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The California Museum of Photography has been documenting history, art, and community for 50 years. Its collection of cameras, photographs, and art will be on display at “CMP at 50,” a five-month celebration that kicks off Saturday, March 18, 2023. The anniversary reception is set for April 15, 6 p.m...

UCR’s California Museum of Photography will showcase the work of King Daniel (KD) Ganaway, one of the earliest Black photographers in the U.S. The exhibition runs Feb. 25 - Aug. 6.

This is Fernandez’s first major solo museum show. The images reflect on various social issues and explores her Mexican American identity.

AAM is the fields’ gold standard for museum excellence.

The grant will support “Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures,” an exhibition opening in fall 2022.

Explore six exhibitions at the California Museum of Photography and Culver Center of the Arts with new measures ensuring guest safety

The open call marks the first time the California Museum of Photography has solicited art from the public at this scale

A new exhibition at the California Museum of Photography explores the iconic work of documentary photographer Bruce Davidson and the evolution of meaning in photographs

Experience 360-degree exhibition tours, artist interviews, hands-on activities, and more from the comfort of home

‘Facing Fire’ explores the beauty, threat, and devastation of California’s growing wildfires

History doctoral student Alyse Yeargan studies photographs of the deceased to understand how and why we grieve

The gift from Jim and Georgia Steinhart marks the art center’s inaugural born-digital collection and first-ever endowment

California Museum of Photography exhibition explores how artist Robert Cumming exposed the truth and trickery of photography

“STRATUM” and “Clive Wearing’s Dilemma” are on view at the California Museum of Photography May 11-Sept. 8

Douglas McCulloh is not a man ruled by fate, but rather, chance. In fact, McCulloh, who joined UCR ARTS as the new senior curator for the California Museum of Photography, or CMP, in July has made chance his primary modus operandi. He traces his preoccupation with chance back to his...

Henry W. Coil Jr., a Riverside native and community booster whose construction firm and personal giving preserved historic buildings, built multiple schools and strengthened programs for young people and the arts, died October 3, 2018 at the age of 85. “Henry is one of those rare individuals who not only...

The California Museum of Photography has received a robust donation of American field view cameras, filling a significant gap in the museum’s collection. Donor Larry Pierce, a mineralogist and majority owner of Phoenix-based Fiberquant Analytical Services, gifted his collection of more than 500 cameras, as well as hundreds of related...

The newly renamed arts institution will bring enhanced programming and scholarship to downtown Riverside

A peculiar photograph leads to an examination of modernity, war, and ruin in “A Handful of Dust”