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Category B Listed as an 18th century Haa. Built in the late 17th century as a three storey house for the first Cheynes of Tangwick. The last resident laird, John Cheyne VIII of Tangwick, died in 1840 and thereafter a caretaker looked after the Haa. The building was empty during most of the 20th century being used as a workshop for some of this time. The fabric of the building had deteriorated until the Shetland Amenity Trust carried out a renovation in 1985 with the museum opening in 1987. In 1999 the extension, which was originally the kitchens of the Haa, was rebuilt.