Stromness Museum
@stromnessmuseum.bsky.social
Stromness Museum is an independent museum based in Stromness, Orkney. We host special exhibitions and have a range of permanent galleries, welcoming visitors throughout the year.
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Find out about Orkney's renewable energy origins in our new Powered By People exhibition. Hear stories from pioneers and passionate folk who’ve been part of groundbreaking work across the renewables sector, including its locally-based chain. Fri 16 May 2025 to 18 April 2026
Hear our Trustee Ian Johnstone outline Stromness Museum’s proposed plans for the Flaws Pier & Yole Building at 12 mins into this morning’s BBC Radio Orkney programme. 📻
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📷 BBC Radio Orkney
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📷 BBC Radio Orkney
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Hear our Trustee Ian Johnstone outline Stromness Museum’s proposed plans for the Flaws Pier & Yole Building at 12 mins into this morning’s BBC Radio Orkney programme. 📻
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📷 BBC Radio Orkney
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📷 BBC Radio Orkney
Selena S. Kuzman’s film ‘As Old as the Hills’, described as ‘a groundbreaking visualisation of the vastness of geological time’ set in Orkney and Caithness, is now available to view in full online on the oisf.org YouTube channel: youtu.be/CG--FFMO1UE 🍿
AS OLD AS THE HILLS
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December 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Selena S. Kuzman’s film ‘As Old as the Hills’, described as ‘a groundbreaking visualisation of the vastness of geological time’ set in Orkney and Caithness, is now available to view in full online on the oisf.org YouTube channel: youtu.be/CG--FFMO1UE 🍿
We want your views, memories, stories and photos! Stromness Museum are considering taking on the Flaws Pier and Yole Building next door to keep it in community ownership, but would love to hear your thoughts first. Please reply or email [email protected]
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We want your views, memories, stories and photos! Stromness Museum are considering taking on the Flaws Pier and Yole Building next door to keep it in community ownership, but would love to hear your thoughts first. Please reply or email [email protected]
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Join the TRANSECTS team in Stromness on Saturday, November 29, to talk marine renewables in #Orkney.
Do you have a connection to the renewables industry in Orkney?
Join the TRANSECTS team in Stromness on Saturday, November 29, to talk marine renewables in Orkney.
archaeologyorkney.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Join the TRANSECTS team in Stromness on Saturday, November 29, to talk marine renewables in #Orkney.
You and Buddo can be Belles of the Christmas Ball with these lovely earrings! Made by Orkney3D.com & @sheilafleet.bsky.social, inspired by the Neolithic Skara Brae #Buddo. Available from Fri 28 Nov 2025 🔗 shop.stromnessmuseum.org.uk/products/buddo-earrings
🎁 Each purchase supports Stromness Museum.
🎁 Each purchase supports Stromness Museum.
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
You and Buddo can be Belles of the Christmas Ball with these lovely earrings! Made by Orkney3D.com & @sheilafleet.bsky.social, inspired by the Neolithic Skara Brae #Buddo. Available from Fri 28 Nov 2025 🔗 shop.stromnessmuseum.org.uk/products/buddo-earrings
🎁 Each purchase supports Stromness Museum.
🎁 Each purchase supports Stromness Museum.
We are looking for a Freelance Outreach and Engagement specialist to work on our new natural history collections project.
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We are looking for a Freelance Outreach and Engagement specialist to work on our new natural history collections project.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
May your Christmas be Buddo and Bright! We sell unique gifts you won’t find on the high street, inspired by Orkney and our collections, plus games and stocking fillers. We're open Mon-Sat at 11am-3.30pm and you can shop online: shop.stromnessmuseum.org.uk
🎁 Sales support our independent Museum.
🎁 Sales support our independent Museum.
November 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
May your Christmas be Buddo and Bright! We sell unique gifts you won’t find on the high street, inspired by Orkney and our collections, plus games and stocking fillers. We're open Mon-Sat at 11am-3.30pm and you can shop online: shop.stromnessmuseum.org.uk
🎁 Sales support our independent Museum.
🎁 Sales support our independent Museum.
Join our friends at @johnraesociety.bsky.social for FREE adventuring events this weekend and next weekend - Sat 22 & Sat 29 Nov 2025. Malcolm Handoll of Five Senses Rewilding will lead two events so you can experience John Rae’s spirit of adventure!
Booking essential: johnraesociety.com/events
Booking essential: johnraesociety.com/events
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Join our friends at @johnraesociety.bsky.social for FREE adventuring events this weekend and next weekend - Sat 22 & Sat 29 Nov 2025. Malcolm Handoll of Five Senses Rewilding will lead two events so you can experience John Rae’s spirit of adventure!
Booking essential: johnraesociety.com/events
Booking essential: johnraesociety.com/events
Very glad the electricity is working well today after last night's power cut. We can enjoy attending the Arts Marketing Association's Digital Marketing Day Online uninterrupted, thanks to a bursary from @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk
📷: Candle snuffers, made of iron.
