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Tuesday, June 23
Historic Richmond
Sponsored by the Richmond Public Library Foundation
Tuesday, June 23 | 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Come tour historic Richmond, California! In partnership with the Richmond Arts & Culture Commission, attendees will visit the revitalized Richmond Civic Center, which has been recently renovated with beautiful public art, and the nationally renowned Richmond Art Center. After lunch at Assemble Restaurant, the next stop will be the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historic Park. The city of Richmond played a significant and nationally recognized part in the World War II home front. The four Richmond shipyards produced more vessels than any other shipyard complex in the country. Richmond was also home to over 56 different war industries, more than any other city of its size in the United States. The city population quadrupled in size between 1940 and 1943, overwhelming the available housing, roads, schools, businesses, and community services. At the same time, Executive Order 9066 forcibly removed Japanese and Japanese-American residents from the area, disrupting Richmond’s thriving cut-flower industry. The war truly touched every aspect of civilian life on the home front. Through historic structures, museum collections, interpretive exhibits, and programs, the park tells the diverse and fascinating story of the WWII home front. The tour will conclude with a visit to the Richmond Museum of History, a “hidden jewel of the East Bay.”
Tour maximum: 12 participants, SOLD OUT
Cost: $35
Schedule
9:00: Bus leaves Oakland Marriott
9:30-10:30: Richmond Civic Center
10:40-11:40: Richmond Art Center
11:45-12:00: Drive to Assemble Restaurant
12:00-1:00: Lunch catered by Assemble Restaurant
1:00-2:20: Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Park
2:30-3:30: Richmond Museum of History
3:30-4:00: Bus returns downtown Oakland
Registration: Advance registration required. Select this tour on the RBMS 2015 registration form.
UC Berkeley Campus Tour
Tuesday, June 23 | 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Established in 1868, UC Berkeley is the flagship campus of the University of California and is one of the pre-eminent universities in the world. The walking tour, led by Berkeley campus historians William Benemann and Steven Finacom, will focus on the history and architecture of the campus and will include such landmarks as the Campanile, the Hearst Memorial Mining Building, Doe Library, Bancroft Library, Wheeler Hall, Sather Gate, Sproul Plaza, the mosaics of the old Art Gallery, and South Hall. After the tour, the group is invited to have lunch (no-host) at the popular Free Speech Movement Cafe, located adjacent to Moffitt Library. After lunch, tour guide Steven Finacom will take anyone who wants to go to the Berkeley Historical Society for a guided tour of the exhibit documenting the centennial of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Tour maximum: 40 participants
Cost: $10 (includes round-trip BART ticket and Campanile ticket)
Schedule:
9:30: Leave Oakland Marriott, take BART to Berkeley
10:00: Begin tour at Campanile
12:30: Lunch at Free Speech Movement Cafe (on your own)
1:45: Optional tour of Berkeley Historical Society PPIE exhibit
3:00: Return to Oakland Marriott
Registration: Advance registration required. Select this tour on the RBMS 2015 registration form.
African American Museum and Library at Oakland
Tuesday, June 23 | 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
The African American Museum and Library at Oakland (AAMLO) is dedicated to the discovery, preservation, interpretation and sharing of historical and cultural experiences of African Americans in California and the West for present and future generations. AAMLO holds more than 160 collections, including materials relating to Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, the Black Panther Party, Africa in relationship to the African-American experience, genealogy, and California history, along with personal papers, diaries, and records of prominent families, pioneers, churches, and social and political organizations. In 1994, AAMLO became part of the Oakland Public Library and is now housed in the former Charles S. Greene Library, an historic 1902 Carnegie building.
Location: 659 14th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Tour maximum: 40 participants
Cost: $5
Schedule
1:00: Walk from Oakland Marriott to AAMLO (0.5 mile; approximately 10 minute-walk)
1:30-3:00: Tour of AAMLO
3:15: Return to Oakland Marriott
Registration: Advance registration required. Select this tour on the RBMS 2015 registration form.
Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library
Tuesday, June 23 | 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
The Oakland History Room, located in the Main Branch of the Oakland Public Library, is an important center for the study of the history and current development of the East Bay. Its collection contains a wide variety of materials relating to the history of Oakland and the larger Bay Area, including books, magazines, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, sheet music, trade catalogs, and scrapbooks.
Location: 125 14th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Tour maximum: 20 participants
Cost: $5
Schedule:
1:00: Walk from Oakland Marriott to Oakland Public Library (0.7 mile; approximately 15 minute-walk)
1:30-3:00: Tour of Oakland History Room
3:15: Return to Oakland Marriott
Registration: Advance registration required. Select this tour on the RBMS 2015 registration form
Thursday, June 25
UC Berkeley: Bancroft Library Gallery
Thursday, June 25 | 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. & 2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Explore the Bancroft Library’s current exhibition, “Highlights and Shadows: Books on Photography from the Reva and David Logan Collection,” in one of two curator-led gallery talks.
Location: Bancroft Library
Tour maximum: 20 participants at each tour
Cost: FREE
Registration: Sign up onsite at the registration desk by Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.
UC Berkeley: Bancroft Library
Thursday, June 25 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. & 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
The Bancroft Library is one of the premier rare books and special collections libraries in the West. The library’s building was extensively renovated in 2009. Come learn more about the collections and physical space in one of two guided tours. Please note: All bags, briefcases, backpacks, etc. must be checked in the coin-operated lockers provided in the lobby.
Location: Bancroft Library
Tour maximum: 15 participants at each tour
Cost: FREE
Registration: Sign up onsite at the registration desk by Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.
UC Berkeley: Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
Thursday, June 25 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley (MVZ) houses an extensive archive of field notebooks, photographs, annotated maps, and personal papers that date to the Museum’s founding in 1908. These historical and present-day materials provide context to the MVZ specimen collections, and they consist of records of environmental conditions during the 20th and 21st century. They are used by scientists and historians to examine environmental and societal change.
Please note: This tour includes ornithology, herpetology, and mammalogy specimen collections.
Location: Valley Life Sciences Building, 3rd floor, UC Berkeley. Attendees should meet at the front lobby on the third floor of the VLSB building, one floor above the Biosciences Library (and above the pterodactyl skeleton). Visit the MVZ website for more detailed directions.
Tour maximum: 15 participants
Cost: FREE
Registration: Sign up onsite at the registration desk by Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.
UC Berkeley: Campus Exhibits
Thursday, June 25 | 11:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Take a self-guided tour of UC Berkeley’s treasures and curiosities. Several campus libraries have special exhibits that will be open for viewing throughout the day, including The Bancroft Library, Doe Library (Brown Gallery), The Robbins Collection (School of Law), Environmental Design Library & Environmental Design Archives, Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library, Earth Sciences & Map Library, and others.
Location: Various sites around the UC Berkeley campus; maps and site descriptions will be provided.
Cost: FREE
Registration: No advance registration required. This tour is self-guided; information will be available at the Welcome Coffee.
UC Berkeley: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art & Life
Thursday, June 25, 2015 | 2:00 – 3:15 p.m.
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life was established in 2010 after the transfer of the Judah L. Magnes Museum to the University of California, Berkeley. Its remarkably diverse archive, library, and museum holdings include art, objects, texts, music, and historical documents about the Jews in the Global Diaspora and the American West. As one of the world’s preeminent Jewish collections in a university setting, it provides highly innovative and accessible resources to both researchers and visitors. The Magnes is located in downtown Berkeley, just off the UC Berkeley campus.
Location: 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 93704
Tour maximum: 15 participants
Cost: FREE
Registration: Sign up onsite at the registration desk by Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.
