Riverside Art Museum

Maggie and I went to Riverside Art Museum on Friday July 3 at 3 pm. It is in Riverside and It is oped on:  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.        We stayed there 1 hour then we stayed another hour in a coffee shop.I carpooled with Maggie in her nice car. Therefore, we had more time to talk with each other and learn a lot about the cultural differences. There is a counter disc in the entrance of the museum, where we paid 2 dollars. Then a nice tour guide lady offered to guide us through the museum. Her name is Rosaline. She is also student in CSUSB. She gave us some procures and hand out information about the history of the museum. We used the map also to move around the building.
Here is the museum from outside,

In the entrance, there is a small lobby and the corridors and rooms are in the sides. 

         Rosaline started to explain to us in details the history of the museum. The museum was built by the renowned architect Julia Morgan. The most interesting thing about this woman that In 1894 she became the first woman to graduate from the university with a degree in civil engineering.

Below is a picture of Julia Morgan,

       The building became the house of art in Riverside for more than 50 years. The Museum monthly change the open exhibits and galleries.  It has more than 100 local artistes who are member of RAM. The Art of Humor: Five Hundred Years of Caricature and Satire at RAM is one of the most interesting and popular exhibits because it presents works by well-chronicled pioneers in satire and caricature art.

 

       There were plenty of paintings that relate to different period of time and origin background. The exhibitions are indoor.  It influenced by  the Spanish Colonial and Mediterranean styles.
 

These some of the paintings,

       The museum provides drawing workshops for both adults and children. 

       Unfortunately, there were no body except us in the museum. There was no shop. I mostly liked the building itself where it reminds me of the ancient houses in Syria and Lebanon.

There is a wedding hall at the roof of the museum for rent. We were not able to have a look at it.

 
This is one of Maggie’s favorite :)

We took picture together in the museum

After we have done looking around the museum, we went to a coffee shop and had soda because the weather was really hot. We talked about many topics like languages, culture differences, traveling and food. Maggie told me about her trip to Spain and how she enjoyed it. She is thinking to work in South Korea. We are thinking to visit chines town together. Finally, I really enjoyed me time with Maggie because she is really a nice person.