Kirkwall Places of Interest

This interpretation centre gives the visitor an introduction to the 12^th century Saga of the New Earls of Orkney. Sites featured in the Saga are dealt with, while a video gives the viewer ... more

Experience Farm & Folk life in the Orkney's in the 18^th and 19^th centuries with a trip to these two museums. Buildings and grounds include a working barn with grain kiln (Co... more

The Orkney Museum is a Museum in Kirkwall, The Orkney Isles, Scotland. Find out more about this business: click to see more

This beautifully renovated museum tells the story of how the town of Stromness grew into one of the most important ports in the north. It was the last port of call for the ships of the fur-trading Hud... more

Housed in the oil pumping station of the former naval base at Lyness, this museum tells the story of Scapa Flow, the Royal Navy's main anchorage in both world wars. There are artefacts from HMS Hampsh... more