Casket believed to have belonged to Mary, Queen of Scots to come to the Stirling Smith
A silver casket believed to have been owned by Mary, Queen of Scots and which was acquired by National Museums Scotland in 2022 has undergone fresh conservation work ahead of going on tour to Kirkcudbright and Stirling. An iconic piece of Scotland’s national heritage, the casket will go on display
Stirling Smith wins Visitor Attraction of the Year at Stirling Business Awards 2024
The Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum has been named Visitor Attraction of the Year at the Stirling Business Awards 2024. The team was presented with the honour last night at the annual awards run by Go Forth Stirling BID. The museum was among a host of award winners revealed
Significant Stirling Smith Artworks on Display at The Royal Academy
The Stirling Smith is delighted to have two major works by founder Thomas Stuart Smith, represented at the Royal Academy exhibition ‘Entangled Pasts, 1768 – now: Art, Colonialism and Change’. Thomas Stuart Smith was a Scottish artist, abolitionist, visionary who regularly submitted his own paintings to Royal Academy exhibitions from 1865.
Easy Tiger finds Permanent Home at Stirling Smith
The much-loved Easy Tiger by the Mach brothers is now part of The Stirling Smith’s permentant collection! Director, Caroline Mathers said: ‘We are delighted to give Easy Tiger a permanent home at The Smith. We would like to thank the National Fund for Acquisitions as well as David and Robert
The Stirling Smith is pleased to host a series of events celebrating the diverse voices of Stirling. For many years visitors have been enjoying our museum display, ‘The Stirling Story’, which provides visitors with a history of Stirling from prehistory to the twentieth century through The Smith’s collection. Visitors can
The Stirling Smith has been shortlisted at the Museums Change Lives Awards 2021
The Smith has been shortlisted for the Museums Association Museums Change Lives Awards in the category of ‘Best Small Museum Project’. During the lockdowns of 2020 when The Smith had to close our doors, we increased our presence on social media and other online platforms. However, we were aware that
Hidden HerStories at The Smith by Samantha Musser
It has been a pleasure to serve as the Hidden HerStories project intern this spring at The Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum as a complement to my postgraduate studies in art history at The University of Edinburgh. During this time, I have seen first-hand how the Smith thoughtfully tells
Thomas Stuart Smith’s Victorian Black Portraiture by Laura Baliman
I recently undertook this internship with the Stirling Smith as a Masters student at the University of Edinburgh in Modern and Contemporary Art: History, Criticism and Curating. I focused on Thomas Stuart Smith’s three portraits of black men painted in 1869, and I sought to recognise their position within the
The April 2021 Poetry Roundabout
Click the link below for the April Poetry Roundabout. April 2021 Poetry Roundabout
The March 2021 Poetry Roundabout
Click the link below for the March Poetry Roundabout. The April 2021 Roundabout will take place on Zoom Friday 9 April at 7.30 p.m. Email John at johnjcoutts@gmail.com for the link. You can also send a chosen poem, your own work or a favourite, to the same address by Monday,