Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens

The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is Riverside’s riverfront art museum at 829 Riverside Avenue. Visit Jacksonville calls it the largest fine-arts museum in Northeast Florida: Ninah Cummer left the collection and gardens in 1958, and the holdings have grown from a few dozen works to nearly 5,000, with about 2.5 acres of historic gardens on the St. Johns. This Stay Safe Jax page is that Riverside campus, not MOSH on the Southbank and not MOCA downtown. Google’s operational listing matches the name and address, with a stored snapshot of 4.7 from 4,568 reviews — a few reviews above the older 4,563-count card, same score. That is a large, strongly positive sample. Stay Safe Jax does not average in a Yelp score because none was independently captured. Residents and visitors consistently treat the Cummer as a calm, well-liked museum: art inside, gardens on the river, and family programs rather than a nightlife crowd. Google’s hours snapshot is Monday closed; Tuesday and Wednesday 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Thursday 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Friday 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Sunday 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. Phone on the Places card is (904) 356-6857; Visit Jacksonville also lists (904) 899-6027. Hours change for holidays and free-community evenings. Action News Jax reported a September 17, 2026, AI-and-creativity panel on a Free Third Thursday, when museum admission ran free from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m., and an April 4, 2026, plant sale on a Free First Saturday. Those are event snapshots, not a promise that every Thursday is free. Google marks wheelchair parking, entrance, restroom, and seating — a full accessibility set on the Places card. Visit Jacksonville also lists the museum among family stops, with adult admission around $20 on its kids-trip guide (prices change). Jacksonville Today reported on November 18, 2024, that the historic gardens closed after three hurricanes and high river water, with staff hoping to reopen for the holidays. That was a weather-repair story, not a permanent shutdown. Open flags stay at 0. Anyone looking for a Riverside education outing should use this listing for the correct address, a strong stored Google 4.7, and useful hours. Confirm garden access after storms. It is not the closed MOSH building and not MOCA’s Laura Street sculpture plaza.