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The Hall of Clestrain / Orkney Boat Museum

Welcome to the Hall of Clestrain and Orkney Boat Museum website.

An exciting project to restore the Hall of Clestrain, Orphir, Orkney, and convert it into the Orkney Boat Museum.

The Hall of Clestrain in Orphir, Orkney [Location], was the birthplace of the famous Arctic explorer John Rae. Rae discovered the last link in the Northwest Passage and established what had happened to the Franklin Expedition (the British Naval Expedition led by Sir John Franklin in 1845), but was condemned by the establishment for reporting that the survivors of this Expedition had resorted to cannibalism.

The Hall of Clestrain in Orphir, Orkney, was one of the entries in BBC Restoration 2004, the TV competition where you vote for a property to be restored.

John Rae's memory will be honoured by the building of a boat museum and the restoration of the house where he was born and lived in as a child.

Our website will document the project to restore the Hall of Clestrain - and the development of Orkney Boat Museum. The website is still in its early days of development and it is hoped that over the coming weeks and months that we will be able to cover a number of topics in more depth, including boat-building in Orkney, the history of Orkney Skiffs and Yoles and more about the plans for the Boat Museum itself.

At the moment, find out the latest project news, view images of the Hall and other maritime related images of Orkney in our gallery - plus find out how to support the project.

Supported by Big Brother 2003 winner Cameron Stout and Mr George Marwick, Lord Lieutenant of Orkney as patrons, the Friends of Orkney Boat Museum will help progress the creation of the new museum.

Find out more - read about the History of the Hall of Clestrain.

Read the latest news from the project...

View the location of the Hall of Clestrain on multimap.com

How to join the Friends of Orkney Boat Museum
Membership of the Friends of Orkney Boat Museum costs £10 pa (£15 for a family) and gives free entry to the museum when it is completed.

An application form is available to download from this website in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

Completed forms should be sent to:
Jack Drever, Secretary, Friends of Orkney Boat Museum, Warbister, Dounby, Orkney, KW17 2JB, UK

If you wish a membership form to be posted to you, please telephone the Secretary of the Friends, Jack Drever, on 01856 771889 - (+44 1856 771889 from outside the UK) or email friends@orkneyboatmuseum.org.uk

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The Hall of Clestrain - Orphir, Orkney
The history and background of the building. More...

John Rae (1813 - 1893)
Discoverer of the fate of the Franklin expedition, discoverer of the Northwest Passage - and unfairly treated by history. More...

Cameron backs Clestrain
Big Brother 2003 winner Cameron Stout - Patron of the Friends of Orkney Boat Museum. More...

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