Harold’s Famous Bee Co
150 Market Street
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
800-748-9810
Add to My Trip:Harold’s Famous Bee Co. carries a line of honey for sampling and for purchase. Different local honeys are also featured weekly. They also carry several products using ingredients harvested from the honey bee. Their flagship product, Harold’s Famous Bee Cream, is the only
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patent approved formulation that harnesses the healthy benefits of honey bee venom to effectively soothe joints, muscles, and dry, rough skin. Harold’s unique method of venom extraction causes no harm. Besides honeys and their signature cream, lip balm and facial creams are available.
The Purple Finch
137 N Main Street
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-880-7337
Wednesday-Friday Hours: 10:00-5:00
Saturday+Sunday Hours: 10:00-3:00
Closed Monday+Tuesday
The Purple Finch
Add to My Trip:The Purple Finch is a small shop filled with Home Decor, Jewelry, Handmade Quilts and Handmade Bath Products.
E*Klek*TiX
130 N Main Street
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
jrissoverart@gmail.com
Wednesday-Saturday: 10:00-4:00
Sunday Hours: 12:00-3:00
Closed Monday-Tuesday
573-330-2620
Add to My Trip:E•Klek•TiX Gallery and Studio features original work by local artist J Rissover and a collection of gift and decorative items from many parts of the world. Always a sure bet to find a unique gift!
Ste. Genevieve Art Colony and Summer
School of Art DisplaySte. Genevieve Welcome Center
66 South Main Street
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-7097
800-373-7007
Ste.GenevieveWelcomeCenter.com
Add to My Trip:For several summers in the 1930’s, an Art Colony located in Ste. Genevieve conducted a Summer School of Art. Instead of painting rolling hills or flowers, the artists portrayed the human condition and Depression era events. Information about the school and some of its creations are on display at the Ste. Genevieve Welcome Center.
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Grave diggers, portraits, and lime kiln workers are depicted. The Summer School instructors included: Thomas Hart Benton, Fred E. Conway, Joseph James Jones, Miriam McKinnie, Joseph John Paul Meert, Jesse Beard Rickly, Aimee Goldstone Schweig, Martyl Schweig, E. Oscar Thalinger, Joseph Paul Vorst, and Matthew E. Ziegler. Another display of Art Colony works can be viewed in the stone building behind the Shaw house.
Ste. Genevieve Winery Art Gallery
245 Merchant Street
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
800-398-1298
Open Daily: 11:00-5:00
Add to My Trip:Inside the Ste. Genevieve Winery, the walls are decorated with art work form local artists. While enjoying a glass of wine peruse the unique gifts, souvenirs, and items for the home wine connoisseur.
Rust Artisans’ Shop
173 North Main Street
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-9682
Monday Hours: 10:00-4:00
Wed, Thurs, Sunday: 10:00-5:30
Friday, Saturday Hours: 10:00-7:00
Closed Tuesday
Only Child Originals and Rust Artisans
Add to My Trip:Rust Artisans’ Shop is a gallery of unique hand-crafted items by several local artists, such as paper filigree and knitted items. Most importantly, luminaries and lights made of old corrugated tin utilize the surplus of corrugated tin in Missouri.
Galleria Ste. Genevieve
46 S Main Street
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-7125
Monday-Friday Hours: 10:00-5:00
Saturday Hours: 10:00-3:00
Add to My Trip:Galleria Ste. Genevieve is a custom frame shop and photo gallery. Here you can find different photographs and paintings of the Ste. Genevieve area as well as new work from various artists.
Felix Valle Historic Site Gift Shop
Merchant and Second Streets
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-7102
Monday-Saturday Hours: 10:00-4:00
Sunday Hours: 12:00-4:00
Add to My Trip:Just across the street from the Felix Valle House is the Dr. Shaw House. Today it houses a gift shop featuring books concerning French Colonial history and some children’s books in French, colonial period items and soaps. Behind the Shaw House is a stone building
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which houses works from the Ste. Genevieve Art Colony. For several summers in the 1930’s, an Art Colony located in Ste. Genevieve conducted a Summer School of Art. Instead of painting rolling hills or flowers, the artists portrayed the human condition and Depression era events. Information about the school and some of its creations are on display at the Ste. Genevieve Welcome Center. The Summer School instructors included: Thomas Hart Benton, Fred E. Conway, Joseph James Jones, Miriam McKinnie, Joseph John Paul Meert, Jesse Beard Rickly, Aimee Goldstone Schweig, Martyl Schweig, E. Oscar Thalinger, Joseph Paul Vorst, and Matthew E. Ziegler.
