Heritage Event Details

Postcards from Port Lockroy - talk

Taking place on 07 May 2008

Days Open:

Wednesday

Event Times:

19.30

Categories:

Environment and community, Heritage

Description:

Postcards from Port Lockroy: Five Months as Assistant Post-Mistress and Penguin Monitor on a small Antarctic Island. Artist bookbinder Rachel Hazell moved a long way from 'creating' to work for United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust. Sharing a small room with two other people, original 1950's fittings, no electricity or running water, she welcomed nearly 18,000 visitors, hand franked a lot of stamps (80,000)and continued a penguin monitoring project started in 1996.

There will be lots of pictures of penguins and icebergs, a bit of history (including whaling)and plentiful opportunity for questions.

Cost:

free, drop-in (event)

Phone:

+44(0)1595 695057 (event)

Email:

info@shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk (event)

Venue:

Shetland Museum and Archives

Address:

Hay's Dock

Lerwick

Shetland

ZE1 0WP

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Description:

Set on the waterfront within a restored 19th century dock the Shetland Museum and Archives was opened in June 2007. With over 3000 artefacts encompasing all aspects of Shetland's heritage and culture and an archive facility offering access to a wealth of local history material, it introduces Shetland's story and provides a gateway to other local sites of interest. As well as housing the Museum and Archive collections there is a cafe restaurant, auditorium, learning and research rooms, temporary exhibition space and shop. Other facilities include historic boat building sheds and a three storey boat hall with suspended boats.
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Contact:

Tommy Watt (venue)

Fax:

+44 (0)1595 696729 (venue)

Email:

info@shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk (venue)

Website:

http://www.shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk/ (venue)