Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Kirkwall HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess No Activities two tours of the building giving the history of Tankerness House as a home, at 1100 and 1400 lasting about 45 minutes. OpeningTime1 10.30-5pm OpeningDate1 21/9/2019 IsNewThisYear Yes ID Google Panorama ID 18445 Refreshments No Street The street address Broad Street Postcode KW15 1DH Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess Yes 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 Orkney Museum Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived orkney Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3158 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 The North and South wings of Tankerness House were originally manses for the Cathedral clergy. After the reformation they were bought by Gilbert Foulzie, the first Protestant minister, who, in 1574, built the arched gateway that bears his coat of arms. For three centuries this was the home of the Baikie family of Tankerness, whose estate gave the house its name. There will be two tours of the building, led by Tom Muir, giving the history of Tankerness House as a home, at 11.00 and 14.00, lasting about 45 minutes.Disabled access is limited. Disabled access is off Tankerness Lane, via the entrance to the gardens; stairlift access to upper galleries.There is public parking in Tankerness Lane and nearby pay and display car parks. Bus route 4 and X1 stop outside.