# Orkney Natural History Society Museum

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC021455
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Jan. 30, 1969
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC021455


## Contact

- **Address:** 52 Alfred Street, Stromness, Orkney
- **Postcode:** KW16 3DH
- **Website:** www.stromnessmuseum.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science&#x27;

**What the charity does:** Run a museum for the benefit of the local community and visitors to the island.  Showcasing the local Culture, Heritage, Natural and Maritime History of the Orkney Islands.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;Children or young people&#x27;,&#x27;No specific group, or for the benefit of the community&#x27;

**Objectives:** The advancement of education in local history. The advancement of the heritage and culture of Orkney, in particular of Stromness and the ethnographic, natural and maritime history of the islands. In furtherance of this we will establish and run a Museum in accordance with the Museum Association Code of Ethics 2015, as amended.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Orkney Islands
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area






