Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
in 1866, and the first students arrived in 1873. Today UCB has more than 35,000 students,
more than 1500 professors and more Nobel laureates than you could point a particle accel-
erator at.
From Telegraph Ave, enter the campus via Sproul Plaza and Sather Gate, a center for
people-watching, soapbox oration and pseudotribal drumming. Or you can enter from
Center St and Oxford Lane, near the downtown BART station.
UC Berkeley Art Museum
MUSEUM
$10/7; 11am-5pm Wed-Sun)
The museum has 11 galleries showcasing a huge range of works, from ancient Chinese to
cutting-edge contemporary. The complex also houses a bookstore, cafe and sculpture
garden. The museum and the much-loved Pacific Film Archive are scheduled to move to a
new home on Oxford St between Addison and Center Streets in 2016.
Campanile
LANDMARK
10am-3:45pm Mon-Fri, to 4:45pm Sat,
10am-1:30pm & 3-4:45pm Sun; )
Officially called Sather Tower, the Campanile was modeled on St Mark's Basilica in
Venice. The 328ft spire offers fine views of the Bay Area, and at the top you can stare up
into the carillon of 61 bells, ranging from the size of a cereal bowl to that of a Volkswagen.
Recitals take place daily at 7:50am, noon and 6pm, with a longer piece performed at 2pm
on Sunday.
Museum of Paleontology
MUSEUM
510-642-1821;
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu
;
8am-10pm Mon-Thu, to 5pm
Fri, 10am-5pm Sat, 1-10pm Sun)
Housed in the ornate Valley Life Sciences Building (and primarily a research facility that's
closed to the public), you can see a number of fossil exhibits in the atrium, including a
Tyrannosaurus rex
skeleton.
Bancroft Library
LIBRARY
