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Past Exhibitions
Sixties Stirling
Titanic
Scottish Salon
In Nepal
Dunmore Pottery
Space and Time
Stirling Girls
Pots and Paint
E.H. Shepard
Robert Burns
Miniature Print
Stirling Childhood
John Paterson
Henry Morley
Ronald Forbes
William Wallace
Japanese Art
Leonardo da Vinci
Big Beast Pictures
Tel: 01786 471917
Founded in 1874 with a legacy from Thomas Stuart Smith, Painter and collector. The Smith gallery and museum in Stirling houses a wide range of paintings,artworks, historical and archaeological material and a changing programme of exhibitions.
Programmes for adults and children include art exhibitions, events, workshops and school education service.
Open All year
Tues-Sat 10.30-5 and Sundays 2-5.
Admission is free.
Disabled access and facilities
Cafe serves lunches, snacks, teas and coffees with home baking and is open
daily to 4.30pm.
The friends of the Smith offer guided tours every Wednesday afternoon to
groups and individuals and at other times by arrangement. For further information please telephone 01786 471917
J.G Mathieson, a Stirling – based Scottish artist and gallery owner is one of the important figures in art. His son was the composer Muir Mathieson. A recently purchased watercolour of the Knoidart Hills from Skye is now one of 15 Mathieson’s works owned by the Smith.
SEE Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions at the
Smith Art Gallery and Museum
The Stirling Smith is proud to create and host a wide variety of different exhibitions every year, showcasing many different disciplines including fine art, social history, cultural history and other subjects of local and national interest.
In recent years we have presented exhibitions focusing on subjects ranging from the history of golf to the Titanic. Others have dealt with the lives of illustrious figures of Scottish history such as George Buchanan and Sir William Wallace, and celebrated the work of artists from all over the world. There are always new and exciting things to see in our galleries.
The exhibition is drawn from the Smith’s own collection, and
shows 50 of the best portraits of Stirling people and others.
When the Smith opened nearly 140 years ago, one of its aims was to collect portraits of the people of Stirling from early times to the present day. The original Stirling Heads, now back in Stirling Castle, were in the first exhibition, and since then, the Smith has acquired some 300 portraits of Stirling people, past and present.
Although the collection is not near as comprehensive as the founders wished, the range of works is quite wide, from delicate drawings by founder T. S. Smith, to large 19th century canvases. Some of the best Scottish portrait painters are included – Sir Daniel McNee, George Graham Gilbert and Sir George Harvey.
On 28 May, the Smith’s first Raeburn will be unveiled by Sir George Reid, who is himself represented in the collections with a drawing by artist Roy Petrie.
This recent body of work by Greer Ralston encompasses the meaning of permoveo in many different ways. The sheer motion of movement itself is captured both in dance, sport and animals. It also signifies a change in direction or a shakeup. It is extremely important to Greer that change takes place in her work both in subject matter and style. She has been using dancers, polo ponies and dogs that portray the power of movement all linked with a leanness and agility.
The main exhibition in Gallery 3 of the Stirling Smith art gallery and museum is The Stirling Story, telling the story of Stirling from pre-history to the 20th century. Using artefacts from the Stirling Smith collections, topics include the Romans, Wallace and Bruce, Renaissance Stirling, Jacobite Rising, trades and industry, agriculture and the two World Wars.
This important display features for the first time in the Smith's history, an interpretation of the history of Stirling, told using artefacts from the Smith collections. It has been funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and sponsorship from Scottish Amicable.
Allow at least 1 hour for browsing as the exhibition is full of detail. A variety of quizzes & games are provided for children.
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