Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren Yes Place The town or city Unst, Shetland HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess Yes Activities Exhibition about the open boat development in Shetland and the North Atlantic area. Collection comprised of anything linked to the sea!Historical mural. OpeningTime1 11am-4pm OpeningDate1 28/9/2019 OpeningDate2 29/9/2019 OpeningTime2 2pm-4pm IsNewThisYear Yes ID Google Panorama ID 19359 Refreshments Yes Street The street address Unst Boat Haven AddressLine2 Haroldswick Postcode ZE2 9ED Parking Yes DisabledWC Yes LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Unst Boat Haven Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived shetland Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3429 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.86362,-4.261207; Description An account of the resource Situated in Haroldswick and managed by the Unst Heritage Trust, the Boat Haven is a welcome stop for visitors. Built in 1994 the metal sheeted building is central to the Haroldswick area and near the sea. The Boat Haven's collection is comprised of anything linked to the sea.Step inside the building and you can view a unique collection of wooden boats displayed on a shingle beach. This display shows the open boat development in Shetland and the North Atlantic area. One of the interesting artefacts is a barometer which used to hang outside the Haroldswick Shop. This was one of the few ways to check the weather before the boats put out to sea. There is a historical mural at the far end of the Boat Haven depicting the old sixareen days. Sixareens is a traditional fishing boat used around the Shetland islands. Step outside and there is also a sixareen in the boat shelter to view! This boat gives the visitor a real sense of how vulnerable the fishermen were when at sea.Visitors always receive a warm welcome from the knowledgeable custodian.