museum with five times the space for shows, excluding the three-story pontoon corridor. The building additionally contains a cutting edge file storeroom and hunt room again with expanded space and much better offices. There is an additionally a 120-situate address corridor, transitory showcase regions, and a bistro, which will serve, however much as could reasonably be expected, neighborhood deliver. You can visit this place with your friends and family members.