Scalloway Museum

Excellent exhibits relating to ‘the shetland bus’ a SOE activity in WWII when local fishing boats were used to transport agents into occupied Norway.

You may think that there is little to see in this museum, but it has an incredible collection of items and historical stories about the Shetland Bus and other important stories of Shetland. It is very well laid out and, whenever you move your head left, right, up and down there is always something new to see. The stories about the Shetland Bus are very moving and you should take time to read all of them. This museum is well worth the visit and it will take longer than you think because of the many moving stories.

Very nice regional museum which features local history from prehistoric times until WWII. Poignant reminder of local lives lost at war.

Great museum - absolutely loved the stories of local people and despite not being that interested in WW history, I found learning about the Shetland Bus operation fascinating. Ran by a great team of volunteers, very friendly and a nice little gift shop selling locally made products. Highly recommend!

Lovely service by volunteers and a really interesting exhibition. A shame the castle is not accessible at the moment.

Abdolutely brilliant little museum. So interesting of local life, fishing, skills and lots of infirmation on operation "Shetland Bus" in WW2 Lovely helpful staff as well...well worth an hour of your time.

Excellent local museum, friendly locals greet you. Much interesting information about the fisheries and very humbling to read the stories of our Norwegian cousins bravery during WW2

Great museum. Spent a good couple of hours there. Displays are well thought out and accessible for all of our group. Would definitely return.

On our recent visit to Shetland Island, Scotland, one of the stops on our tour was Scalloway Castle. The castle was commissioned by Earl Patrick Stewart and designed and built by Andrew Crawford in the early 1600's. Stewart's main residents was the Earl's Palace, built by his father on Birsay, Orkney. Scalloway Castle was only used by his representative in Shetland. The castle has 4 floors with the first having a grand hall and 2 fireplaces. A staircase leads you up to the other floors . Due to the poor condition of the interior of the castle, defining the rooms on the upper floors were difficult. Never the less it was quite amazing to be standing in a castle built over 400 hundred years ago ! It was said that Earl Patrick Stewart was a tyrant. The castle was built on the sweat and blood of the people of his parish. Shortly after the completion of the castle, Stewart was imprisoned and eventually executed in 1615. Thanks for reading ! Live/Love/Travel !