John Rae Society – To promote the life and history of one of the greatest Victorian explorers

4 September 2019

Hall of Clestrain 250th Birthday !

Happy 250th Anniversary to The Hall of Clestrain! 13th September 1769 to Friday 13th September 2019. Video of fireworks at the Hall If [...]

Sponsorship

25 August 2019

Charity Auction items

These are some of the items available to bid for at our charity auction.More details on the event here *Photos [...]

News

7 August 2019

JRS at the Dounby Show

Thanks to all who visited us at our Marquee, it was great talking to you. A special thanks go to Grooves [...]

News, Talks

7 August 2019

JRS at the Orkney Science Festival

This year we are hosting three events at the annual Science Festival in Orkney as well as some open days [...]

News, Sponsorship, The Hall

2 July 2019

Are you a Coop member?

If so you can choose for 1% of the money you spend to go to the John Rae Society. Just [...]

News, Sponsorship, The Hall

12 June 2019

Visitor Centre 'flies' in

Delighted to say that our long-awaited Visitor Centre dangled in this afternoon. All went SO smoothly. Water will be connected this week [...]

News

11 June 2019

Arctic Return Flags come home

Published: Tuesday, 11 June 2019 11:22 Stromness Primary On Wednesday morning 5th June, I had the most delightful visit to Stromness primary [...]

John Rae

11 June 2019

Investiture at the Hall

On Wednesday 5th June Isaac, here, was invested into the John Rae Explorer Scouts. This was a great honour for [...]

News, The Hall

20 April 2019

Our New Project Officer

Published: Saturday, 20 April 2019 12:50 Sandra Deans – Our Project Officer “I am delighted to be part of this project [...]

News, Research, The Hall

16 April 2019

Clestrain Archive Research day

Sat 27th April 2019 10am – 3pm Orkney Library and Archive Join Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon for a day of researching the [...]

Coffee Morning at Clestrain and afternoon tea.

Saturday 21st September 2019

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Gala evening and Charity Auction

Gala evening and Charity Auction at the Orkney Gin distillery. Guest Celebrities: David Reid and Richard Smith from Arctic Return....

Sunday 22nd September 2019

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The John Rae Society

Hall of Clestrain 250th Birthday !

Charity Auction items

JRS at the Dounby Show

JRS at the Orkney Science Festival

Are you a Coop member?

Visitor Centre 'flies' in

Arctic Return Flags come home

Investiture at the Hall

Our New Project Officer

Clestrain Archive Research day

Coffee Morning at Clestrain and afternoon tea.

Gala evening and Charity Auction

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