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Book a Museum Tour

7 May 2025 to 26 September 2025

Take our exclusive Museum Tour

Through this exclusive guided tour, given by one of our Museum team, you will enjoy an informative, engaging and in-depth experience, one which will enable you to connect with people from our past through the stories behind the artefacts.

Discover how and why the German High Seas Fleet was scuttled in Scapa Flow. 

Explore our connections with Canada through the Hudson’s Bay Company and the story of Orcadian Arctic explorer, John Rae. 

Enjoy the Natural History gallery, which is home to an amazing collection of stuffed birds, Orkney shells and geology. 

And meet ‘Buddo’ from Skara Brae (circa 2,900 -2,400 BC) one of only a handful of human figurines from the British Neolithic.

 

Stromness Museum guided tour

 

Tours are limited to 8 people - please book to avoid disappointment.

The Tour will take approximately 45 minutes with 15 minutes for questions. 

You will also receive a free copy of the Museum’s Per Mare guide book to help you explore Stromness and discover more about its history through the artefacts in our collections. 

Price: £16.00 per head

 

For availability of tours outwith the listed times please enquire directly with the Museum on 01856 850 025.

 

A carved whalebone figurine being held in a pair of gloved hands