Norna Sinclair | 3rd October 2021
Sunday 3rd October is #ScottishMuseumsDay. To celebrate we highlighting our work with the Móti Collective, an artist group from Orkney.
Katy Firth | 22nd September 2021
In this blog Exhibition Assistant Katy Firth explores the power which objects have, to connect people across time and place.
Holly Young | 26th July 2021
Guest blogger Holly Young gives a fascinating insight into the dietary habits of some of the molluscs found on our shores.
Norna Sinclair | 30th April 2021
Exhibition Assistant and keen sailor, Norna Sinclair shares her favourite objects in the museum's collection - the traverse boards.
Holly Young | 5th March 2021
In this guest blog, Holly Young highlights Robert Rendall's work on Orkney shells.
Katy Firth | 1st March 2021
In this blog, Exhibition Assistant Katy Firth presents five facts about these familiar underwater creatures.
Janette Park FMA | 15th February 2021
Curator Janette Park looks at the history and legacy of Sea Haven: Stromness in the Orkney Islands.
Norna Sinclair | 29th January 2021
Exhibition Assistant Norna Sinclair reflects on 'Our Homestown Stromness' and 'By the Sea' collaborative projects between Stromness Museum and Stromness Primary School. The results of the project are two colourful murals.
Dr Siobhan Cooke-Miller | 25th January 2021
Learn more about the Pow Hoard, a collection of copper coins discovered at Pow Farm in 1955.
Janette Park FMA | 15th January 2021
In this week's blog our curator, Janette Park, gives a brief history of Orkney's straw plait industry.
