Facilities and Staff

he Museum facility, conceived as a major program worthy of Hearst’s spectacular collections, and the activity closest to her heart, proceeded in a fashion that must have disappointed her greatly. She and Wheeler hoped to attract private funding for a building, but when it didn’t materialize Hearst provided a temporary structure, affectionately called the “Tin Shack” (now the site of Hertz Hall) in 1902. In 1903, most of the collections were removed to an unused building at the Affiliated Colleges in San Francisco where, at least in part, they could be stored and displayed. This arrangement eventually proved inconvenient to support the research and teaching programs in Berkeley so, in 1905, parts of the collections were returned to the “Tin Shack” which had been remodeled to serve as departmental offices, library, and classroom. The “Tin Shack” remained in use by the Department until 1953, when it was demolished and the anthropologists who had been there were moved to one of the “T” buildings (“temporarily” constructed during World War II). In 1931, most of the Department moved to the Civil Engineering Building (now the site of Campbell Hall). Finally, in 1960, the Department and Museum moved into their first permanent dedicated building, Kroeber Hall.