HISTORY

The Custer County Art & Heritage Center, also referred to as the WaterWorks Gallery, has been in operation since 1977.  Located in a park overlooking the Yellowstone River, the Art Center is housed in the concrete basins of the 1910 WaterWorks that produced Miles City's drinking water for over sixty years.  Guided by a philosophy of public service in the arts, the Art Center is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, earned a Montana Governor's Preservation Award for the most adaptive reuse of a historic structure and the Montana Governor's Award for the Arts.  In the heart of Big Sky country, our service area of southeastern Montana is larger than many states.