Where Art, History & Community Come Together Since 1964
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Open for Gallery Viewing, Tours & More: Fridays - Sundays, 11am - 4pm
There are many new programs and updates this year. We offer our new Membership Program along with the new Imaginations Children's Art Program and Artist In Residence Programs. Please peruse our website, Facebook, Instagram, check your email or stop in for more details and updates.
Built in 1876, St. Mary’s Art Center is the Grand Dame of Virginia City and is a National Historic Landmark. High up in the Virginia Range mountains, perched near old gold and silver mine shafts, in the lost in time mining town of the Comstock Era, is St Mary's Art Center. Originally a Hospital for the Comstock miners, left empty and abandoned for many years after the Gold Rush declined, the building was at risk of demolition, only to be saved in the 1964 by Father Reinecke and Louise Curran, who had great foresight and a plan. St Mary's Hospital was transformed and dedicated to the Arts and Culture, by Father Meinecke, and the abandoned building became a living, vibrant Art Center. We are a 501c3 non-profit organization with a very long and deep legacy of supporting the arts, history and our community.
Coming Soon: Historical Exhibit sharing the amazing and diverse history of our property from the General Van Bokkelen era, St. Marie Louise Hospital, Storey County Hospital, the dormant era through the establishment of the Art Center we know and love today. Do you have historical photos or artifacts from the property you are willing to donate and that we should consider? We would love to hear from you! 775.847.7774 or email us!
Program questions, tours and other inquiries | Contact aperry@stmarysartcenter.org