📷: Candle snuffers, made of iron.
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Very glad the electricity is working well today after last night's power cut. We can enjoy attending the Arts Marketing Association's Digital Marketing Day Online uninterrupted, thanks to a bursary from @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk
📷: Candle snuffers, made of iron.
📷: Candle snuffers, made of iron.
Here's Stromness Athletic Football Club celebrating a big win in 1993, when they were awarded the Dick Vet Cup. ⚽
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Here's Stromness Athletic Football Club celebrating a big win in 1993, when they were awarded the Dick Vet Cup. ⚽
During an Orkney diving holiday Neil Kermode (EMEC.org.uk) first saw the the potential for tidal energy from the Churchill barriers. Neil got an OBE in 2023 for services to renewable energy and Orkney. See Neil’s role in Orkney’s renewable energy story in Powered by People: tinyurl.com/yyxjedvp
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
During an Orkney diving holiday Neil Kermode (EMEC.org.uk) first saw the the potential for tidal energy from the Churchill barriers. Neil got an OBE in 2023 for services to renewable energy and Orkney. See Neil’s role in Orkney’s renewable energy story in Powered by People: tinyurl.com/yyxjedvp
'Orkney's Offshore Dilemmas', a talk by Dr Tim Noble (@heriotwattuni.bsky.social) is now online. The Sept talk was part of our Powered by People exhibition & #hiclimatefest. Video funded by hiclimatefest.co.uk & edited by Mark Jenkins, Kolekto. #HiLocal #LetsDoNetZero #ScotClimateWeek
ORKNEY'S OFFSHORE DILEMMAS TIM NOBLE
YouTube video by Stromness Museum
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November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
'Orkney's Offshore Dilemmas', a talk by Dr Tim Noble (@heriotwattuni.bsky.social) is now online. The Sept talk was part of our Powered by People exhibition & #hiclimatefest. Video funded by hiclimatefest.co.uk & edited by Mark Jenkins, Kolekto. #HiLocal #LetsDoNetZero #ScotClimateWeek
A reminder that the story sharing event for the @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social TRANSECTS project, focusing on whales and whaling, is tomorrow on Sat 15 Nov in the Robert Rendall Lecture Theatre, ORIC, Stromness (the old academy buildings): archaeologyorkney.com/2025/10/30/w...
TRANSECTS whaling sessions rescheduled for November 15 - Archaeology Orkney
October's story sharing event in the TRANTomorrow's planned story sharing event for the TRANSECTS project, focusing on whales and whaling, has been postponed.
archaeologyorkney.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A reminder that the story sharing event for the @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social TRANSECTS project, focusing on whales and whaling, is tomorrow on Sat 15 Nov in the Robert Rendall Lecture Theatre, ORIC, Stromness (the old academy buildings): archaeologyorkney.com/2025/10/30/w...
Remember to take care of your new luxury sock with a good sock stretcher.
📷: Sock stretcher of wood, with pegs to hold sock when stretched.
📷: Sock stretcher of wood, with pegs to hold sock when stretched.
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Remember to take care of your new luxury sock with a good sock stretcher.
📷: Sock stretcher of wood, with pegs to hold sock when stretched.
📷: Sock stretcher of wood, with pegs to hold sock when stretched.
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Artist Joanne B. Kaar will work with the UHI Orkney team to explore marine energy transitions in Orkney as part of the ongoing TRANSECTS project.
TRANSECTS artist calls for old work wear
Artist Joanne B. Kaar will work with the UHI Orkney team to explore marine energy transitions in Orkney as part of the ongoing TRANSECTS project.
archaeologyorkney.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Artist Joanne B. Kaar will work with the UHI Orkney team to explore marine energy transitions in Orkney as part of the ongoing TRANSECTS project.
The #shooglyholm project with artist Jenny Pope, our “Oceans – Wellbeing – Youth” work with West Mainland Youth Group, Snorkel Safaris, Shoreline Rambles and digital exhibition Living Wrecks: The Marine Life of Scapa Flow all feature in this Museums Galleries Scotland blog post.
🌊 BLOG | Snorkel safaris, sonar pulses, and recycled ‘trashion’ shows: museums are leading efforts to protect and promote Scotland’s marine life. Our latest blog post explores how museum exhibitions, activities, and policies are driving climate action in communities across Scotland: buff.ly/um6UuHQ
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The #shooglyholm project with artist Jenny Pope, our “Oceans – Wellbeing – Youth” work with West Mainland Youth Group, Snorkel Safaris, Shoreline Rambles and digital exhibition Living Wrecks: The Marine Life of Scapa Flow all feature in this Museums Galleries Scotland blog post.
Orkney Councillors will consider proposals for a 20mph speed limit in built-up areas today, which is a breakneck speed compared to the past limit of 4mph. Anything faster was considered 'Furious Driving'.
