The new home of the Mission Inn Foundation and Museum had been welcoming visitors and serving as the headquarters for docents for a few weeks. The Sunday ceremony in front of their new Market Street home marked the official business start for the new foundation storefront. City and community officials gathered with the faithful fans of the Inn to celebrate the beginning of the new chapter in the new building just in time for the Festival of Lights crowds beginning this weekend.
Councilman Philip Falcone, a longtime friend of the Foundation, was there for Museum president Jennifer Gamble’s ribbon cutting and official opening of the new space. The new store and museum replace the traditional home of the Foundation at the corner of Mission Inn and Main, inside the Hotel. The Mission Inn Foundation and Museum retains most of the collection and the right to sell Mission Inn merchandise from their new storefront. While hotel employees will execute the tours of the Inn, the Foundation docents have a new slate of tours that showcase the external perimeter of the hotel and other points of interest and historical significance downtown.
Visit The Mission Inn Foundation and Museum in their new home at 3750 Market Street. Their gift shop is an excellent local business that provides Riverside-specific gifts for the Riversiders and Riversiders at heart in your family. You can also check the tour schedule and book one of the new expert-led tours of downtown.
