Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city SANDWICK HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess Yes Activities <p>SEEING ISLAND STORIES</p><p>An exhibition and telling of tales created in pastels, inks, photos and words. </p><p>explore storytelling pathways of Orkney legends and lore in the exhibition, and listen to STORIES OF THE SHORELINE at 2pm and 4pm. </p><p>The story telling will last 45minutes. To book email <a href="mailto:peatfire@orkneyattractions.com">peatfire@orkneyattractions.com</a> or phone 01856 841207</p><p> </p> OpeningTime1 12 noon to 5pm ArchitectName The Merriman Family OpeningDate1 22/9/2018 OpeningDate2 23/9/2018 OpeningTime2 12 noon to 5pm IsNewThisYear Yes ID Google Panorama ID 17643 Refreshments No Street The street address VIA HOUSE Postcode KW16 3JF Parking Yes DisabledWC Yes LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Orkney Folklore and Storytelling Centre Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived orkney Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3156 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.86362,-4.261207; Description An account of the resource <p>The Orkney Folklore and Storytelling Centre sits in 3.5 acres in the middle of the UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘The Heart Of Neolithic Orkney’.</p><p><br />The Orkney Folklore and Storytelling Centre is a traditional Orkney Farmhouse,dated 1900. The original Via croft settlement,mid 18th Century, sits behind the Centre. The land called VIA means, in the old Orkney Norn language, ‘A Sacred Place ‘. There are 2 archaeological sites on this land, the Cromlech called the Stones of Via and a large Bronze Age burial mound.</p><p><br />Sit in the Orkney Folklore and Heritage library with its old Orkney books,maps and 19th Century photographs of Orkney’s fishing and farming peoples.</p><p>Take our Google tour on <a href="http://www.orkneystorytelling.com">www.orkneystorytelling.com</a></p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900