Open year round:

Tuesdays through Fridays

12:30 – 3:30 PM and by appointment.

Walk through a turn of the century doctor’s office....

Enjoy early California oil paintings by famous artists in the parlor room...

Marvel at the 10 foot high pocket doors.... 

Picture yourself in antique lace dresses preserved on

mannequins throughout the museum...

The Grass Valley Museum occupies the second floor of St. Joseph’s Cultural Center.

The Museum is available for school and other group tours, and is managed by a group of volunteer docents.

The Grass Valley Museum depicts the rich history of the Gold Rush days to 1930 with displays of furniture, art, objects d’art, clothing, musical instruments and artifacts of the Victorian era.

Today you can almost hear the echoes of children reciting their lessons as you stand behind the teacher’s desk in the restored classroom. On the desk is an attendance book from 1890. Note the exquisite penmanship of bygone days. Sit in the students’ desks and imagine what it was like to be a student in those days.

The Museum also features a Victorian bedroom, a lace making exhibit, Lola Montez’s bathtub, and a hall of photographs from the turn of the century, a table used for the signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco in 1945, and much more.

You’re in the Gold Country, so take a few minutes to see how life was lived here in the olden days. It’s waiting for you …at the Grass Valley Museum.