Berkeley Historical Society & Museum

04/24/2026

The latest episode of the East Bay Yesterday podcast is "Covering the counterculture: How a rebellious era shaped journalism," featuring Peter Richardson talking about his latest book, "Brand New Beat: The Wild Rise of Rolling Stone Magazine." Berkeley is mentioned frequently, including as the place where the magazine was born.

03/21/2026

02/08/2026

Reminder of Free Speech Movement film presentation TOMORROW -

Inside the Free Speech Movement is now a full 90-minute documentary. Linda Rosen, a past president of BHSM, is the director and Tonya Staros, a past BHSM co-president, did major editing to create this film based on oral history interviews from the 50th anniversary of the FSM. Historic photographs...

02/03/2026

In Memoriam -

01/29/2026

Free Speech Movement film presentation Feb. 8 -

Inside the Free Speech Movement has just been made into a full 90-minute documentary. Directed by Linda Rosen and video-edited by Jai Jai Noire and Tonya Staros with Melanie Mentzel, it is based on oral history interviews from the 50th anniversary of the FSM, combined with historic photographs and...

01/19/2026

In conjunction with our current exhibit on Latinos in Berkeley:

09/18/2025

The UC Theatre 🎭 Then vs. Now

09/01/2025

📸 UC Theatre, April 9, 1981.
A day when women gathered in Berkeley to raise their voices in protest.

09/01/2025

Then & Now: Sather Gate, 1909 ➡️ Today.
Over a century of history at UC Berkeley. 💙💛 #

08/31/2025

Then and Now: The Campanile at UC Berkeley. A view from 1944 captures the tower during the mid-20th century, already established as a defining symbol of the university. Today, the Campanile remains a timeless emblem of Berkeley’s history, tradition, and academic spirit.