• Exhibitions

    Stirling Builders

    A special exhibition from Historic Environment Scotland ran throughout the summer at the Stirling Smith and finished on Sunday 12 August. Called ‘Stirling Builds’, it

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  • Hospital Blues

    During the Great War, there was a uniform which at one time was seen everywhere but is now largely forgotten. This was the Hospital or

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    Wallace AND Moray

    The story of William Wallace is central to the survival of Scotland as a nation and his victory at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in

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    Langgarth House

    Langgarth is one of Stirling’s great villas, designed by the architect William Leiper (1839 – 1916). Built in 1897, it was originally one in a

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    Raploch Lion Roars Again

    Last week, the latest addition to the Stirling Smith collections was unveiled by Stephen Kerr MP. It is a reproduction of a long-lost Raploch stone,

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    William Littlejohn

    The Stirling Smith has a collection of some 850 major works of art which show different aspects of the history of Scottish, British and European

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    John Allan, Architect

    John Allan lived and worked in Stirling from 1870 – 1922, designing some of the most distinctive buildings here. These include some of the best

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    Bruce and de Bohun

    With the approach of the 704th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn this weekend, it is worth re-visiting one of the Smith’s more famous paintings.

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    Provost George Christie (1826 – 1902)

    People expect the Stirling Smith to have portraits of past Provosts of Stirling. This is not the case, for unlike the other major Scottish cities,

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