The Stone Arts School, administered by the museum, is a teaching institution for aspiring sculptors.

The museum's mission is to preserve and interpret the history of Vermont's granite industry, an economically important element of Barre's economy since the late 19th century.

Under the moniker of the Stone Arts School, the museum offers workshops in which sculptors can learn historic and modern granite-working techniques.

[citation needed] The museum is located northwest of downtown Barre, in the former Jones Brothers Granite Shed, set between North Main Street (United States Route 302) and the Stevens Branch of the Winooski River.

In this facility large blocks of granite were processed into finished products, primarily cemetery markers.