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San Francisco Chronicle Advertising Feature • Berkeley • Sunday, May 26, 2019
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Clockwise from top left: The Hearst Memorial Mining Building is a campus icon designed by John Galen Howard with help from Julia Morgan; Sather Tower, known as The Campanile, is 307 feet tall and is the third-tallest bell and clock tower in the world; the technology-free Morrison Library is an open-to-the-public reading room; built in 1903, the 8,500-seat William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Experience UC Berkeley gems, from iconic to hidden By Matt Villano
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The University of California at Berkeley is one of the most prestigious institutions of higher education in the country, so it should come as no surprise that the campus has several mustsee spots. Among them: a bell tower with sweeping views of the bay, the organ collection at Hertz Hall and more. Here, in no particular order, are 10 hidden gems to check out while strolling around (or near) the campus.
MORRISON LIBRARY
CAMPANILE At 307 feet, Sather Tower, known as The Campanile, is the third-tallest bell and clock tower in the world. The 61 bells play three concerts daily. Perhaps most curiously, the tower also is a living museum and is home to more than 300,000 ancient fossils that were excavated in the early 1900s from tar pits in Los Angeles. The circa-1914 tower is open to the public every day; visitors can take an elevator to an observation deck with panoramic vistas of the
With wood-paneled walls, vaulted ceilings, Turkish rugs and tufted couches, this opento-the-public reading room is a throwback to the late 1920s, when it opened as a library within the larger Doe Memorial Library. The technology-free space remains a place where visitors can access a host of special collections for review. The Morrison also sponsors the Graphic Arts Loan Collection — framed, original lithographs, etchings and woodblock prints that Cal affiliates can borrow for their homes.
PHOEBE A. HEARST MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY As far as public anthropology museums go, few come close to this one inside Kroeber Hall. Collections comprise close to 3.8 million objects, though no more than 200 are on display at a time. According to Katie Fleming, gallery manager and education coordinator, highlights of the collection include artifacts
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Above: The Zellerbach Playhouse fills with patrons before a performance by Poland’s Song of the Goat Theatre. Zellerbach Hall is a multi-venue theater on UC Berkeley’s campus. Below: Visitors to The Campanile can take an elevator to an observation deck with panoramic vistas of the entire bay.
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