Admission is free for children 6 and under. After the removal of the stone ceiling, the walls of the church were raised three feet to accommodate the trusses necessary to carry the new tile roof.The interior of the church as it appears today is far simpler than it looked originally when as many as seven large-scale side altarpieces lined the walls.

But it wasn't until the early 1900s that the village of Carmel began its growth around an eclectic group of young artists, writers and intellectuals who helped make Carmel this one-of-a-kind place of world-wide appeal and recognition. The most often heard comments from visitors center around the natural and spiritual beauty of the Mission. Commissioned by Father Ramón Mestres, renowned from John Steinbeck’s novel Tortilla Flat, the Downie Museum was built in 1919 and completed in 1921.This 1,157-square-foot building was originally built as quarters for the visiting priest and was dedicated to honor the Mission’s great restorer, Harry Downie, in 1980. The Basilica of San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (Carmel Mission) is the second of the 21 California missions and is located 5 minutes away from Carmel River Inn. A design of catenary or parabolic arches was settled upon and even so, this design proved to be dangerous in earthquake country and the stone-vaulted ceiling was removed by 1817.This stone church was begun in 1795 and was basically complete by 1797 when it was dedicated for worship on Christmas Day of that year. A Basilica is the highest honorary rank for a church and implies great historical and artistic importance. They left the major stone arches in place and unfilled with planking where the removed the vault itself. Almost twenty statues adorned these altars and most were lost when a fire destroyed the first Sacred Heart Church in Salinas were then had been taken in the third quarter of the nineteenth century.In the Mission Period, the large crucifix and flanking statues of Our Lady and St. John were housed in the side Chapel, and the beautiful statue of ‘La Conquistadora’ (Our Lady of Bethlehem) held center focus in a fine glided wood and crystal niche in the center of the reredos.The original reredos was destroyed when the last portion of ceiling collapsed in 1851, and from the fragments and descriptions it was ascertained that it may have resembled the one at Mission Dolores which was constructed of earlier gilded portions of massive golden wood altarpieces being disassembled at the Mother Church of San Fernando in Mexico City due to the change in architectural fashions. Much remained to do to complete the interior, and decoration of the building with the addition of side altarpieces went on for much of the mission-period.When the church was originally constructed, the exterior was much different than it appears today ( the result of a radical remodeling between 1817-1822. The bell towers that flank the entrance to the church did not achieve their present form until that time.

Most of the mission churches in California were constructed of adobe (mud –brick) and were only as permanent as the roofs that protected the mud walls from the elements. The museum at the Carmel Mission Basilica gives the visitor a glimpse into California mission life with displays of church vestments and other artifacts from the past. Serra wished to build a permanent stone house of worship in the style of those in Mexico and Spain like those he erected in the Province of Queretaro in Mexico. The Museum and Mission Store are closed on:-New Year’s Day-Easter-Thanksgiving-Christmas …

Carmel (0.7 miles from Carmel Mission Basilica Museum) Located in downtown Carmel, Carriage House Inn is within 10 minutes' drive from Pebble Beach and 17 Mile Drive.

Please check back for updates on when we will reopen the Mission grounds at Carmel Mission Reopening Advisory.

Through its five museums, the Carmel Mission addresses the history of one of California’s most important heritage sites.

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