We will be opening on 15 April after a period of maintenance. We have lots to welcome you back with.
New exhibition!
We will open with a new exhibition all about Rackwick man William Sinclair Ritch – ‘Hoy to Hudson Bay and back’, tracing the family connections between Orkney and Canada in a collaboration with Stromness Museum.
We will be releasing an online talk by curator Janette Park in advance of the exhibition. And for those of you who can’t make it to Hoy, the exhibition will be online too. We hope this will be the start of renewed connections with First Nation family members in Canada.
Live event!
We are looking forward to the live screening of the 1972/3 documentary ‘Hoy’ showing at Hoy Heritage Centre Friday 22 April. We are delighted that producer of the film Philip Normington will be at the screening. More details to follow. The film was shot 50 years ago by students from the University College London Film & Television Society. Read more here.
images: from Janette’s talk William Sinclair Ritch and his children, credit Simon Goodwin / Stills from Hoy film credit University College London Film & Television Society
Hoy Heritage Centre HOY KIRK ORKNEY 
Wonderful! I have since first coming to Orkney read and been interested in the Orkney connection to the Hudson Bay Co. Looking forward to seeing the exhibit when we return in May. Will the talk be recorded and made available through the archives? Thanks Nan Boynton
Hi there Nancy. The talk will be posted on line in the coming week or so. Hope you enjoy it!