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Fetlar Interpretive Centre
Fetlar Museum Trust
Beach of Houbie
Fetlar
Shetland
ZE2 9DJ
website : http://www.fetlar.com
information : info@fetlar.com
tel : 01957 733206

A community museum on Shetland, with an award-winning exhibition on the development of antiseptic surgery and the work of Sir William Watson Cheyne, Lister’s House Surgeon.

As well as photographic displays and interactive computer presentations, the centre offers a schools pack with an interactive CD-ROM. Transcriptions of Cheyne’s medical works are available through our website.


opening months
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
opening hours
mon : 1.00 to 5.00
tues : 1.00 to 5.00
wed : 1.00 to 5.00
thurs : 1.00 to 5.00
fri : 1.00 to 5.00
sat : 2.00 to 5.00
sun : 2.00 to 5.00


Fetlar Interpretive Centre deos not have a cafe, however coffee facilities are available.


admission
adult : £2.00
child : n / a
senior citizen : £1.00
student : n / a
other concession : n / a
family : n / a
group : n / a
other : n / a

facilities
Toilets : Yes
Disabled Access : Yes
Cafe / Restaurant : No
Hearing Loop : No
Gift Shop : Yes
Car Park : Yes

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Collections
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Fetlar Interpretive Centre
Fetlar mural more
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Sir William Watson Cheyne with Camera
Sir William Watson Cheyne was a prolific documentary photographer. He ... more
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Boer War Medical Team
During the Boer War, Cheyne served as Consultant Surgeon to Lord Rober... more
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Sir William Watson Cheyne
Sir William Watson Cheyne as an old man in the 1920s, shown here in th... more
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Cheyne Prescription
Prescription written by Sir William Watson Cheyne for a Fetlar child. ... more
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Boer War temporary bridge
Glass slide taken by Sir William Watson Cheyne detailing some of the d... more
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Boer War
Glass slide taken by Sir William Watson Cheyne detailing some of the d... more
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Sir William Watson Cheyne
Sir William Watson Cheyne more