The 109 Main Gallery & Studio
109 North Main
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
The Main Gallery & Studio
Add to My Trip:The 109 Main Street Art Gallery features pet portraiture as well as the artwork of visiting artists during special events.
Only Child Originals
176 N. Main St.
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-9682
Monday Hours: 10:00-4:00
Wed, Thurs, Sunday: 10:00-5:30
Friday, Saturday Hours: 10:00-7:00
Closed Tuesday
Only Child Originals
Add to My Trip:Only Child Originals is a whole store of Hand Made (right here in this building!) goodies for your body, home and garden. The shop primarily sells original jewelry, from everyday earrings to exquisite necklace sets.
St. Mary Antique Mall
777 Seventh Street.
St. Mary, MO 63670
573-543-2800
Open Daily: 10:00-6:00
St. Mary Antique Mall
Add to My Trip:600+ dealers, 77,000+ sq ft. and 2 Furniture Galleries. St. Mary Antique Mall is one of the largest antique malls in the State of Missouri with over 600 vendors and known for a wide variety of merchandise from fine antiques and primitives to everyday household items and furniture.
Schultz’ Antiques
24534 US Hwy 61
St. Mary, MO 63670
573-543-5563
Friday Hours: 12:00-4:00
Saturday Hours: 10:00-4:00
Closed Sunday-Thursday
Schultz’ Antiques
Add to My Trip:Antique furniture, antiquing, custom finishes, smalls, architectural, hutches, tables, islands can all be found at Schultz’ Antiques.
Merchant Street Gallery
123 Merchant St.
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-3221
Add to My Trip:Merchant Street Gallery houses a collection of photographs from Ste. Genevieve’s past, such as the first Ste. Genevieve Brewery, old steam engines, and various scenes from throughout Ste. Genevieve’s history as well as the present.
Open: 4th Friday Art Walk and Special Events
Misselhorn Gallery
Welcome Center
66 South Main St.
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-7097Add to My Trip:
The sketch artist Roscoe Misselhorn used to enjoy drawing scenes of Ste. Genevieve. His Ste. Genevieve collection, as well as his drawing table, are on display in the Misselhorn Gallery inside the Ste. Genevieve Welcome Center.
Rhinehart & Rhinehart’s Gallery
302 Market Street
Ste Genevieve, MO 63670
573-535-0836
Tuesday-Saturday Hours: 10:00-5:00
Sunday Hours: 10:00-4:00
Closed Monday
Rhinehart & Rhinehart’s Gallery
Add to My Trip:This gallery features paintings, sculptures, prints, and jewelry which are created by Charles and Lavetta Rhinehart. Paintings by Leon Basler can are also on display. Furthermore, both Charles Rhinehart and Leon Basler are Ste Genevieve natives!
Rosemary & Thyme Cooking School
20 S. Main Street
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-7699
Rosemary&ThymeCookingSchool.com
Add to My Trip:Serving: By appointment
Cuisine: Guests spend an afternoon or evening preparing and enjoying an array of gourmet dishes created from the finest local ingredients while sipping a complimentary glass of fine local wine.
ASL Pewter Foundry
183 South Third St.,
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-2095
Daily Hours: 9:30-5:00
ASLPewterFoundry.com
Add to My Trip:ASL Pewter Foundry makes high-quality, lead-free pewter products that are not only functional, but works of art. Open Daily 9:30– 5:00. Demonstrations daily.
Eden Farm’s Creations
199 North Main St.
Ste. Genevieve, MO, 63670
314-258-6674
Daily Hours: 10:00-5:00
Closed Tuesday and Sunday
Eden Farms Creations
Add to My Trip:Eden Farm’s Creations features bears, rabbits, sheep, dolls and other handmade items. Seasonal decor will brighten any room, and barn wood birdhouses will enhance the yard.
