Old Haa Museum
The Old Haa of Brough is a museum, tearoom and garden in located in Burravoe, Yell, Shetland, Scotland. Built for Robert Tyrie, a merchant, in 1672, houses the local museum for Burravoe and Yell.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “The Old Haa”
- Address: Shetland, ZE2 9AY
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Burra Voe, broch 70m SSE of Wester Ayre and St Colman’s Episcopal Church.
Burra Voe, broch 70m SSE of Wester Ayre
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burra Voe, broch 70m SSE of Wester Ayre is an archaeological site, which is situated 840 feet southwest of Old Haa Museum.
St Colman’s Episcopal Church
Church
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Colman’s Episcopal Church is situated 1,000 feet north of Old Haa Museum.
Orfasay
Islet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orfasay is one of the Shetland Islands. Orfasay is situated 2 miles southwest of Old Haa Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burravoe and Gossabrough.
Burravoe
Village
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Burravoe is a community on the north shore of Burra Voe, in the south-east part of the island of Yell in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The name Burravoe is derived from the Old Norse Borgavágr, meaning, broch bay.
Gossabrough
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gossabrough is a coastal hamlet, wick and ness on the southeast side of the island of Yell, Shetland, Scotland. The Wick of Gossabrough lies between the northern extremity of Gossabrough Ness and the Saddle of Swarister. Gossabrough is situated 2½ miles north of Old Haa Museum.
Copister
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Copister is a village in Yell. It is a former centre for haaf net fishing, and has a shingle beach. Copister is situated 2½ miles west of Old Haa Museum.
Old Haa Museum
- Categories: independent museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.49572° or 60° 29′ 45″ northLongitude
-1.05495° or 1° 3′ 18″ westOpen location code
9CGWFWWW+72OpenStreetMap ID
way 385763274OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7084156
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Russian—“Old Haa Museum” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Old Haa Museum”
- Russian: “Олд-Хаа”
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Highlights include Burravoe Post Office and Green Holm.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Old Haa Museum”. Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.