It's #TrusteesWeek, a celebration of charity trustees' work. We'd like to thank the committee of volunteers elected from members of the Orkney Natural History Society Museum, who've managed and maintained Stromness Museum since 1837 to the present day. 📷: Rev Dr Charles Clouston, Mark Summers.

Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm.

It may only be early November but Buddo is already feeling festive! Packs of six A6 greetings cards (with white envelopes) featuring 'The Skara Brae Buddo' in a winter wonderland are now on sale in our Museum shop and online at: tinyurl.com/52uy777j ❄️ #Buddo ℹ️: tinyurl.com/2t3jbrsa

Remember, Remember the Fifth of November... And to give the bairns pennies for their Pops, because you don't they'll chase you around the Stromness streets with them. Tonight's Pop competition will be judged at the Stromness Bonfire Night, Coplands Dock at 6.30pm.

Join TRANSECTS for a talk by Dr Jen Harland of @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social and an informal story-sharing session about whales and whaling in Orkney. On Sat 15 Nov at the Robert Rendall Building, ORIC, Stromness at 11am-1pm / 2-3:45pm with drop in lunch 1-2pm. ℹ️: archaeologyorkney.com/transects

'Animating the Dead: An Archaeology of Bronze Age Burial Practices in Orkney', a new book by Professors Jane Downes and Colin Richards is out now. #BronzeAge #Prehistory https://archaeologyorkney.com/2025/11/01/animating-dead/

White rabbit!🐰 It's 1st Nov but it’s the last day of the #HiddenWondersHunt from @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social at Stromness Museum. Complete the trail to earn a sticker. Enter a competition for the chance to win a book set & an @artfund.bsky.social Double Nat. Art Pass + Kids. ℹ️: tinyurl.com/mwrvx4rk

Happy Halloween! Beware of Frankenstein's Monster and his vicious, bloodthirsty hound, Kodak the Wonder Dog. 📷: Past Stromness Drama Club production poster: 'Frankenstein The Panto, Starring Kodak the Wonder Dog.'

As the nights are drawing in, we will be switching to winter opening times from tomorrow, Saturday 1 November 2025. We will be open Monday to Saturday from 11.00am until 3.30pm and closed on Sundays. 📷: Parrafin lamp and mantle, used at Pentland Skerries lighthouse before modernisation.

Elsa Ramírez Santiago is Lead Project Engineer of Leask Marine and a ‘Stemettes’ volunteer, giving industry insight to young professionals and encouraging girls pursuing STEM careers. See Elsa’s role in Orkney’s renewable energy story, told in our Powered by People exhibition: tinyurl.com/yyxjedvp

Karen Boswarva & Seasearch Orkney surveyed #ShooglyHolm after 1 month underwater. See how the wee octopus has changed and the marine life in artist Jenny Pope's mooring. 📷: J Kakkonen & Elaina, Seasearch Orkney. ℹ️: tinyurl.com/3kzbrpjp (@artecology-iw.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social)

Are yours the hands behind this happy #shooglyholm octopus? Project artist Jenny Pope would love to know! It’s a lovely, welcoming face for marine life making it their new underwater home. 🐙 🌊 #ShooglyHolmℹ️: tinyurl.com/3kzbrpjp

Have you joined the #HiddenWondersHunt? Take the fun, family friendly trail from @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social & Walker Books this Oct school holiday! Find hidden wonders in the museum. Do a drawing challenge for the chance to win out of this world prizes. 🔎💫 ℹ️: stromnessmuseum.org.uk/whatson/2025...

We are recruiting! Stromness Museum is looking to recruit a Collections Assistant for a Natural History Digitisation project. (@nhm.org @heriotwattuni.bsky.social @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk )

Stromness Museum are taking part in this cosmic trail from @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social , so head on over for some out-of-this-world fun this school holiday! 🔎💫 kidsinmuseums.org.uk/what-we-do/m...

Very happy to be one of the 17 Scottish museums awarded Repair and Adaptation Funding!

Get out & about this half term with our fun Stromness Energy Safari! Get your guide from our shop, 1st 50 are free, extra copies £3 each. Created with tern360.com as part of Highlands & Islands Climate Fest., & our Powered by People exhibition. #HiLocal #hiclimatefest #LetsDoNetZero #ScotClimateWeek

Karen Boswarva (Seasearch Orkney) will represent us at 'An Ocean of Opportunities' Nordic Blue Tourism Conference on 21-22 Oct. Karen will be ‘showcasing good practices and experience’, sharing our “Museum Without Walls” bridging maritime history, tourism and conservation. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4hh3z6ku

📢 We're taking part in the #HiddenWondersHunt from @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social & Walker Books this October school holiday! Explore Stromness Museum with our family trail from Sat 18 Oct 2025, inspired by The Search for our Cosmic Neighbours by Chloe Savage. ℹ️ stromnessmuseum.org.uk/whatson/2025...

