The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) is boldly creating the preeminent university art museum for the twenty-first century. When a 1997 campus-wide analysis found that BAM/PFA’s existing facility did not meet current seismic codes, a critical opportunity arose to build a new home for its acclaimed art and film programs and collections—both challenging and enabling BAM/PFA trustees and staff to expand the institution’s vision and offerings. (More on BAM/PFA history.)

Centrally located between downtown Berkeley’s BART station and the University’s western entrance, the new museum will become a physical and metaphorical gateway connecting the campus and community to great works of art and film spanning eras and cultures. As a cultural learning laboratory, it will inspire artistic experimentation and initiate dialogue among those new to the visual arts and those with a lifelong passion, helping us all develop novel ways of understanding and seeing critically. A model for university art museums, this magnetic destination will bring together artists, the University and Bay Area communities, and art and film enthusiasts from around the globe.

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For information about supporting the BAM/PFA new building project, please contact Nancy Nelson in the Office of Institutional Advancement at (510) 642-6025 or
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