Riverside Art Museum

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About the Museum

The core mission of the Riverside Art Museum (RAM) is to exhibit, educate, collect, and provide scholarship relative to the visual arts; it is the largest visual arts museum serving the Inland Empire exhibiting a wide range of work with an emphasis on American, Californian, & prominent Inland Empire artists. RAM offers a diverse range of exemplary art exhibitions, educational programs, and community outreach events. It is a distinguished yet accessible, welcoming institution that serves as a cultural, collaborative and educational focal point for the community.

Housed in a National Historic 1929 building (designed by Hearst Castle architect Julia Morgan) RAM is a fifty year old private, non-profit, cultural arts institution that welcomes nearly 50,000 visitors each year. 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 restaurant; and a rooftop courtyard.

The Riverside Art 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. Riverside Art Museum exhibits traditional and contemporary art that addresses social issues and diverse themes in a range of media techniques. To fulfill this purpose the Museum mounts more than 20 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, the Riverside Art Museum 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.

Hours

Monday through Saturday (10:00am to 4:00pm)

Admission

General admission: $5
Students with I.D.: $2
Seniors (65+): $2
Children under 12: Free
Members: Free

Free during Arts Walk on the first Thursday every month 6 - 9PM and during Family Fun Day on First Sundays on the first Sunday each month, 1 - 4PM

Parking

Free two-hour parking is plentiful near the Riverside Art Museum on Lime Street

Limited metered parking is also available downtown near the Riverside Art Museum

Riverside Art Museum
3425 Mission Inn Ave.
Riverside CA 92501
Phone 951 684-7111
Fax 951 684-7332
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