Berkeley Art Museum

Why go

Berkeley Art Museum is defined by the galleries, objects, and displays inside Berkeley Art Museum. Another layer comes from the architecture and visitor sequence at Berkeley Art Museum. Plan Berkeley Art Museum by remembering to choose priority galleries inside Berkeley Art Museum and verify current access. After Berkeley Art Museum, choose a cultural stop near Berkeley Art Museum; this keeps Berkeley Art Museum geographically coherent and avoids forcing Berkeley Art Museum into an unrelated crossing.

What to look for

• Look closely at the galleries, objects, and displays inside Berkeley Art Museum.
• Notice the architecture and visitor sequence at Berkeley Art Museum.

The full story

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive are a combined art museum and repertory movie theater and archive, associated with the University of California, Berkeley. The director is Lawrence Rinder who was appointed in 2008. The Pacific Film Archive (PFA) was founded by Sheldon Renan and began screening films in 1966 and specializes in international films. The PFA also includes a library which includes an online database of documentation associated with the films. In 2014, the museum acquired San Francisco collector and dealer Steven Leiber’s collection of Conceptual art and art materials, as well as his library of reference and artists’ books related to Conceptualism and the Fluxus movement. The current Berkeley Art Museum building was built in 1970 and designed by Mario Ciampi. The building was deemed seismically unsafe in 1997, and iron braces were added in 2001 to slightly improve its safety. In 1999, the Pacific Film Archive moved to a temporary building across the street.

Useful to know

• For Berkeley Art Museum, choose priority galleries inside Berkeley Art Museum and verify current access.
• Pair Berkeley Art Museum with a cultural stop near Berkeley Art Museum when the route and opening conditions align.

Your next visit

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