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  • 06 May

    The Sir William Wallace Grand Lodge of Scotland Free Colliers

    The Mining exhibition at the Smith continues, and on Friday at 2pm, historian Ian Scott will speak on the history of the mining community in

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  • 29 Apr

    The Boy Scout, 1957

    This statuette in cast aluminium alloy, varnished in brown and with gold highlights is one of several items donated to the Stirling Smith by the

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  • 22 Apr

    Tantalising Textiles Exhibition

    This exhibition by the Turning Point group of textile artists, is on at the Stirling Smith until Sunday. The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum

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  • Blog Post Collections Exhibitions Stirling Stories

    The Victimised Miners of 1984-5

    In 1984, when Polmaise 3&4 Colliery was threatened with flooding through non – use, four miners went underground to prevent this, through a three day

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  • 14 Apr

    Oswald and Friend, Ailsa Black

    The Ailsa Black exhibition featuring beasts both wild and domestic finishes this week. One beast which will be remaining in the Stirling Smith’s collection is

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  • 14 Apr
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    Counting the Cash – The Stirling Smith Bank Note Collection

      Two of our volunteers, Ben and Rachel have been working on scanning and documenting our bank note collection. Apart from local banks we also

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  • 14 Apr

    Westward by Ian Campbell (1902 – 1983)

    Keeping on the theme of ‘Stirling, the Artists’ Town’, here is another example of a great work in the Stirling Smith’s collections by a Scottish

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    Anne McGuire MP

    When Anne McGuire MP wrote her last column for the Stirling Observer two weeks ago, it was headed ‘Eighteen years have passed in a flash’.

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    The Lake of Menteith, George Whitton Johnstone RSA RSW

    This is one of two works in the Smith collection by the Scottish artist George Whitton Johnstone RSA RSW (1849-1901) and dates to 1890. Johnstone

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