The museum's second great period of collecting came during the directorship of William R. Bascom (1957-79). As an Africanist, he vastly increased the museum's holdings from that continent. This was a time of tremendous growth of anthropology faculty and graduate enrollment, at UC Berkeley and across the nation. Graduate students working in India, Indonesia, Japan, and Oceania returned with many important collections. As well, formerly shunned kinds of objects, such as tourist arts, were now avidly collected. This revival was marked by a new name and a new building. In 1959, the museum was renamed after distinguished Berkeley anthropologist Robert H. Lowie; simultaneously moving into its current home, Kroeber Hall, with new exhibit space and expanded storage.
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