📷: Official notice issued by Stromness Town Council: Furious Driving.
📷: Official notice issued by Stromness Town Council: Furious Driving.
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Orkney Councillors will consider proposals for a 20mph speed limit in built-up areas today, which is a breakneck speed compared to the past limit of 4mph. Anything faster was considered 'Furious Driving'.
📷: Official notice issued by Stromness Town Council: Furious Driving.
📷: Official notice issued by Stromness Town Council: Furious Driving.
It's #TrusteesWeek, a celebration of charity trustees' work. We'd like to thank the committee of volunteers elected from members of the Orkney Natural History Society Museum, who've managed and maintained Stromness Museum since 1837 to the present day.
📷: Rev Dr Charles Clouston, Mark Summers.
📷: Rev Dr Charles Clouston, Mark Summers.
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It's #TrusteesWeek, a celebration of charity trustees' work. We'd like to thank the committee of volunteers elected from members of the Orkney Natural History Society Museum, who've managed and maintained Stromness Museum since 1837 to the present day.
📷: Rev Dr Charles Clouston, Mark Summers.
📷: Rev Dr Charles Clouston, Mark Summers.
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Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm.
Art and Archaeology graduates showcase work in Stromness
The Work Is All We Have. (Diane Eagles) Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm. The exhibition, entitled Wider Than Living, features the creations of Diane Eagles, Harry Payne, Iain Davidson, Janet Tryner and Lara Band. It is the first time a group of…
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November 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm.
It may only be early November but Buddo is already feeling festive! Packs of six A6 greetings cards (with white envelopes) featuring 'The Skara Brae Buddo' in a winter wonderland are now on sale in our Museum shop and online at: tinyurl.com/52uy777j ❄️
#Buddo ℹ️: tinyurl.com/2t3jbrsa
#Buddo ℹ️: tinyurl.com/2t3jbrsa
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It may only be early November but Buddo is already feeling festive! Packs of six A6 greetings cards (with white envelopes) featuring 'The Skara Brae Buddo' in a winter wonderland are now on sale in our Museum shop and online at: tinyurl.com/52uy777j ❄️
#Buddo ℹ️: tinyurl.com/2t3jbrsa
#Buddo ℹ️: tinyurl.com/2t3jbrsa
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November... And to give the bairns pennies for their Pops, because you don't they'll chase you around the Stromness streets with them.
Tonight's Pop competition will be judged at the Stromness Bonfire Night, Coplands Dock at 6.30pm.
Tonight's Pop competition will be judged at the Stromness Bonfire Night, Coplands Dock at 6.30pm.
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November... And to give the bairns pennies for their Pops, because you don't they'll chase you around the Stromness streets with them.
Tonight's Pop competition will be judged at the Stromness Bonfire Night, Coplands Dock at 6.30pm.
Tonight's Pop competition will be judged at the Stromness Bonfire Night, Coplands Dock at 6.30pm.
Join TRANSECTS for a talk by Dr Jen Harland of @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social and an informal story-sharing session about whales and whaling in Orkney. On Sat 15 Nov at the Robert Rendall Building, ORIC, Stromness at 11am-1pm / 2-3:45pm with drop in lunch 1-2pm. ℹ️: archaeologyorkney.com/transects
November 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Join TRANSECTS for a talk by Dr Jen Harland of @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social and an informal story-sharing session about whales and whaling in Orkney. On Sat 15 Nov at the Robert Rendall Building, ORIC, Stromness at 11am-1pm / 2-3:45pm with drop in lunch 1-2pm. ℹ️: archaeologyorkney.com/transects
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'Animating the Dead: An Archaeology of Bronze Age Burial Practices in Orkney', a new book by Professors Jane Downes and Colin Richards is out now.
#BronzeAge #Prehistory
https://archaeologyorkney.com/2025/11/01/animating-dead/
#BronzeAge #Prehistory
https://archaeologyorkney.com/2025/11/01/animating-dead/
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'Animating the Dead: An Archaeology of Bronze Age Burial Practices in Orkney', a new book by Professors Jane Downes and Colin Richards is out now.
#BronzeAge #Prehistory
https://archaeologyorkney.com/2025/11/01/animating-dead/
#BronzeAge #Prehistory
https://archaeologyorkney.com/2025/11/01/animating-dead/
White rabbit!🐰 It's 1st Nov but it’s the last day of the #HiddenWondersHunt from @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social at Stromness Museum. Complete the trail to earn a sticker. Enter a competition for the chance to win a book set & an @artfund.bsky.social Double Nat. Art Pass + Kids. ℹ️: tinyurl.com/mwrvx4rk
November 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
White rabbit!🐰 It's 1st Nov but it’s the last day of the #HiddenWondersHunt from @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social at Stromness Museum. Complete the trail to earn a sticker. Enter a competition for the chance to win a book set & an @artfund.bsky.social Double Nat. Art Pass + Kids. ℹ️: tinyurl.com/mwrvx4rk