Rustik Sand Kandles
252 Merchant St.,
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-517-3751
Monday, Wednesday: 10:00-4:00
Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 10:00-5:00
Sunday Hours: 11:00-4:00
Closed Tuesday
RustikSandKandles.com
Add to My Trip:Candles, wax melts/tarts, country crafts, primitive items, hand painted drift wood, handmade!
Zielinski and Friends
288 Merchant St.
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-7551
Thursday-Monday Hours: 11:00-5:00
Closed Tuesday+Wednesday
Add to My Trip:Antiques & Collectibles, Books & Albums, Memorabilia & Ste. Genevieve mementos!
Festivals and Events
Civil War Interpretive Event
When: Second Weekend in September
Where: South Gabouri and Front Streets in the Ste. Genevieve Historic District
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
800-373-7007
573-883-7097Add to My Trip:
A family-friendly, living history event! Observe Civil War camp life and demonstrations of marching, musket fire, and cannon fire. Learn about Ste. Genevieve citizens who fought in the war, some on each side. At 1:00 gather at the corner of Main and Merchant streets to observe a re-enactment of the 1861 bank raid by Federal Troops.
Traditional Artisans Showcase
ASL Pewter Foundry
Third Weekend in July
183 South Third Street
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-2095
ASLPewter.com
Add to My Trip:This traditional art show and sale features artisans from the Midwest who have been selected by Early American Life Magazine as the best in their fields. These artists and fine crafters display and sell their work and happily educate the public on the traditional way what they do is made and used. Above all, Guest artists have included
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include Mike Ochonicky, Scrimshaw; Doug and Julie Dawson, Tin cookie cutters and other tinware; Vernon DePauw, woodcarving; Suzette Krummel, Penny Rugs; Tom Wintczak, redware pottery and fracture; Kandye Mahurin, painted game boards on antique bread and cutting boards.
Summer Music Series
June 1st thru August 2nd
The Orris Theater
265 Merchant Street
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-3686 SG Chamber
Add to My Trip Plan:If you are looking for that special combination of live music, a jovial atmosphere and small town charm, then you need to know about the Summer Music Series in historic Ste. Genevieve. Featuring a variety of musical styles ranging from soulful rhythm and blues to convincing musical tributes, the Summer Music Series takes place every Friday night in June and July.
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Now in its tenth season, the Summer Music Series brings regional and national touring acts to perform on stage at the Orris, a former movie theater in the historic district of downtown Ste. Genevieve. Doors open at 6:30 and the performance begins at 8:00.June 7: Eagle Nation
June 14: Sojourn Rocs
June 21: Chattahoochee, a tribute to Alan Jackson
June 28: BackStreet Cruisers
July 5: Kim Massie
July 12: Big Love, Fleetwood Mac Tribute
July 19: Shannon Cox and the Black Diamond Band
July 26: Big Rain
Aug 2: A Tribute to Jason Aldean
Ste. Genevieve County Fair
Mid weekend in July
County Fairgrounds, North Main St.
Ste. Genevieve, MO
Ste. Genevieve County Fair
Add to My Trip:The Ste. Genevieve County Fair includes a parade, livestock shows, demolition derby, horse show, truck pulls, tractor pulls, queen contest, 4H and FFA exhibits and live entertainment most nights. There is a lot to see and do for adults and children all weekend with plenty of good food and entertainment.
Route du Vin
Wine TrailLocation: Ste. Genevieve County
314-616-1098
573-883-2800
RouteDuVinWineTrail.com
Add to My Trip:The Route Du Vin is one of several wine trails in Missouri which includes six distinctive wineries from Ste Genevieve to Farmington, Missouri. Each winery offers seating with beautiful scenery to view while savoring the award winning wines grown in this region.
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Le Reveillon
French ChristmasFelix Valle State Historic Site
Merchant and 2nd Streets
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-7102
FelixValleStateHistoricSite.com
Add to My Trip Plan:This annual holiday celebration highlights the music, customs, and crafts of early French Colonial Christmas in Ste. Genevieve. The celebration, known as Le Reveillon, features costumed guides who explain the early 19th century customs of Christmas. Traditional foods and music of the period are featured.
