“The ‘new’ Pictish Stone can connect with the collection of Pictish Stones permanently on display in the Museum”
The Orkney Exhibitions Season Has Started!
The Dates For The Cairns!!!
After a pause of two years the archaeology dig at The Cairns, Windwick, South Ronaldsay, is set to happen again!!
‘An Evening With Dan Hicks’
Professor Dan Hicks is curator of the world-renowned Pitt Rivers Museum and Professor of Contemporary Archaeology at the University Of Oxford
Orkney Is Opening Up Again
The Stromness Museum is re-opening on Thursday the 13th of May – operating on a reduced schedule with hour long slots and reduced capacity to ensure that the premises meets with Covid-19 safety requirements.
Scapa 100 Community Conference
Scapa 100: The Orkney Story a 3 day conference will be held in Stromness, Orkney from the 17th – 20th October 2019.
Not Just Flotsam and Jetsam
By far the largest number of marine related artefacts displayed are from the German fleet which was scuttled in Scapa Flow on 21st of June 1919.
New Finds – Of Different Kinds
“I visited the Stromness Museum http://www.stromnessmuseum.co.uk/ to see the two new winter exhibitions, and started with ‘Great Expectations – curios from the cupboards’ – and that’s what they are!”
#Scapa100 at Stromness Museum
The latest technology is being used to reveal more about the wrecks lying in Scapa Flow and events that took place in the waters around Orkney 100 years ago.
Our Home Town Stromness
“We’re delighted with the mural and looking forward to more work with the museum in the next school year.”
Stromness Museum’s New Exhibitions: ‘Makers – Then and Now’ Part 2
Seeing Skara Brae as it is now – all manicured – I thought how good it would be for folk to see these images from when it was first discovered
