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Orkney Museum

Museum in Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Organization museum Q2383929

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
museum, local authority museum[4]
Official website
www.orkneymuseums.co.uk[11]

Status and dates

Inception
1968[9]

Location

Headquarters location
Kirkwall[5]
Country
United Kingdom[3]
Location
Tankerness House[6]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 58.982°, -2.961°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Orkney Islands[2]
Postal code
KW15 1DH[7]
Street address
Tankerness House, Broad Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1DH[12]

Relations

Part of
Orkney Museums[8]
More facts +2
Historic county
Orkney Islands[13]
Located on street
Broad Street[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Orkney Museum en Tankerness House Museum en The Orkney Museum
🔖 Identifiers · 9
VIAF cluster ID
173733483
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Orkney Museum (geograph 6172873).jpg ↗
Art UK venue ID
orkney-museum-6643
Athenaeum museum ID
3244
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/121p7qw_
Mapping Museums ID
mm.domus.SC080
Museum Data Service museum ID
Orkney Museum
OpenStreetMap way ID
955060239
TripAdvisor ID
296577

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🔗 Connections
Country 1
United Kingdom
Headquarters location 1
Kirkwall
Historic county 1
Orkney Islands
Instance of 1
museum
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Orkney Islands
Museum Data Service museum ID 1
Orkney Museum
← Has works in the collection 1
George Jamesone
← Museum Data Service museum ID 1
Orkney Museum
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Summary

Orkney Museum is a museum[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Mapping Museums. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Mapping Museums. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . orkney.gov.uk. orkney.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · Libanp · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Official website → https://www.orkneymuseums.co.uk/our-museums/the-orkney-museu
    Headquarters location → Kirkwall
    Instance of → —
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