The Orkney Museum
Local highlightThe Orkney Museum fills Tankerness House, a fine 16th-century merchant-laird’s townhouse with a quiet walled garden, directly across the street from St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall. Inside is a walk through the islands’ long history, from Neolithic and Pictish to Norse and beyond. It’s free to visit and central, so it’s an easy one to duck into on a wet afternoon.
