An exterior view of the Orkney Library & Archive building

 

Artworks on display

 

Both libraries have a number of unique artworks on display, which can be viewed during our normal opening hours:

 

Orkney Library & Archive

 

Eynhallow (Land of the Finn Man) by Leila Thompson, which hangs in Kirkwall Library

Eynhallow (Land of the Finn Man)

Tapestry by Leila Thompson.

Visit the Hoxa Tapestry website

Painting of composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies by Fred Schley

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Painting by Fred Schley

Visit Fred Schley's website

Scapa Flow quilted wall hanging by Pat Sutherland

Scapa Flow
Quilted wall hanging by Pat Sutherland

Bronze busts of George Mackay Brown, Edwin Muir and Stanley Cursiter, on display in Orkney Library & Archive
Bronze busts of Orkney writers
George Mackay Brown, Edwin Muir by Ian W.L. Scott. Stanley Cursiter by Marek Szwarc

 

Stromness Library

 

The Bookseller by Calum Morrison

The Bookseller

Oil painting by Calum Morrison

Sculpture of George Mackay Brown by Tuck Langland
George Mackay Brown
Bronze bust by Tuck Langland

George Mackay Brown, painted by Fred Schley

George Mackay Brown

Painting by Fred Schley, 1998

Visit Fred Schley's website

Old woman, painted by Stanley Cursiter

Old woman

Painting by Stanley Cursiter

 

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