Museum of Riverside

Programs and Events 

COVID 19: The City of Riverside currently ENCOURAGES all members of the public to wear a mask indoors at city facilities and outdoors on city property when social distancing is not possible, and REGARDLESS of vaccination status.


Upcoming Events at Main Museum (3580 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501) 
                 

First Sundays 2022-2023 First Sundays will be back on our main museum in Downtown Riverside front steps starting October 2022 through May 2023! All First Sunday events are from 1-4 p.m. and free of charge.

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Arts Walk

The Museum of Riverside is a participant in the Downtown Riverside Arts Walk held the first Thursday of each month 6-9pm. Activity theme and ending time will vary. No Arts Walk held in January 2023.

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Nights with the Museum

Always Different, Never Boring

Fascinating  discussions with people from our local communities, no previous experience necessary.

First Fridays of the month  |  6:30 – 8:00 p.m.  FREE!

Located at Back to the Grind, 3575 University Avenue, Riverside – directly behind the Museum of Riverside.

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Friday October 7  |  6:30-8:00 P.M.
David Oglesby, Ph.D., Professor of Geophysics, Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Riverside.
“What’s Shakin’, Riverside?”
Dr. Oglesby will provide an overview of the tectonic faults through the Inland Empire, and his research on studying earthquakes in our fractured land.
 

Friday November 4^th  |  6:30-8:00 P.M.
John Torres, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Archaeology, Mt. San Jacinto College.
“Tribal archaeology and the new generation of cultural preservation”
Cultural remains of California’s native peoples are all around, if you know how and where to look. Dr. Torres will share how he is training the next generation of tribal archaeologists to recover, preserve, and share their ancestral heritage.

Friday December 2, 2022  |  6:30-8:00 P.M.
Ivan Parr, Western Section of the Wildlife Society
“The Rarest of the Rare: Hunting California’s Endemic Wildlife with Camera”
Join Ivan, a wildlife biologist and professional photographer on his quest to record non-charismatic but incredibly rare  species found only in California, with stories of scientific success and comedic failure along the way.



Upcoming Events at Heritage House

(8193 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92504)

Heritage House Tours will begin Friday September 9, 2022

Regular tours are held Friday/ Saturday /Sunday (12:15-3:15pm)
To encourage guest safety, reservations to tour Heritage House are required and can be made via Eventbrite Link Here