Stromness Musuem in Orkney, Orkney, United Kingdom | Museum

Stromness Museum was founded in 1837 with the creation of the Orkney Natural History Society. It remains an independent Museum and is run for the community by a group of trustees.
The building dates from 1858, when it was built to serve the joint function of Museum and Stromness town hall.
The Museum then occupied only the first floor, but now occupies the whole building.
The Lower Gallery
The lower gallery is full of exhibits relating to the local fishing industry, relics of the German High Seas Fleet (famously scuttled in nearby Scapa Flow in 1919) and numerous items relating to the "Nor' Wast" - the 19th century links between Orkney and Canada, involving the Hudson's Bay Company.
Particularly interesting is material concerning Orcadian Arctic explorer John Rae - who was the first European to learn, from Inuit hunters, the fate of the Franklin Expedition to the North-West passage in 1845.
This gallery also annually houses new temporary exhibitions, generally illustrating some aspect of local history.
We look forward to meeting you
when you visit the Stromness Museum!