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Nominate individuals or teams for an award and let them know that you think they are VIPs
Orkney Islands Council is calling on members of the local community and visitors to help shine the spotlight on OIC employees or teams who have made a difference.
Local people – including social care residents, school pupils, museum and library visitors, friends, family and employees – are all encouraged to nominate their VIPs for the new VIP Awards scheme.
05 September 2023
Always remembered – stunning new images of WWI naval wrecks will keep memory of losses alive
Divers working with Orkney’s Scapa Flow Museum have captured some amazing underwater imagery this weekend of two First World War wrecks, both widely regarded as among the UK’s most significant naval losses.
14 June 2023
Scapa Flow Museum shortlisted for Museum of the Year
Scapa Flow Museum has been selected as one of five finalists for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023, the world’s largest museum prize.
22 May 2023
New this season at Scapa Flow Museum
A number of new exhibits awaits visitors to the recently redeveloped Scapa Flow Museum which reopened today, Thursday 2 March, for the 2023 season.
02 March 2023
Iconic naval gun from SMS Bremse returns renewed to Scapa Flow Museum
A rare naval gun from German High Seas Fleet Ship SMS Bremse - one of only five First World War German naval guns surviving in the UK - has returned to the Scapa Flow Museum after heading south for conservation late last year.
08 February 2023