The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum

The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum The Stirling Smith, Stirling's free visitor attraction! The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum is a place where everyone is welcome.
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The building has played a very special part in the history of Stirling since its founding in 1874. Established by the bequest of artist Thomas Stuart Smith (1815-1869), it was built on land supplied by the Burgh of Stirling. Today, The Smith functions as a gallery, museum, and cultural centre for the Stirling area. It serves as the repository for the historical artefacts and paintings of Stirlings

hire, while also offering exhibition opportunities for contemporary artists. The Smith is a much-treasured resource in our community, valued for its lecture theatre, café, and biodiversity garden as well as exhibitions.

Just in time for the World Cup! ⚽🏆Join Hamish MacDonald for an evening of poems, stories and performance from his book S...
29/05/2026

Just in time for the World Cup! ⚽🏆

Join Hamish MacDonald for an evening of poems, stories and performance from his book Square Baw- a celebration of Scottish Football.

The book is a deeply personal exploration of Scottish Football, family, social history and community that celebrates the beautiful game.

18th June 6pm-8pm at The Smith Museum
Book your FREE ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/square-baw-a-celebration-of-scottish-football-tickets-1990495431418?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

What a great day hosting the Honorary Consul of Brazil Faroque Hussain who came to visit the World's Oldest Football! ⚽ ...
22/05/2026

What a great day hosting the Honorary Consul of Brazil Faroque Hussain who came to visit the World's Oldest Football! ⚽ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇧🇷

We also invited our friends from Stirling Albion FC who wondered if the ball was available for their next game 😉



Scotland National Team

It's Bookbug week this week! 📚📖🥳To celebrate, our learning officer is facilitating a wonderful Museum Story Session at S...
20/05/2026

It's Bookbug week this week! 📚📖🥳

To celebrate, our learning officer is facilitating a wonderful Museum Story Session at Saint Ninian's library tomorrow at 12pm.

Suitable for wee ones, aged 2-5 and their grown-ups! 😊 All the information is in the flyer below!

Have fun wee bookbugs! 📖📚🖼

Stirling Libraries and Archives

You’re Invited!Please join us for the opening of Requiem, an exhibition of photography by Andy Phillipson.Friday evening...
19/05/2026

You’re Invited!

Please join us for the opening of Requiem, an exhibition of photography by Andy Phillipson.

Friday evening from 6pm-8pm.

Drinks, nibbles and chat.

See you there!

NEW TALK! Talks at The Smith | Wed 27th May | Lecture Theatre | 2PMThese City Walls, by Dr Murray CookDon't...
13/05/2026

NEW TALK!

Talks at The Smith | Wed 27th May | Lecture Theatre | 2PM

These City Walls, by Dr Murray Cook

Don't miss Dr Murray Cook's fascinating talk about Stirling's city walls, which have never been recorded.

Their construction is often dismissed as a panicked response to Scottish defeat at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547, the key battle of Henry VIIIth's 'rough wooing' of Scotland to force the infant Mary, Queen of Scots to marry his son.

Research led by Dr Cook and Dominic Farrugia suggests the walls are older, better preserved, and more significant than previously thought.

Admission: Payment in cash or card at the door.
Full price £5, Students £3.
Talk starts at 2pm, doors open at 1.30pm.
Image: Stirling City Wall. Photo: Adrian Ross

ACCESSIBILITY LIFT NOW WORKING✨We are delighted to tell you that our accessibility lift is now fixed and fully operation...
30/04/2026

ACCESSIBILITY LIFT NOW WORKING✨

We are delighted to tell you that our accessibility lift is now fixed and fully operational again.

We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused, whilst repairs have been taking place.

TALK THIS WEEK! Talks at The Smith | Wed 29th April | Lecture Theatre | 2PMDon't miss Eleanor Edmondson, th...
28/04/2026

TALK THIS WEEK!

Talks at The Smith | Wed 29th April | Lecture Theatre | 2PM

Don't miss Eleanor Edmondson, the Curator of Edinburgh Art Festival for her talk: Curating with Care: Process, Collaboration, and Place.

Eleanor's practice is centred on supporting emerging artists, care, conversation, and knowledge exchange. In this talk, she will explain her approach to curating exhibitions, commissions, and public programmes, reflecting upon the dynamic opportunities offered by festival work, and the use of a wide variety of spaces to present art.

Admission: Payment in cash or card at the door.
Full price £5, Students £3.
Talk starts at 2pm, doors open at 1.30pm.
Image: Filo by Karol Radziszewski, 2024, courtesy of EAF24, photo: Sally Jubb.

NEW EXHIBITION - SHARED PERSPECTIVESWe are delighted to present a curated selection of photographic works by current Pho...
27/04/2026

NEW EXHIBITION - SHARED PERSPECTIVES

We are delighted to present a curated selection of photographic works by current Photography students at Forth Valley College.

Developed in collaboration with The Smith, the exhibition engages with themes of memory, place, and perception, situating student practice within a broader contemporary photographic context.

Bringing together work from across different levels of study, the exhibition highlights a range of approaches to image-making, united by a shared exploration of visual and emotional experience.

22 April - 31 May | Wed-Sun | 10am-5pm | Free Entry

THIS FRIDAY!✨Culture Night Stirling: Carnival of the Wolf 🐺✨Trans Cosmologies: Art, Ritual & Memory ✨Friday May 1 | 5p...
27/04/2026

THIS FRIDAY!

✨Culture Night Stirling: Carnival of the Wolf 🐺

✨Trans Cosmologies: Art, Ritual & Memory ✨

Friday May 1 | 5pm-10pm

More tickets just released - book now via this link to reserve your space!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986207225278?aff=oddtdtcreator

As part of Culture Night Stirling 2026, themed "Carnival of the Wolf", this event invites audiences to experience Stirling after dark through powerful storytelling, performance and creativity - inspired by the local legend in which wolves warned residents of approaching invaders.

Trans Cosmologies is a programme of live readings, poetry, performance & participatory art exploring q***r futurity, embodiment, and resilience at The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, programmed by The Centre for the Sciences of Place &
Memory at University of Stirling & Culture Night Stirling.

Suitable for ages 16+ and18+

Don't Miss!🌟'At the Heart of the Lens' - An exhibition of Scottish Photography - finishes this Sunday, 19th April.This w...
15/04/2026

Don't Miss!🌟

'At the Heart of the Lens' - An exhibition of Scottish Photography - finishes this Sunday, 19th April.

This week is the last week to catch this popular exhibition in Gallery 1, which brings together four distinctive voices in contemporary photography for the first time and has inspired a free playful Spring holiday family trail here at The Smith!

David Gilliver of David Gilliver Photography, Andrew Allan of Scotland's Night Sky, Thomas Lamont - The Kilted Photographer and Samantha Dearlove, encourage us to look closer, notice details and appreciate the beauty in the everyday viewed at the heart of the lens.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Address

40 Albert Place
Stirling
FK82RQ

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+441786471917

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