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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.
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. 📻
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

📷 BBC Radio Orkney
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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 chair@stromnessmuseum.org.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 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.
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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
It's due any minute now...
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 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.
November 22, 2025 at 10:53 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
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 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.
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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
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
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.
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 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.
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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.
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 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
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
However, Buddo's been caught outside in a snowstorm so is feeling a bit cold and wet at the moment. ❄️ tinyurl.com/52uy777j
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 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.
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 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
November 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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
Happy Halloween! Beware of Frankenstein's Monster and his vicious, bloodthirsty hound, Kodak the Wonder Dog.

📷: Past Stromness Drama Club production poster: 'Frankenstein The Panto, Starring Kodak the Wonder Dog.'
October 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
As the nights are drawing in, we will be switching to winter opening times from tomorrow, Saturday 1 November 2025. We will be open Monday to Saturday from 11.00am until 3.30pm and closed on Sundays.

📷: Parrafin lamp and mantle, used at Pentland Skerries lighthouse before modernisation.
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Elsa Ramírez Santiago is Lead Project Engineer of Leask Marine and a ‘Stemettes’ volunteer, giving industry insight to young professionals and encouraging girls pursuing STEM careers. See Elsa’s role in Orkney’s renewable energy story, told in our Powered by People exhibition: tinyurl.com/yyxjedvp
October 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Karen Boswarva & Seasearch Orkney surveyed #ShooglyHolm after 1 month underwater. See how the wee octopus has changed and the marine life in artist Jenny Pope's mooring. 📷: J Kakkonen & Elaina, Seasearch Orkney. ℹ️: tinyurl.com/3kzbrpjp (@artecology-iw.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social)
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Are yours the hands behind this happy #shooglyholm octopus? Project artist Jenny Pope would love to know! It’s a lovely, welcoming face for marine life making it their new underwater home. 🐙 🌊
#ShooglyHolmℹ️: tinyurl.com/3kzbrpjp
October 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Have you joined the #HiddenWondersHunt? Take the fun, family friendly trail from @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social & Walker Books this Oct school holiday! Find hidden wonders in the museum. Do a drawing challenge for the chance to win out of this world prizes. 🔎💫

ℹ️: stromnessmuseum.org.uk/whatson/2025...
October 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
We are recruiting!

Stromness Museum is looking to recruit a Collections Assistant for a Natural History Digitisation project.

(@nhm.org @heriotwattuni.bsky.social @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk )
October 18, 2025 at 4:48 AM