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.
The Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, was founded in 1901 by Phoebe Apperson Hearst who envisioned the Museum as the cultural cornerstone of one of the world’s
The George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library, located in Kroeber Hall, is a branch library of The UCB Library System and functions as part of the larger Anthropology complex which includes the <
BNHM Collections total over 12 million specimens & represent the most complete holdings of living and extinct California flora and fauna.
The origins of the BNHM member institutions date to the period between 1880 and 1920 a time when natural history and the study of humanity were intimately linked.
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology store offers a wide array of textiles, baskets, pottery, jewelry and accessories, international music CDs, books, publications, and much more.
