Name: The Orkney Museum
Rating: 5.0

The Orkney Museum

Tankerness House Broad Street, Kirkwall, The Orkney Isles, The Highlands, KW15 1DH, Scotland

1-90 Years

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The Orkney Museum tells the story of Orkney, from the Stone Age, to the Picts and Vikings, right through to the present day. There is a large collection of old photos and activities to amuse younger visitors. The Museum’s collection is of international importance and it has a changing temporary exhibition programme.

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Free
Host birthday parties: No

Features

Wheelchair friendly.
Toilets.
There is an accessible door from Tankerness House Gardens and staff will be available to assist. The open galleries are all upstairs, but a stair lift is available.
Disabled access is available from Tankerness House Gardens. A stair lift is available for access to the temporary exhibition which is on the first floor.

What to see

The Orkney Museum used to be a house – Tankerness House. For three centuries this house was the home of the Baikie family of Tankerness, whose estate gave the house its name. It opened as a museum in 1968 and is an A-listed building. The Baikie Library and Drawing Room gives the visitor an idea of how the house looked when it was a family home.

The North and South wings of the house were originally manses for the Cathedral clergy. After the reformation they were bought by Gilbert Foulzie, the first Protestant minister, who in 1574 built the arched gateway that bears his coat of arms.

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