Museums · Scottish Islands
Orkney Wireless Museum
Orkney Wireless Museum — museum in Orkney, Scotland.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Orkney Wireless Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1983. Wikidata describes it as: "museum in Orkney, Scotland". Coordinates: 58.9853°, -2.9561°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Orkney Wireless Museum in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, houses a collection of domestic and military wireless equipment. It developed from the private collection of the late Jim MacDonald from St Margaret's Hope and marks the importance of wireless communications in Orkney during World War II.
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- Coordinates
- 58.9853, -2.9561
- District
- Orkney Islands
- Postcode
- KW15 1LG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
- Established
- 1983
- Official site
- gb2owm.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7102962 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Orkney Wireless Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Orkney Wireless Museum exterior2008.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Orkney Wireless Museum?
- Orkney Wireless Museum is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode KW15 1LG).
- When was Orkney Wireless Museum built?
- Built or established in 1983.
- How do I get to Orkney Wireless Museum?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode KW15 1LG. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.