Get a glimpse of Orkney's natural history and maritime past in a museum which sports a unique collection of artefacts displayed in a traditional way.
We popped in expecting to spend a brief browse for tens minutes. We loved the friendly and helpful welcome. It was so much bigger than I had realised! Their range of intriguing exhibits are so thoughtfully displayed. The kids enjoyed the games and we stayed far longer than 10 minutes! Highly recommended.
Go and see this amazing museum. Truly awesome!
Great museum. The added attraction of interactive 3D scans of some shipwrecks at the moment. Well worth a visit...and the ticket is valid a week so you can re-visit.
This TARDIS of a museum is quite unexpected. Great displays ranging from nature to lighthouses via the Stromness man who was adopted by the people of the Solomon Isles for seven years. Go to this museum. You will not be disappointed.
This is my favourite kind of museum. Small, but packed full with information and exhibits focusing on specifically local history. There is an entrance fee of PS5, but it is well worth it as you can return to the museum using the same ticket and there is so much to take in. Downstairs covers the Scapa Flow stories from the two world wars, merchant navy, and a special exhibition; upstairs is a collection of taxidermy particularly locally seen birds, and the Hudson Bay Company. I was particularly interested in the Cairns exhibition, the current special exhibition. It highlighted the results of recent archaeological research on a number of brochs. It was a fascinating window into a mysterious phenomenon, and outlined new discoveries, theories, and understanding. All this in around 4 metres worth of exhibit.
Absolutely packed with things. So much to see - needs quite a lot of time to actually digest and think about what is on display. Marvellous.
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We popped in expecting to spend a brief browse for tens minutes. We loved the friendly and helpful welcome. It was so much bigger than I had realised! Their range of intriguing exhibits are so thoughtfully displayed. The kids enjoyed the games and we stayed far longer than 10 minutes! Highly recommended.
Go and see this amazing museum. Truly awesome!
Great museum. The added attraction of interactive 3D scans of some shipwrecks at the moment. Well worth a visit...and the ticket is valid a week so you can re-visit.
This TARDIS of a museum is quite unexpected. Great displays ranging from nature to lighthouses via the Stromness man who was adopted by the people of the Solomon Isles for seven years. Go to this museum. You will not be disappointed.
This is my favourite kind of museum. Small, but packed full with information and exhibits focusing on specifically local history. There is an entrance fee of PS5, but it is well worth it as you can return to the museum using the same ticket and there is so much to take in. Downstairs covers the Scapa Flow stories from the two world wars, merchant navy, and a special exhibition; upstairs is a collection of taxidermy particularly locally seen birds, and the Hudson Bay Company. I was particularly interested in the Cairns exhibition, the current special exhibition. It highlighted the results of recent archaeological research on a number of brochs. It was a fascinating window into a mysterious phenomenon, and outlined new discoveries, theories, and understanding. All this in around 4 metres worth of exhibit.
Absolutely packed with things. So much to see - needs quite a lot of time to actually digest and think about what is on display. Marvellous.