Read all about it! Stromness Museum features in 3 articles in this week’s The Orcadian, which cover the recent #shooglyholm mooring launch, the new Stromness Energy Safari walking trail and the 'Astrolepis of Stromness' discovered by geologist Hugh Miller as the 'Orkney Object' in the newspaper. 🗞

Local creative Samantha Clark spoke to artist Jenny Pope for 'The Life Boat' newsletter, to discuss the collaborative #ShooglyHolm project, finding resilience and buoyancy through making, and ‘Art in an Emergency’. 🔗: lifeboat.substack.com/p/art-in-an-emergency #ShooglyHolmℹ️: tinyurl.com/3kzbrpjp

We are open until 5.00pm today, despite #StormAmy. 'The Climate of Orkney' might be wet and windy, but it's dry and calm inside Stromness Museum!

Happy Scottish Museums Day! Today we're celebrating the mighty efforts of the museum staff and volunteers who tirelessly research, conserve, interpret, display and promote Scotland’s #MightyObjects. A huge well done to the incredible people who make Scotland’s museums special! #ScottishMuseumsDay

Tomorrow’s planned story sharing event for the TRANSECTS project, focusing on whales and whaling, has been postponed. It will now be on Sat 15 Nov 2025, in the Robert Rendall Lecture Theatre, ORIC, Stromness (the old academy buildings). Further details TBC. archaeologyorkney.com/2025/10/03/w...

As today's #ScottishMuseumsDay coincides with many #StormAmy weather warnings, our #MightyObjects is the Fitzroy Barometer invented by meteorologist Admiral Robert Fitzroy, creator of the first weather forecasts and national Storm Warning Service for coastal communities, and first Met Office Chief.

It’s #ScottishMuseumsDay! 🎉 This year’s theme is #MightyObjects – the biggest, tallest, heaviest & most surprising treasures in Scotland’s collections. Head out, explore museums near & far, and share your monumental finds today! 🏛️✨

Some fantastic creations from artist Jenny Pope's #shooglyholm workshops with Orkney Blide Trust members, who were inspired by one of our shoreline rambles! ℹ️: tinyurl.com/3kzbrpjp (@creativescots.bsky.social & @artecology-iw.bsky.social)

Sandy Kerr, ICIT Director @heriotwattuni.bsky.social, first came to Orkney in 1990 for a summer job in a crab factory. He now researches and supports the community benefits from renewable energy systems. See his role in Orkney’s renewable energy story in Powered by People: tinyurl.com/yyxjedvp

New blog post: West Mainland youth dive into ocean conservation with Stromness Museum. This dynamic new project exploring the intersection of oceans, wellbeing, and youth engagement was made possible through support from the Orkney Youth Local Action Group. stromnessmuseum.org.uk/blog/west-ma...

There's still tickets available for Dr Tim Noble's free talk, 'Orkney's Offshore Dilemmas' this Thur 25 Sept at 7pm, as part of our Powered by People exhibition. ℹ️&🎟️: www.stromnessmuseum.org.uk/whatson/2025... Part of hiclimatefest.co.uk #HiLocal #hiclimatefest #LetsDoNetZero #ScotClimateWeek

History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public. Starting this week:

October's story sharing event in the TRANSECTS project focuses on whales and whaling in #Orkney. #archaeology #history

Snorkelling to the #ShooglyHolm underwater sea-life hotel! 🤿 ℹ️: tinyurl.com/3kzbrpjp 📷 by Karen Boswarva & Katy Firth (@creativescots.bsky.social, @jpopstudios.bsky.social & @artecology-iw.bsky.social )

‘It is the only certainly British specimen that still exists, and before it died it was part of the last pair in the country.’ A detailed thread on the demise of the Great Auk.

