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
topics. |
