Skip to content
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT

Photo: Montanabw, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Museums

Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art

A free contemporary art museum in a restored 1896 school building in Great Falls, Montana.

1400 1st Ave N, Great Falls, MT 59401 · Great Falls, MT

About Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art

Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art is a contemporary art museum in Great Falls, Montana. Its galleries host exhibitions year-round, and visitors can see its permanent collection and a sculpture garden. The museum also runs art classes for all ages, free art programs for veterans, teens, seniors, and adults with disabilities, lectures, and docent tours. The building opened in 1896 as the city's first high school and later served as a junior high before the museum took it over in 1977.

  • #art museum
  • #contemporary art
  • #free admission
  • #historic building
  • #sculpture garden

What's around here?

The closest stops to Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Museums
    History Buff

    C.M. Russell Museum

    Under $25

    See Charles M. Russell's paintings and bronzes, then step into the log studio and home where the cowboy artist worked.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    0.3 mi awayMore like this

  • Shopping

    Holiday Village Mall

    Check prices

    An enclosed shopping mall in Great Falls, Montana, with a number of national retail anchors.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    1.0 mi awaySwitch it up: Shopping

  • Sightseeing
    Outdoor Adventure

    Central Montana

    No admission fee

    Regional visitor guide for 12 counties in central Montana, from Great Falls to the Montana Dinosaur Trail.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    1.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Sightseeing
    Local Gem

    Southwest Montana

    No admission fee

    Official tourism region covering mountain towns, ghost towns and national park gateways across southwestern Montana.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    2.0 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Outdoor Adventure

    Giant Springs State Park

    Under $25

    Watch a huge freshwater spring pour into the Missouri River, visit the trout hatchery and walk riverside trails.

    3.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors

  • Sightseeing

    Tower Rock State Park

    Under $25

    A towering igneous rock formation on the Missouri River that served as a landmark for Native peoples and Lewis and Clark.

    33 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

Near Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art

Keep exploring