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Smith Art Gallery & Museum

Smith Art Gallery & Museum is a museum in Stirling. Add Stirling Castle, 600 m away, to a visit; it leads 32 places within 15 km. Its story is told in 3 languages on Wikipedia.

Photo: Smith Art Gallery & Museum, Otter (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Stirling

inside the locality

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Stirling

Inside Stirling

Smith Art Gallery & Museum is inside Stirling’s locality, with 12 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The best months to visit

If warmth matters, go June to September: Stirling reaches 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 1°117 mm

Feb8° / 2°89 mm

Mar10° / 3°79 mm

Apr13° / 4°54 mm

May16° / 7°60 mm

Jun18° / 10°67 mm

Jul20° / 11°78 mm

Aug20° / 11°80 mm

Sep17° / 9°77 mm

Oct13° / 6°107 mm

Nov10° / 3°105 mm

Dec7° / 1°112 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Stirling, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Stirling. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Stirling’s full climate →

About

Smith Art Gallery & Museum

Museum in Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom.

In Stirling, inside the town’s locality.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Stirling
Official site: smithartgalleryandmuseum.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Visit details

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Smith Art Gallery & Museum and what surrounds it

On this map, Smith Art Gallery & Museum is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

The biggest base of the 4 is Stirling (38,590 people). The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Stirling

38,590 people · 21 places to visit

2 · 2.4 km north of it

Bridge of Allan

4,744 people · 18 places to visit

3 · 2.8 km southeast of it

Bannockburn

6,587 people · 14 places to visit

4 · 4.2 km east of it

Fallin

2,769 people · 15 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Smith Art Gallery & Museum is	People	Places to visit
Stirling	It’s in town	38,590	21
Bridge of Allan	2.4 km north of it	4,744	18
Bannockburn	2.8 km southeast of it	6,587	14
Fallin	4.2 km east of it	2,769	15

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Also close at hand are 5 castles, an abbey or priory and a cathedral, among 32 within 15 km.

1CastleCastle · Historic Environment ScotlandStirling Castle600 m away 2Abbey or prioryAbbey or priory · Historic Environment ScotlandCambuskenneth Abbey1.8 km away 3

CastleDoune Castle9.8 km away 4

CathedralDunblane Cathedral7.9 km away 5

MuseumArgyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental HQ & Museum500 m away 6

Castle · National Trust for ScotlandAlloa Tower9.8 km away 7

Castle · National Trust for ScotlandMenstrie Castle6.7 km away 8

CastleAirth Castle13 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Smith Art Gallery & Museum, answered

Where is Smith Art Gallery & Museum?

Smith Art Gallery & Museum is in Stirling, Stirling, inside the town’s locality.

What is Smith Art Gallery & Museum?

Museum in Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Smith Art Gallery & Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Stirling, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Smith Art Gallery & Museum?

Within 15 km: Stirling Castle (600 m), Cambuskenneth Abbey (1.8 km), Doune Castle (9.8 km) and Dunblane Cathedral (7.9 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (7)

Smith Art Gallery & Museum: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Doune Castle: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dunblane Cathedral: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental HQ & Museum: Janfrie1988, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Alloa Tower: AllyD at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Menstrie Castle: John Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Airth Castle: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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