Historic Wintersburg on the coast in Huntington Beach embodies three generations of the Japanese American experience, from immigration in the late nineteenth century to the return from the federal incarceration […]
Celebrate Asian cultures under a full moon! Moon festivals are celebrated throughout Asia with moon cakes, lanterns, and gratitude for friends and family. These celebrations originated with the ancient tradition of honoring the moon in autumn for the harvest. The Moon Festival at Heritage House marks the importance of Chinese Americans in building Riverside’s citrus industry. Join us for an evening of storytelling by Barbara Wong, performances by Gió Nam Múa Lân (Southern Wind Lion Dance, 南風醒獅團), and Chinese calligraphy demonstrations by Riverside’s Hua Xia Chinese School. The festival will also feature moon viewing with the UC Riverside astronomy department and […]
Spooky season is upon us, and the Museum of Riverside wants to invite you to learn about Victorian rituals surrounding the afterlife. Join us at our booth at the corner […]
Explore the history of the natural history of Riverside! How was Riverside’s ecology different 250 years ago? Or 250 million years ago when Riverside was underwater?! As Bob Dylan sang, […]
What did Riverside look like 250 years ago? Who helped build the Riverside we know today? This First Sundays we’ll explore the Indigenous labor that helped shape and build our […]
Calling all fossil lovers! National Fossil Day is October 14, 2026, and we’re excited to talk fossils! Big fossils, small fossils, broken fossils, perfect fossils – we love them all! […]
Join us for a screening of the gothic horror classic, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941). From the director who brought to life Gone with the Wind and The Wizard […]
Join the Museum of Riverside for the Victorian Dark Carnival . . . not a midway fair, but a gathering of curiosities and amusements as the Victorians knew them. Enjoy […]
Join us for a screening of the documentary film American Agitators, which focuses on the legacy of labor organizers Fred Ross Sr. and his son, Fred Ross Jr. Ross Sr. […]
Victorians developed new colors and techniques for making art, but some could put them in their graves! Find out about the deadly ingredients list, artists who may have inadvertently poisoned […]
It’s Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)! Join us for November’s First Sundays as we talk about the history of this celebration and make a fluttering butterfly clothespin […]
Share an evening under the stars as we screen the costume drama “Far from the Madding Crowd” (1967). This film version of Thomas Hardy’s classic 1874 Victorian-era novel with the […]
