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Scotland's newest museum has been opened to the public.
The £11.6m Shetland Museum and Archive, which has taken 10 years to develop, was formally opened by Prince Charles and Queen Sonja of Norway on Thursday.
Local people have been consulted throughout the museum's development and many have seen the work in progress.
The museum contains more than 3,000 artefacts - from the still-working optic of the Bressay lighthouse to Fair Isle knitwear and Shetland lace.
It also contains a model of a grice - an extinct pig with tusks, which was the size of a large dog.

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