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First Congregational Church

First Congregational Church

0.13km from Riverside Art Museum

The First Congregational Church of Riverside is a historic church at 3504 Mission Inn Avenue in Riverside, California. It was designed by Myron Hunt, and built in 1913. It was added to the National Register in 1997.It is a two-story Spanish Colonial Revival building with a Latin cross plan with a 125 feet Churrigueresque style corner tower.

Mission Inn Museum

Mission Inn Museum

0.3km from Riverside Art Museum

This Museum and Foundation which preserves, interprets, and promotes the history of the National Historic Landmark Mission Inn Hotel & Spa. It promotes the cultural heritage of the Mission Inn. It is operated by the Mission Inn Foundation, an independent nonprofit organization. A permanent exhibition features the history of the inn as well as inland Southern California history. The main gallery hosts changing exhibitions which rotate 2-3 times per year.

UCR ARTS

UCR ARTS

0.35km from Riverside Art Museum

UCR ARTS is the West Coast's premier university photography museum and contemporary art center. It strives to advance the understanding and appreciation of the arts through extraordinary experiences in contemporary visual and performing art, photography and photographic technologies, past and present.

Sweeney Art Gallery

Sweeney Art Gallery

0.38km from Riverside Art Museum

The Sweeney Art Gallery is located in the Culver Center and its shows frequently spill over into the Culver Atrium. It serves as an artistic laboratory that engages diverse audiences with exhibitions and programs committed to experimentation, innovation, and the exploration of art in our time.

Harada House

Harada House

0.39km from Riverside Art Museum

The Harada House is a historic house in Riverside, California. The house was the focus of a critical application of the California Alien Land Law of 1913, which prevented foreigners who were ineligible for citizenship from owning property. The house, created in 1884 and built upon by the Harada family, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1990 and is currently overseen by the Museum of Riverside.

Evergreen Memorial Park

Evergreen Memorial Park

1.54km from Riverside Art Museum

Evergreen Cemetery lies at the foot of Mount Rubidoux in Riverside, California. The cemetery was founded in 1872. There are more than 27,000 beings interred on this site, many of regional and national significance. More than 1,500 lie in the historic portion of Evergreen. Among them are Riverside’s most notable founders.

Fairmount Park

Fairmount Park

1.76km from Riverside Art Museum

Fairmount Park is a park in Riverside, California,designed in 1920 by Mission-style architect Arthur Burnett Benton. It offers a golf course, two tennis courts, public barbecues, boat rentals, sailing and fishing on Lake Evans, running, jogging and walking on the Santa Ana River Trail, a number of exercise classes held in the park, and the playground.

Lake Evans

Lake Evans

1.8km from Riverside Art Museum

Lake Evans is a manmade recreational lake in Kern County, California. It is the smaller of two lakes in the Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation Area southwest of Bakersfield. The lake is primarily a sailing and fishing lake, with a speed limit of 5 miles per hour. It has two boat ramps. The lake is located on the lakebed of the former Buena Vista Lake.

Mount Rubidoux Park

Mount Rubidoux Park

2.05km from Riverside Art Museum

Mount Rubidoux is just west of downtown in the city of Riverside, California, United States. It has been designated as a city park and landmark. The mountain is a popular Southern California destination and is still the site of the oldest outdoor non-denominational Easter Sunrise service in the United States.

Mount Rubidoux

Mount Rubidoux

2.09km from Riverside Art Museum

Mount Rubidoux is a mountain just west of downtown in the city of Riverside, California, United States, that has been designated a city park and landmark. The mountain was once a popular Southern California tourist destination and is still the site of the oldest outdoor non-denominational Easter Sunrise service in the United States. It is also a good trekking destination too.

Victoria Avenue

Victoria Avenue

3.31km from Riverside Art Museum

Victoria Avenue is a divided scenic street in Riverside, California, that cuts through an area referred to as the greenbelt. The road became a popular tourist attraction because of the many trees and exotic plants used to landscape the route. Beyond the landscaping, the road was surrounded by navel orange groves, the crop that spurred Riverside's growth. Many of the groves still exist today.

