Shetland Islands Tourist Guides Association

23/07/2024

What’s the easiest to get from Cornwall and back again - using public transport?

31/05/2023

26/04/2023

We have ten newly qualified green badge tourist guides in Shetland! Congratulations to them all for coping with such a winter of weather for their training. Look forward to seeing them all on the pier

20/04/2023

The sun may be shining, but we were pleased to welcome our volunteers back to Scalloway Museum for a pre-season training session.

We are so grateful to all our dedicated volunteers - we simply wouldn’t have a museum without them ❤️

Scalloway Museum reopens on May 1st, and we look forward to welcoming you back!

30/03/2023

Thank you to applicants for the Custodian jobs. Positions now filled.
Opening on Friday, 07 April (see attached notice).

30/03/2023

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=597869482374535&id=100064544658064

❓Are you interested in the long-term future of Old Scatness?

If so, join us over the Easter weekend when we will be running a series of free site tours and feedback opportunities on 7 & 10 April.

🔹Old Scatness is the best example of an Iron Age Village and Broch in Britain. It was discovered by chance in 1975 and was bought by Shetland Amenity Trust and excavated between 1995 – 2006. Since excavation the site has been open every year during the summer season for guided tours of the village which includes a Broch, a group of aisled roundhouses and reconstructed buildings.

During the original excavation there was wide public interest, with up to 400 visitors a day and Scatness contributed hugely to the sense of place in the south mainland. Since that time areas of the site have been consolidated but much of the site remains unstable and is vulnerable to the elements and it is only accessible to visitors with an expert guide.

✏️ We are at the very early stages of engagement with the community and we would like to gather your thoughts and views on the future of the site.

Reserve your free place by following the link https://thelittleboxoffice.com/sat/event/view/177592

29/03/2023

https://www.shetlandamenity.org/old-scatness

The Iron Age Broch and Village at Old Scatness is unique. It was an undisturbed, pristine time capsule when discovered in 1975, as the result of a road being put through what was thought to be a natural mound.

28/03/2023

Sadly missed the display of the Northern Lights a few days ago - but here's one from a few years ago.