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Stromness Museum is a small independent museum in the town of Stromness in Orkney, Scotland focusing on the town's connections to maritime and natural history.[1]

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  1. 29 relations: Ashlar, Dreadnought, Dumaresq, Egyptian faience, Halkett boat, HMS Vanguard (1909), Hugh Miller, Jack Renton, James Cook, John Franklin, John Rae (explorer), List of listed buildings in Stromness, Orkney, Listed building, Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland, Mainland, Orkney, National Museum of Scotland, Neoclassical architecture, Orkney, Orkney Natural History Society, Police burgh, Robert Rendall, Royal Navy, Scottish charitable incorporated organisation, Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Skara Brae, Stromness, Third voyage of James Cook, Ushabti, William Balfour Baikie.

  2. Category B listed buildings in Orkney
  3. Government buildings completed in 1858
  4. Local museums in Scotland
  5. Maritime museums in Scotland
  6. Museums established in 1837
  7. Museums in Orkney
  8. Natural history museums in Scotland
  9. Stromness

Ashlar

Ashlar is a cut and dressed stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape.

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Dreadnought

The dreadnought was the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century.

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Dumaresq

The Dumaresq is a mechanical calculating device invented around 1902 by Lieutenant John Dumaresq of the Royal Navy.

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Egyptian faience

Egyptian faience is a sintered-quartz ceramic material from Ancient Egypt.

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Halkett boat

A Halkett boat is a type of lightweight inflatable boat designed by (1820–1885) during the 1840s.

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HMS Vanguard (1909)

HMS Vanguard was one of three dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Hugh Miller

Hugh Miller (10 October 1802 – 23/24 December 1856) was a Scottish geologist, writer and folklorist.

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Jack Renton

John (Jack) Renton (1848–1878), also known as The White Headhunter, was a Scottish seaman from Orkney.

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James Cook

Captain James Cook (– 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.

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John Franklin

Sir John Franklin (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator.

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John Rae (explorer)

John Rae (i,; 30 September 1813 – 22 July 1893) was a Scottish surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada.

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List of listed buildings in Stromness, Orkney

This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Stromness in Orkney, Scotland. Stromness Museum and list of listed buildings in Stromness, Orkney are Stromness.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland

This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland.

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Mainland, Orkney

The Mainland, also known as Hrossey and Pomona, is the main island of Orkney, Scotland.

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National Museum of Scotland

The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland is a museum of Scottish history and culture. Stromness Museum and National Museum of Scotland are natural history museums in Scotland.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany.

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Orkney

Orkney (Orkney; Orkneyjar; Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.

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Orkney Natural History Society

The Orkney Natural History Society was a scientific society established in 1837 on Orkney, Scotland by Rev.

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Police burgh

A police burgh was a Scottish burgh which had adopted a "police system" for governing the town.

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Robert Rendall

Robert Rendall (1898–1967) was a Scottish poet, and amateur naturalist who spent most of his life in Kirkwall, Orkney.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Scottish charitable incorporated organisation

A Scottish charitable incorporated organisation (SCIO) is a corporate form of business designed for (and only available to) charitable organisations in Scotland, similar to (but with important differences from) a charitable incorporated organisation in England and Wales.

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Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow

On 21 June 1919, shortly after the end of the First World War, the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet was scuttled by its sailors while held off the harbour of the British Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland.

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Skara Brae

Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. Stromness Museum and Skara Brae are museums in Orkney.

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Stromness

Stromness (Straumnes; Stromnes) is the second-most populous town in Orkney, Scotland.

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Third voyage of James Cook

James Cook's third and final voyage (12 July 1776 – 4 October 1780) took the route from Plymouth via Tenerife and Cape Town to New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands, and along the North American coast to the Bering Strait.

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Ushabti

The ushabti (also called shabti or shawabti, with a number of variant spellings) was a funerary figurine used in ancient Egyptian funerary practices.

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William Balfour Baikie

William Balfour Baikie (27 August 182512 December 1864) was a Scottish explorer, naturalist and philologist.

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See also

Category B listed buildings in Orkney

Government buildings completed in 1858

Local museums in Scotland

Maritime museums in Scotland

Museums established in 1837

Museums in Orkney

Natural history museums in Scotland

Stromness

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromness_Museum

Also known as "Stromness Museum".