4th Friday Art Walk (Feb thru Oct)
Historic Downtown Ste. Genevieve
800-373-7007
573-883-7097Add to My Trip Plan:
Bring your friends and enjoy a leisurely stroll among the shops, restaurants, and art galleries of downtown Ste. Genevieve. During 4th Friday Art Walks, Ste. Genevieve art galleries offer visitors the opportunity to view the works of local and regional artists displaying a variety of art forms. Many
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businesses in the Historic District participate by extending their store hours from 6 to 9pm during the Fourth Friday Art Walk.Start your tour at the Welcome Center where you can view two important art collections, as well as pick up a map to the galleries. The 4th Friday Art Walk is sponsored by the Gallery Association of Sainte Genevieve. Art Walks are on the fourth Friday of each month from February thru November. Refreshments may be served at various locations and there are five restaurants with regular evening hours in the historic district.
Plein Air Event Show (Sept)
Location: Historic Downtown Ste. Genevieve
Cost: $40 for Participating Artists; free for observers!Add to My Trip Plan:
Follow the European tradition of capturing the atmosphere of the outdoors! Contemporary artists are invited to join the realms of the famous regionalist artists of the 1930s and paint outdoors in the scenic Sainte Genevieve area. Also among the highlights are multiple paint outs & competitions, generous prizes, social events.
Holiday Christmas Festival (Dec)
Location: Historic Downtown Ste. Genevieve
Cost: Free
800-373-7007
573-883-7097Add to My Trip:
Join us for a Christmas parade, carriage rides, photos with Santa & Mrs. Claus, and over thirty free musical programs performed throughout the historic district during the weekend. Enjoy carolers in the streets and holiday refreshments as you shop for treasures in the charming shops and art galleries throughout downtown.
Master Gardeners’ Spring Garden Walk
Weekend after Mother’s Day in May
Tickets are available at:
Ste. Genevieve Welcome Center
66 Main Street
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-7097
800-373-7007Add to My Trip:
Ste. Genevieve Master Gardeners’ annual Garden Walk is held in the downtown historic district of America’s oldest French Colonial village. This is a unique opportunity to tour private and public gardens. Several gardens are part of historic homes in Ste. Genevieve and are typical of the 18th century time period. The Master Gardeners’ plant
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sale begins at 9am and extends through Sunday. Other weekend activities: Private vendors, discounts at participating downtown merchants, art exhibits, and the Farmers’ Market on Saturday morning.
Muny Band Concerts
8:00 Thurs Evenings, June and July
Valle School Parking Lot
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-7097
800-373-7007Add to My Trip:
Ste. Genevieve’s Municipal Band performs a variety of favorites each week polkas, marches, show tunes, kids’ tunes, and popular melodies. Sit in your car or bring a lawn chair or blanket to enjoy one of the few municipal bands still around, a Ste. Genevieve tradition for over 70 years!
Jour de Fete Arts & Crafts Festival
When: Second full weekend in August
Where: Historic District, Ste. Genevieve, MO
800-373-7007
573-883-7097Add to My Trip:
The annual Jour de Fête is southeast Missouri’s largest outdoor Crafts Fair. Held in the heart of Ste. Genevieve’s Historic District, visitors can browse through arts and crafts booths. Shop till you drop and enjoy live music, foods, living history demonstrations and other activities at this family-friendly event.
Ecole du Soldat
When: Please see the Events Calendar for specifics
Where: Historic District
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
800-373-7007
573-883-7097Add to My Trip:
A family-friendly, living history event! Come explore the traditions of the “School of the Soldier.” This is a fully packed weekend of lectures and camaraderie with plenty of events to see.
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On Saturday, attend a public heritage auction of discovered ‘desirables’ – memorabilia, collectibles, ‘accouterments’, utensils, and ‘watch’a-may-call-its’. In addition, Ste Genevieve has the greatest concentration of original French colonial buildings in North America. Plus is the only surviving French colonial village in the United States. At Ecole du Soldat activities of that early era are reenacted.
