Press Releases

Date of Press Release: Saturday, December 15, 2012

The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology has recently been awarded a $400,000 challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This grant is a 3:1 matching grant, meaning the...
Date of Press Release: Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Collections Access Moratorium

The Museum will soon embark on a major collections relocation project. This is an exciting opportunity to dramatically improve conditions for a major portion...
Date of Press Release: Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Temporary Closure of Museum from July 1st, 2012

The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum is engaged in a period of profound transformation spearheaded by two major initiatives. The first is fully...
Date of Press Release: Monday, September 12, 2011

http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/12/century-of-ishi/
Date of Press Release: Wednesday, April 6, 2011

http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/06/ishi-recordings/

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The Dawn of Egyptian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Date of News: Wednesday, May 16, 2012

http://calitreview.com/26120

 

Another work of peerless skill is a statue of a jackal, Naqada III vintage, carved from slate. Even at this early date, the Egyptians were obsessed with the proper burial of their dead and the peaceful enjoyment of the afterlife. As their ancestors had no doubt discovered out on the Saharan grassland, jackals are no respecters of shallow graves. During their nomadic days, the wandering tribes had learned to bury their dead in deep pits to protect them from scavenging jackals.

 

Best East Bay Museums With Free Admission

Date of News: Wednesday, May 16, 2012

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/top-lists/best-east-bay-museums-with-free-admission/

Just Published: ANCIENT AND MODERN: The Alaska Collections at the Hearst Museum of Anthropology. By Nelson Graburn

Date of News: Sunday, March 25, 2012

This article examines a problem common to many museums of art and ethnology: how to exhibit old collections of traditional material culture from peoples who are very much alive and active today. As a case study, it examines the role and participation of the Alaskan Native peoples whose 19th-century materials are to be exhibited; the design of the exhibition, including the contemporary arts and material cultural traditions in the traveling exhibition; and the itinerary of the exhibit, including the problem of presentations in Native villages. It places this case study within the evolution of museums' functions and stakeholders' expectations, in comparison with other forms of contemporary museums and cultural centers, as aspects of control and interpretation revert more and more into the hands of the source communities.

Article first published:19 March 2012 in

Museum Anthropology, Volume 35, Issue 1, pages 58–70, Spring 2012

 

Full article:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1548-1379.2012.01122.x/full

Indian Country comes to Berkeley (and vice versa)

Date of News: Friday, January 20, 2012

 

http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/01/20/indian-museums/

One hundred years with Ishi, the "last wild Indian" of North America

Date of News: Monday, December 5, 2011

http://blog.sfgate.com/kalw/category/mari-lyn-salvador/

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University of California at Berkeley
Bancroft Way at College Avenue

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Sunday: 12:00–4:00 p.m.
Closed on National and University holidays. 
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http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu

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