A delightfully old-fashioned museum on Alfred Street, the Stromness Museum was founded in 1837 and has barely changed its character since. Cases of stuffed birds, ship models, fossils, Inuit artefacts brought back by Hudson's Bay men, John Rae's Arctic exploration material, and exhibits on Stromness's whaling and wartime history fill two crowded floors.
Small, well-priced, and run by enthusiasts. Allow an hour. The shop has an unusually good selection of Orkney books.