Riverside Municipal Museum
3580 Mission Inn Avenue  Riverside, CA 92501
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On the Outside…
In the museum realm, IPM is typically viewed as a collections management tool, and issues of building structure and the urban environment are seldom dealt with. Nevertheless, across the US, most local museums and historical societies are housed in rehabilitated historic structures -  old railway stations, post offices, libraries and school buildings – and many of these are in downtown or otherwise urban settings.

The Riverside Municipal Museum’s building is a renovated 1914 Federal Post Office, located in downtown Riverside. Using such a building for museum purposes entails coping with a bevy of structural and environmental issues, quite a few of which relate directly to pest management. While issues of historic preservation and sheer cost can prevent dealing with structural problems head-on, IPM methods can offer low cost, indirect alternatives.

On the Inside…
(exhibits)
(collections)
(Nature Lab)