1000 Oak St., Oakland
BART to Oakland City Center/12th St. Walk to 10th and Oak.
T: 1.888.625.6873
Hours: W-Sa: 10am – 5pm, Su: Noon – 5pm, First Friday of the month: Open until 9pm, Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
General Admission: $6, Senior Citizens: $4, Students: $4, Children under the age of 6: Free
Free Second Sundays of each month
Group Rates: To qualify for group admission rates, all tickets must be purchased at the same time. A group is defined as 10 or more individuals (with the exception of Seniors and Disabled groups). Admission to exhibitions is free for Oakland-based groups and $1/person for all others. Please note that proof of location is required.
The only museum devoted to the Art, History, and Natural Sciences of California. The art department is active in the acquisition of art of California by California artists in all media: painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, mixed-media, installation, prints and crafts.
Berkeley Art Museum and Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum Galleries: 2626 Bancroft Way
BART to Downtown Berkeley, walk east through the campus to Bancroft @ Bowditch, or exit BART and take the 51 ACTransit to Durant and Bowditch.
T: 510.642.0808
Hours: W, F, Sa/Su: 11am – 5 pm, Th: 11am – 9 pm, Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
General Admission: $6, Senior Citizens: $4, Students: $4, Free on Thursdays 11am – Noon and 5pm – 9pm
Group tour price is $3 per person, plus tour fee. To schedule a group tour call 642-5188.
The University Art Museum contains a permanent collection as well as a rotating exhibition schedule, usually under the heading of the MATRIX program. The MATRIX program provides a framework for an active, experimental interchange between the artist, the museum, and the viewer and the exhibits are usually provocative works by avant-garde artists.
Pacific Film Archive Theater: 2575 Bancroft Way
BART to Downtown Berkeley, walk east through the campus to Bancroft @ Bowditch, or exit BART and take the 51 ACTransit to Durant and Bowditch.
T: 510.642.1124
Pacific Film Archive Admission:
Single Feature: General $8, BAM/PFA members, UCB students: $4, UCB Faculty & Staff, non-UCB Students, Senior Citizens, Disabled Persons, Youth: $5
Additional Feature – All patrons: $4
The Pacific Film Archive shows well-known and should be well-known classic films from all over the world. At various times throughout the year, the PFA designs thematic film schedules.
PFA will remain open with a full schedule during the retrofit.
2911 Russell St., Berkeley
T: 510.549.6950
Hours: Su-Th: 10am to 4pm, Closed Fridays, Saturdays and Jewish and Federal holidays.
No admission fees. Small donation, $5 adult, suggested.
The museum houses both the Western Jewish History Center and Blumenthal Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
The History Center holds the world’s largest archive on the Jews of the thirteen western American states, this research resource makes available to scholars hundreds of archival and oral history collections documenting individuals, organizations, and communities of the past 150 years. It includes thousands of rare and historic photographs, newspapers and periodicals, ephemera, fine press books, and other valuable materials. Open for researchers only on W and Th, only by appointment; call Tu-F: 510.549.6956, or email them.
The library houses over 12,000 rare and illustrated books and manuscripts, Jewish recorded and sheet music, rare and distinctive Haggadot, the Setchko Holocaust Collection, thousands of photographs, and other priceless research materials. Open M – Th BUT researchers need first to phone 510.549.6939 for an appointment.
Pheobe Hearst Museum of Anthropology
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology is located in Kroeber Hall at the corner of Bancroft Way and College Avenue on the campus of the University of California in Berkeley.
BART to Downtown Berkeley, walk east through the campus to Bancroft @ Bowditch, or exit BART and take the 51 ACTransit to Durant and Bowditch.
T: 510. 643.7648
Hours: W-Su: 10am – 4:30pm, Closed on UNiversity and national holidays.
General Admission: $2, Seniors: $1, Children: $.50, Free to the public on Thursdays.
The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, formerly the Lowie Museum of Anthropology, was founded in 1901. The purpose of the museum is to collect, preserve, research, and interpret the global record of material culture, so as to promote the understanding of the history and diversity of human cultures.
MOCHA: Museum of Children’s Art
538 9th St., Suite 210, Oakland
BART to Oakland City Center/12th St. Walk down Broadway to 9th St.
T: 510.465.8770
Hours: T-SA 10am-5pm, Su 12 noon – 5pm
General Admission: Free!
Class Fees: Vary. Check website for details
The MOCHA Gallery is dedicated to showing the work of children from the Bay Area community and beyond. MOCHA offers classes, art camps, and is a common field trip destination for school children in the East Bay.
