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| About
the Mission
Inn Museum
and Foundation |
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| Mission
Statement |
Adopted
by
the
Mission
Inn
Foundation
Board
of
Trustees, June 28, 2008.
The
Mission
Inn
Foundation
preserves, interprets, and promotes the cultural heritage of the Mission Inn, Riverside, and the surrounding southern California communities through its museum services, educational programs, and outreach activities.
The Mission Inn Foundation was formed in 1976 to preserve the public trust in the Mission Inn, a privately-owned National Historic landmark.
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| Foundation
History |
The
Mission
Inn
Foundation
was
incorporated
in 1976
to assist
in the
preservation
and
restoration
of the
Mission
Inn,
and
originally,
to assist
in managing
the
hotel
during
ownership
by the
City
of Riverside.
The
Mission
Inn
hotel
is now
privately
owned
by Mr.
Duane
Roberts,
and
the
Foundation
has
a unique
role
of operating
a non-profit
museum
within
an operating
for-profit
hotel.
The
Mission
Inn
Museum
was
opened
in 1993,
simultaneous
with
the
reopening
of the
Mission
Inn
hotel
after
extensive
renovations.
The
Mission
Inn
Foundation
operates
the
Mission
Inn
Museum.
The
museum’s
collection
is significant
in demonstrating
the
epic
periods
of Mission
Inn
development.
Frank
Miller,
the
original
owner
and
developer
of the
Inn,
was
an early
proponent
of the
Mission
Revival
movement,
an avid
collector
of art
from
around
the
world,
an original
thinker,
a marketing
genius,
and
a strong
community
booster.
Miller’s
central
role
in the
development
of Riverside
and
the
forging
of a
community
identity
gives
the
museum
a broad
range
of suitable
interpretive
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| Board
of Directors |
Chuck
Krieger, President
Kathy Wright, Vice-President
Dell
Roberts, Secretary
Bill
Carter, Treasurer
John Brown, Immediate Past President
Chuck Beaty
Kathy
Allavie
Richard
Anderson
Judith Auth
Liz
Cunnison
Ann
DeWolfe
Charles
Field
Theresa Hanley
Amy Harrison
Randall D. Hord
Brian Jaramillo
Ray
Maghroori
Mike
Marlatt
Walter P. Parks
Kerry
Pendergast
Janice Penner
Holly Redfern
Kelly Roberts
Bill Rose
Mark Rubin
Ruthan Smith
David St. Pierre
Ofelia Valdez-Yeager
Bill Wilkman
Doug Wible
Mike Gardner, Ex-officio
Mel Gutierrez, Ex-Officio, Chair Docent Council
Jeannene Kelly, Ex-officio, President Frank Miller Club
Sharla Wright. Ex-officio, President Friends of the Mission Inn
S. Sue Johnson, Emeritus status
Jonathan O’Neal, Emeritus status
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| Foundation & Museum
Staff & Contacts |
Mission
Inn
Foundation & Museum
3696
Main
St.
Riverside,
CA 92501
Museum & Tours
951-788-9556 Foundation
Office
951-781-8241
Email info@missioninnmuseum.com
John
Worden Executive
Director
johnworden@missioninnmuseum.com
Steve Spiller Museum & Collections Manager
stevespiller@missioninnmuseum.com
Virginia
Fesunoff Director
of Marketing
virginiafesunoff@missioninnmuseum.com |
Sharla
Wright Director
of Product Services sharlawright@missioninnmuseum.com
Emily McEwen Curator of History
emilymcewen@missioninnmuseum.com
Nanci Larsen Director of Audience Development & Administration
nancilarsen@missioninnmuseum.com
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| About
the Inn |
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story
of the
National
Historic
Landmark
Mission
Inn stretches
over more
than a
century
and began
with the
Miller
family.
In 1874
Civil
Engineer
C.C. Miller
arrived
in Riverside,
began
work on
a water
system
and was
paid with
a parcel
of land
in the
center
of the
new town
where
the family
started
a hotel.
His son,
Frank
Augustus
Miller,
later
bought
the property,
improved
and enlarged
it, and
by 1903
opened
the first
wing of
the current
Mission
Inn building.
The building
grew in
several
stages
and now
fills
an entire
block
with gardens
and towers,
arches
and stairways.
Throughout
the site,
visitors
are able
to view
paintings,
sculpture
and furnishings
from the
Mission
Inn collections. (More) |
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