Hours
TUESDAY through Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. * Sunday: 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
*First Thursdays: On the first Thursday of each month, the museum re-opens from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. for Arts Walk free of charge.
*First Sundays: On the first Sunday of each month (October - May), the museum participates in First Sundays, with crafts and activities for familes, free to the public, from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The museum is closed on: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday Observed, Presidents' Day Observed, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas. Please check our calendar for more information.
Admission
Members: Free
Military Families (with I.D.): Free
Children under 12: Free
General admission: $5
Students (with I.D.), Seniors (65+), and Educators: $3
Walk and Wonder Museum Tour
The Education Department coordinates guided tours for visitors in an accessible and engaging format. The Walk and Wonder tours of the museum's building and exhibitions are currently available only to groups and includes a 30-minute guided curatorial tour with an hour-long art activity. For more information, click here.
Parking
Free two-hour parking is plentiful near RAM on Lime Street.
Metered parking is also available downtown near RAM.
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Riverside Art Museum
3425 Mission Inn Ave.
Riverside CA 92501
Phone (951) 684-7111
Fax (951) 684-7332
Send an E-Mail
About the Museum
As the largest visual arts museum serving the Inland Empire, the Riverside Art Museum (RAM) exhibits a wide range of work with an emphasis on American, Californian, and prominent Inland Empire artists. The museum offers a diverse range of exemplary art exhibitions, educational programs, and community outreach events. It is a distinguished yet accessible and welcoming institution that serves as a cultural, collaborative, and educational focal point for the community.
The museum's mission is to serve the varied communities of the Inland Empire by providing visual art of the finest quality and related educational and interpretive programs, and exhibiting traditional and contemporary art that addresses social issues and diverse themes in a range of media techniques. To fulfill this purpose, RAM mounts more than 10-15 major exhibitions a year, both traveling and privately organized, in four separate major galleries throughout the museum.
Located in the historic Mission Inn district of downtown Riverside, RAM is housed in a former YWCA facility designed by Hearst Castle architect Julia Morgan. Built in 1929, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. A History Wall located in the museum's lobby gives visitors a brief overview of Morgan's career and the transition of the YWCA into the exhibiting museum. The museum's Spanish Revival, two-story building now accommodates: six different exhibition spaces, a printmaking center, a classroom and adjoining youth gallery, a permanent collection vault (with 850 objects in the permanent collection), an arts library, a conference room, administrative offices, the museum store, an atrium, and a rooftop courtyard.
RAM is a fifty-plus-year-old private, non-profit, cultural arts institution that welcomes nearly 50,000 visitors each year.
