Emily Thompson, your digital guide with a British English accent
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Audio guide Orkney Museum in English
In this audio guide, Emily Thompson takes you through Orkney Museum telling the story as you walk. In your accent, no need to read signs — just let your eyes take in what's in front of you.
What you'll hear inside Orkney Museum:
- 1Baikie Library
Preserved within the Orkney Museum, this historic room holds 487 titles and, alongside the Drawing Room, gives a real sense of 19th-century Baikie family life.
- 2Baikie Drawing Room
This carefully preserved room within the Orkney Museum recreates domestic life at Tankerness House in the 19th century, and now also displays a recently donated painting.
- 3Archaeology Collection Gallery
Holding some 100,000 artefacts spanning over 5,000 years, this nationally recognised collection ranges from Mesolithic tools to Viking boat-burial finds from Scar.
- 4Contemporary History Galleries
Several rooms exploring Orkney's social history over recent centuries, including a small research area where visitors can browse old photographs, film footage and historical documents.
- 5Broad Street Entrance Archway
Dating from 1574, this cobbled archway off Broad Street is the main entrance to the Orkney Museum, leading through to a quiet courtyard before the building itself.
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Practical information
- 1.Baikie Library
- 2.Baikie Drawing Room
- 3.Archaeology Collection Gallery
- 4.Contemporary History Galleries
- 5.Broad Street Entrance Archway
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