Important Update:
Collections Access During the Regatta Move
This Summer, the Museum is beginning the process of relocating collections stored in one of our off-site storage facilities to a new storage facility in Richmond. The move is expected to go through the Fall semester and be completed some time in Spring, 2010.
We have tried to mitigate the impact this move will have on research and class use given the very short time line and limited staffing we have to work with. Outside contractors will do large portions of the move which limits our ability to have full control over packing and scheduling. It should be anticipated that access will get more difficult as we near the end of Summer, 2009, and extend through the first several weeks of the Spring, 2010, semester.
Once completed, these collections will be in better, more organized and accessible storage, there will be more room to accommodate research and teaching use, we will have new, safer storage furniture and a cleaner, leak-proof environment. Many of the collections will be inventoried prior to the move and we will do as much image-capture as time permits during the packing process. The University plans on adding shuttle service from campus to the Regatta building once occupancy begins.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We will let you know as soon as we are settled into our new facility and can once again facilitate teaching and research visits.
The collections of the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology are vast and diverse. The total number of objects in the collection is estimated at 3.8 million, the largest of which are the California collections.
Our history spans over 100 years, and we are now in the process of revising our new collections management database to manage this wealth of information. The revised system will soon give us the opportunity to open our collections to the world through the web.
Please visit the online resources page for a full list of links to our collection data offered on the web. As the process of developing our collections pages is ongoing, your feedback is appreciated.
The mission of the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, an organized research unit of the University of California, is to present to its audiences the processes and findings of anthropological interpretations of its collections; to illuminate the diversity and particularity of ways of being human, both past and present; and to explore how different ways of being human are made possible by the creation, modification, and use of material objects. The museum recognizes as one of the primary means of accomplishing its mission, the sponsorship of research on its collections by members of the University community and of researchers from anthropology and related disciplines from outside the University.
Please see the Collections Access Policy for information about scheduling a visit.
We are also in the process of expanding our research page and online resources. If you have questions, please contact us.
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