Orkney Museum
The Orkney Museum , also Tankerness House Museum , is a museum in a former manor house in the Scottish city of Kirkwall on the Orkney island of Mainland . In 1971 the building was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest category A.
history
The structure consists of several individual buildings. The oldest is the former rectory of the island's first post-Reformation Protestant clergyman, Gilbert Fulzie, which forms the north side. It dates from 1561. Other buildings that also served ecclesiastical purposes followed later. In 1641, James Baikie of Tankerness acquired the buildings and combined them into a mansion. He lived in the house until 1670. An L-shaped wing was rebuilt or at least redesigned in the course of the 18th century. In 1968 the city of Kirkwall restored the building and set up a museum there.
museum
Thematically, the exhibition covers the history of the Orkney Islands from the Stone Age through the Pictish Age and Viking rule to the present day. In addition to the permanent exhibition, changing special exhibitions are shown. The preserved drawing room and library at Tankerness House show how a mansion was furnished in the 17th century.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on Orkney Museum in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Online presence of the museum
Web links
- Network presence of the museum
- Information about the museum
- Entry for Orkney Museum in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 58 ° 58 '53 " N , 2 ° 57' 40.1" W.