The Southern California Medical Museum is the only museum in Southern California dedicated to the collection and preservation of medical artifacts and the recording of the history of medicine in the Inland Empire, California and the West. The SCMM was founded in 1982 in Colton, California by the Historical Committee of the San Bernardino County Medical Society. The museum and historical committee came about as the result of more than a decade of work by Merlin Hendrickson, M.D. and others. Dr. Hendrickson was a major donor financially as well as in museum items and his tremendous influence is still seen in our collection today.  We have been at our current location since 2004. The SCMM is supported by donations and funds through the Physicians Memorial Gift and Benevolence Fund, a non-profit, 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

Open by appointment only. Please call for hours and availability prior to coming to the museum.

Admission: $5  Students $3  Armed Forces Service and Families Free 

Contact us:

3993 Jurupa Avenue Suite #102

Riverside, California 92506

(951) 787-7700  

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Celebrating 30 Years of Preserving Medical History...