We are delighted to be part of the Orkney International Science Festival again. It’s always a highlight of our annual programme and this year we have two events – an evening of talks at Hoy Heritage Centre and an online event both taking place on Friday 02 September.

Join us at Hoy Heritage Centre at 6:30pm on Friday 02 September for Hoy to Hudson’s Bay and back inspired by our current exhibition on the life of William Sinclair Ritch. We are pleased to welcome Stromness Curator Janette Park to talk about the connections between Orkney and the Hudson Bay area in Canada, as well as Polar historian Dr Maria Pia Casarini who will tell us about the history of the Hudsons Bay Company itself. It’s sure to be a great night with the usual warm reception with soup and refreshments.

The event is free. If you are coming from out with Hoy, take the 6pm passenger ferry from Stromness to Moaness (book through Orkney Ferries Stromness) and return on the 10pm ferry back.

See the live event details in the OISF programme here.

image above: Mr & Mrs Wylie meet Bob Wylie’s cousin Roddy Marten from Fort Chipewyan, North Alberta when he visited Orkney. Photography by Keith Allardyce from his collection at Stromness Museum

For those unable to join us in person, you can still visit Hoy virtually with our online event at 7pm. Hoy: Dark Enchanted Isle is an audio visual presentation of the first episode of our popular podcast Tales o Hoy. The audio is illustrated with photographs from the Hoy Heritage Archive. It’ll be sure to transport you.

See the online event details in the OISF programme here.