Entomology Museum

Entomology Museum

4.35km from Riverside Art Museum

Entomology Research Museum is the insect collection of the Department of Entomology of the University of California, Riverside. It contains approximately 4 million total insect specimens, over 3 million of which are pinned, roughly 400,000 mounted on slides, the remainder preserved in ethanol. It serves as a repository for specimens representing the local arthropod fauna, as well as sites worldwide.

Jensen Alvarado Historic Ranch

Jensen Alvarado Historic Ranch

4.4km from Riverside Art Museum

The Jensen Alvarado Ranch is a historic park and museum in Jurupa Valley, California, USA, and is operated by the Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District. It was the first kiln-fired brick building built in Riverside County, and is the oldest non-adobe structure in the Inland Empire. The ranch and home are part of the 32 acres Jensen Alvarado Ranch Historic Park and Museum.

UC Riverside Botanic Gardens

UC Riverside Botanic Gardens

4.92km from Riverside Art Museum

The University of California, Riverside, Botanic Gardens are 40 acres of botanical gardens containing more than 3,500 plant species from around the world.The landscaped area around the buildings on campus demonstrates a wide variety of plants adapted to the arid inland area of Southern California. The Gardens were established primarily for teaching purposes and serve to provide plant materials for courses such as anthropology, art, biology, ecology, entomology and so more.

Martha McLean-anza Narrows Park

Martha McLean-anza Narrows Park

5.83km from Riverside Art Museum

Martha McLean – Anza Narrows is a 40-acre regional park located along the Santa Ana River in Riverside. A plaque in the northwest corner of the park marks the point at which the Juan Bautista de Anza party, the first Europeans to traverse the Riverside area, crossed the river in 1774 and again in 1776.The park contains picnic facilities, hiking, bicycle and equestrian trails as well as an eighteen hole disc golf course. Group picnicking with reservations is available.

Two Trees Trail

Two Trees Trail

6.04km from Riverside Art Museum

Two trees trail is one of 7 trails in the Box Springs Mountain trail network. It approaches from the west and leads to an upper parking lot, and more trailheads. This is a very popular area for hiking and trail running, so you'll likely encounter other people while exploring.

Riverside Heritage House

Riverside Heritage House

7.12km from Riverside Art Museum

Heritage House is an historic house museum in the Queen Anne Victorian style in Riverside, California. It is part of the Museum of Riverside and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 28, 1973.The two-story, 4,000 square foot home resides on Magnolia Avenue, which was a prominent thoroughfare at the time of the house's construction. It is restored to reflect the design and lifestyle of wealthy turn-of-the-century Riverside.

Santa Ana River Trail

Santa Ana River Trail

7.2km from Riverside Art Museum

The Santa Ana River Trail is a 12-foot wide path following the Santa Ana River, a waterway that is cement-lined through much of Orange County but free flowing in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. When completed, it will be the longest multi-use trail in Southern California, at approximately 100 mile. In 1989, the Los Angeles Times described the path as "a veritable freeway for bicycles".

Box Springs Mountain

Box Springs Mountain

8.62km from Riverside Art Museum

This is the highest peak in the Box Springs Mountains range, standing 3,083 ft. Most of the mountain is part of the Box Springs Mountain Reserve, a 1,155-acre park. Because the mountain is one of the more prominent features in the Inland Empire, the summit is used for numerous telecommunication towers, including transmission towers for the KOLA 99.9 and KGGI 99.1 radio stations.

Mount Jurupa

Mount Jurupa

8.7km from Riverside Art Museum

Mount Jurupa is the highest point of the Jurupa Mountains, located in northwestern Riverside County, California. A hiking trail leads to its summit, which offers panoramic views of Riverside, Fontana, San Bernardino, and Moreno Valley.

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Riverside Art Museum

Riverside Art Museum

3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501, USA

A majestic art museum which focuses on addressing social issues and offers art classes as well as other events in order to inspire and build community. Its permanent collection consists of approximately 1500 pieces including artists like Karl Benjamin, Rex Brandt, Millard Sheets, and Marc Chagall. they also hosts educational classes and workshops for all ages, community projects, museum tours, and birthday parties.