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  • Covid fund for Culture closing soon

    Covid fund for Culture closing soon

    The closing date for applications to our Covid Recovery Fund for Culture is fast approaching.

    19 May 2023

  • Orkney Museum to host Ness of Brodgar artefacts

    Orkney Museum to host Ness of Brodgar artefacts

    The Orkney Museum is playing host to some of the Ness of Brodgar’s finest artefacts this summer.

    Most of those selected formed part of last year’s World of Stonehenge exhibition at the British Museum and are on display together in Orkney for the first time.

    16 May 2023

  • Hoy on Hoy programme announced

    Hoy is set to enjoy a visit by champion cyclist and Olympian Sir Chris Hoy this weekend (29 April).

    25 April 2023

  • Travelling Gallery visits Orkney Islands 25th – 28th April 2023

    Travelling Gallery visits Orkney Islands 25th – 28th April 2023

    Travelling Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in a bus, will arrive in Orkney this April, with the exhibition To avoid falling apart by Emmie McLuskey and Janice Parker. This two-person art exhibition explores and illuminates our human capacity for mutuality, connection and interdependence through movement, language, and film.

    07 April 2023

  • Book of selkie folk stories provides inspiration for new art exhibition

    Book of selkie folk stories provides inspiration for new art exhibition

    The artist behind a new exhibition at the Orkney Museum took inspiration from a book retelling stories of selkie folk.

    Sarah McFadyen’s new collection of paintings is known as ‘The People of The Sea’ after a book of the same title by David Thomson, published in 1954.

    31 March 2023

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