Stromness Museum
@StromnessMuseum
Stromness Museum was founded in 1837 by the Orkney Natural History Society. Natural history, maritime, ethnography, archaeology, social history collections.
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#Thinsectionthursday
Bringing you a #Basalt from #Hoy #Orkney part of the Ted Kellock slide collection, currently part of a digitisation project at Stromness Museum. Video by volunteer Colin Krumdieck Quekett Microscopy
Our Egilsay class started their museum exhibit creation this afternoon. What an amazing opportunity for the whole class to learn about the jobs that exist in the world of creativity and in our local museums Quekett Microscopy Stromness Museum MuseumsGalleriesScot
🌲⛄️ Help support the museum as well as local artists and makers by buying a last-minute Christmas pressie from our museum shop.
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Last orders online by mid-day Tues.
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Looking for #Stromness #Orkney themed Xmas gifts. Look no further than Claire Kirkpatrick's lovely new Stromness Museum magnets. Created through our Steps to Sustainability Project funded by #NationalLottery @socentacademy
The final creative practitioner we'd like to introduce is Orkney3D's Mark Newton who's made these 3D printed Buddos from #SkaraBrae for our #StepstoSustainability @socentscot #Nationallottery project Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark #orkney #archaeology @sketchfab #3Dmodel bit.ly/buddokeyring
Join us next Thursday for the launch of our new product range, inspired by our collections @kirsteenstewart Creative Orkney orkney.com @heritagefunduk A #NationalLottery @socentacademy Steps to Sustainability project
Meet @Brittharcus - the next artist we're introducing as part of our @socentacademy Steps to Sustainability Project. Look out for beautifully illustrated paper based products in our shop soon. #NationalLottery orkney.com Creative Orkney #orkney #stromness
The fabulous Kirsteen Stewart is working on exciting new products for our museum shop. Kirsteen is inspired by our #naturalhistory collections - seaweed and birds' eggs in particular. @Orkneycom Creative Orkney . A #NationalLottery @socentacademy Steps to Sustainability project
Our next exciting new product launch - Claire Kirkpatrick's fab museum magnets shop.stromnessmuseum.org.uk/products/copy-… The Social Enterprise Academy Scotland Creative Orkney #Nationallottery #orkney
To celebrate the launch of #Mermedusa by Thomas Taylor, we're holding an Eerie-on-Sea Monster Museum Tour this half term. 👻
Can you spot all the monsters of mysterious seaside town, Eerie-on-Sea? Complete the trail and get a free bookmark & sticker! #EerieMonsterMuseumTour
To celebrate the launch of #Mermedusa by Thomas Taylor we're holding an Eerie-on-Sea Monster Museum Tour this half term. 👻
Can you spot all the monsters of mysterious seaside town, Eerie-on-Sea? Complete the trail and get a free bookmark & sticker! #EerieMonsterMuseumTour
We're delighted to introduce our ‘Steps to Sustainability’ project - working with artists to develop new products to help the museum become more sustainable. First up: Meet Colin Kirkpatrick and his T-shirt design
MuseumsGalleriesScot Social Enterprise Academy Scotland The National Lottery Heritage Fund #Nationallottery
We're taking part in the Eerie-on-Sea Monster Museum Tour from Kids in Museums & @walkerbooksUK! Join us this October half term to search for strange creatures & spooky spectres. Plus you could win a bundle of all five Eerie-on-Sea books! #EerieMonsterMuseumTour
For #MineralMonday here is a thin section prepared by Ted Kellock. It's a schist from Anglesey!