The #ShooglyHolm sealife hotel is open! Thanks to all who helped build the mooring's ceramic village, and those who toasted its launch today with @jpopstudios.bsky.social, a wee dram and some homely Orkney poetry. ℹ️: tinyurl.com/3kzbrpjp (@creativescots.bsky.social & @artecology-iw.bsky.social )

The #ShooglyHolm mooring is ready, and Poppy the dog is very excited! Join us tomorrow, Sat 20 Sep at 9-10am to toast its launch with a wee dram, some Orcadian poetry and a few words by artist @jpopstudios.bsky.social. (@artecology-iw.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social)

Today @jpopstudios.bsky.social is working on the #ShooglyHolm mooring, inc. attaching community-made ceramics. Pop by to say hello before 3pm! Project partners: oisf.org, blidetrust.org.uk, aquatera.co.uk, emec.org.uk, @creativescots.bsky.social, @artecology-iw.bsky.social, kerrianneflett.com

For hiclimatefest.co.uk & our Powered by People exhibition, we've made a fun Stromness Energy Safari with tern360.com. Walk the trail, crack the code & earn a certificate! Get your guides from us (1st 50 copies free, extra copies £3 each). 🔍⚡ #HiLocal #hiclimatefest #LetsDoNetZero #ScotClimateWeek

Save the date! Scottish Museums Day is back on 3 October 2025! 🎉 We’ll be celebrating the incredible collections in Scotland’s museums, galleries, libraries, archives, & heritage sites. This year’s theme drops soon. Stay tuned! 👀 #ScottishMuseumsDay

Join us this Fri 10am-3pm at the Museum, to see @jpopstudios.bsky.social completing the #ShooglyHolm mooring construction, inc. attaching community-made ceramics. Project partners: oisf.org, blidetrust.org.uk, aquatera.co.uk, emec.org.uk, @creativescots.bsky.social & @artecology-iw.bsky.social.

Tonight Kirsteen Stewart is talking @pierartscentre.bsky.social about her creative collaborations, inc. our Steps to Sustainability project. Kirsteen worked with us to produce new lines of textile products inspired by our natural history collection. orkneyartssociety.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/k...

You're all invited to see the #ShooglyHolm mooring and sea-life habitat installation in Stromness with artist @jpopstudios.bsky.social next week. 🌊 tinyurl.com/3kzbrpjp (Project partners are oisf.org, blidetrust.org.uk, aquatera.co.uk, @creativescots.bsky.social & @artecology-iw.bsky.social)

As part of hiclimatefest.co.uk, Dr Tim Noble of @heriotwattuni.bsky.social is giving a free 'Orkney's Offshore Dilemmas' talk, in association with our Powered by People exhibition about Orkney's renewable energy. ℹ️/🎟️: tinyurl.com/364xhwt9 #HIlocal #HIclimatefest #LetsDoNetZero #ScotClimateWeek

Buddo is very excited about Orkney’s first ever Festival of Archaeology from @orkneyarchaeology.bsky.social, with events on today until this Sunday 14 September 2025! See: orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk/events/ #Buddo

See the film premiere of 'As old as the hills’ at oisf.org tomorrow. A stunning journey through deep time with Geologist Adrian Hall, Mara Gibb (Caithness) and our Museum Climate Change Exhibitions and Outreach Officer Katy Firth. Tue 9 Sep, 10am: oisf.org/fest-event/a... youtu.be/jjr7gXy2tHU?...

Come to Stromness Museum to learn all about Orkney's pioneering role in the developing renewable energy story and the human stories behind it. We're open 7 days a week from 10am until 5pm, inc. Sundays. www.stromnessmuseum.org.uk/whatson/2025...

Island Sheep and Island Futures are a key feature of this year's Orkney International Science Festival (oisf.org). If you’ve not yet seen any North Ronaldsay sheep, you can find a ram, ewe and lamb in our Natural History collection at Stromness Museum.

We recently co-hosted an event with OREF.co.uk, a viewing of ‘Powered by People’ and talk by Mark Williamson of subseamicropiles.com on their work on Hoy and the opportunity the tech. offers for simplified marine moorings. A recording is now available to view here: www.oref.co.uk/.../oref-ope...

We hope those competing in the Stromness Sailing Club Regatta races today have better luck than the crews of these two boats did in 1963. 📷: Two boats collide near the pier during the Holm Regatta, 1963. See Orcadian 8/8/1963, page 7. Hourston Photographic Collection, © Stromness Museum.

'As old as the hills’, a new film premiering as part of oisf.org, features some lovely images of Geologist Ted Kellock’s microscopic rockslides under cross-polarized light, their Shapinsay collection site & the Stromness landscape. It will be a feast for the eyes and mind! oisf.org/fest-event/a...