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Orkney Museum
Museum · Kirkwall · Orkney Islands

Orkney Museum

Orkney Museum is part of what Kirkwall has to see. Another 8 places to visit lie within 5 km. Close by, St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall is 100 m away.

Photo: Orkney Museum, Andrew Abbott (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Where
In Kirkwall
inside the locality
How well known
Top 19%
#1,601 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 17–17°C
In brief

Museum in Kirkwall

Inside Kirkwall

Orkney Museum is inside Kirkwall’s locality, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather by the month

The warmest months in Kirkwall are July and August, with highs of 17°C.

Jan7° / 2°135 mm
Feb7° / 2°92 mm
Mar8° / 3°83 mm
Apr10° / 4°69 mm
May13° / 6°56 mm
Jun15° / 8°65 mm
Jul17° / 10°49 mm
Aug17° / 10°65 mm
Sep15° / 9°88 mm
Oct12° / 7°118 mm
Nov9° / 4°131 mm
Dec7° / 2°115 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Kirkwall, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Kirkwall. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Kirkwall’s full climate →
About

Orkney Museum

Articles on it exist in 5 languages.

Type
Museum
Wikipedias
Covered in 5 languages
Town
in Kirkwall
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Plan your visit

Before you set off

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.
Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.
The map

Mapping Orkney Museum

Orange: Orkney Museum.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Kirkwall’s locality. · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Orkney Museum

They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Kirkwall

7,393 people · 11 places to visit

Make a day of it

After Orkney Museum

2 castles, 2 museums and 2 attractions are among the 10 within 15 km.

1CathedralSt Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall100 m away2Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEarl's Palace200 m away3Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBishop's Palace100 m away4MuseumOrkney Wireless Museum300 m away5Historic houseBalfour Castle6.1 km away6AttractionAttractionHighland Park Distillery1.4 km away7AttractionAttractionScapa Distillery2.4 km away8MuseumMuseumShapinsay Heritage Centre6.4 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Your questions on Orkney Museum

Where is Orkney Museum?

Orkney Museum is in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, inside the town’s locality.

What is Orkney Museum?

Museum in Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Orkney Museum?

July and August are the warmest months in Kirkwall, with afternoon highs of 17–17°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Orkney Museum?

Within 15 km: St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall (100 m), Earl's Palace (200 m), Bishop's Palace (100 m) and Orkney Wireless Museum (300 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.