Visiting Kirbuster Museum
Kirbuster Museum Birsay Orkney, It has been over thirty years ago that George Argo gifted the buildings at Kirbuster Farm to Orkney Islands Council.
Entry is free, the former owner gifting it to the community, whose knowledgable and passionate volunteer custodians make visitors very welcome, walk through the farm house and you can imagine the previous generations of occupiers still being there.
An excellent place to visit if you are researching your Orkney ancestry. Kirbuster was occupied up until the 1960s, once the home of the Spence and Hay families, the house has a central hearth, complete with peat fire, and a stone neuk bed reminiscent of the Neolithic interiors that can be seen at sites such as Skara Brae, the bedrooms are part of an extension to the firehoose that took place about 1723 and lead into a parlour as it was in the early 20th Century.
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Kirbuster Museum was opened to the public in 1986, it is the last example of a traditional ‘firehoose,’ the earliest known building which goes back to at least 1595.
The house demonstrates how little some aspects of domestic life has changed in a unique and fascinating insight into four centuries of family life in Orkney, it has an Edwardian parlour and Victorian Gardens, visitors can enjoy a game of putting on the green by a beautiful river, then around the back of the buildings is another area planted with trees, were you will find the Trowie Trail, through the garden.
Outside you can see the stables and the byres, the outbuildings are full of farm implements a collection of farming memorabilia that range over several centuries.
The first mention of Kirkbuster (kirkju-boldstadr) is in 1595 when it was worth 1 barrel butter and 9 pultrie (hens).
Top Attractions In And Around Kirbuster Museum
Kirbuster, Scotland is a beautiful place to visit when looking for things to do and attractions to see. There are many popular sites located close by the museum that visitors can explore during their stay in this idyllic area of Scotland. From ancient monuments, incredible landscapes and nature trails, there's something suitable for everyone who visits! Let’s take an in-depth tour of some of the top attractions you could experience near Kirbuster Museum:
• The Clashindarroch Forest Reserve - Adults and kids alike will love exploring the lush forestry within this reserve which contains historical gems such as old copper mine shafts left from Roman times or Stone Circles dating back over 2000 years ago.
• Kirk Of St Fergus Church & Graveyard – Built between 1140-1250AD on low cliffs overlooking Rattray Bay at Port Errol just 4 miles away from the museum – it stands watch about one mile inland offering grand views across countryside dotted with farms as far as Turriff hill visible twelve miles beyond its boundary walls.
• Glen Lerwick Nature Trail - This easy walking trail encompasses breathtaking sights including sea stacks perched above wide sandy beaches; deep blue lochans surrounded by small islands carpeted with grasses sedges reeds heather cotton plants calling wildfowl like geese mallard ducks lapwings curlews sanderling sandpipers skylarks.
