with art from the collection. Every year art students also take on the management of the Senior and MFA exhibitions.
==== Mills College Children's School ====
Founded in 1926 on the Mills campus, the Children's School is the oldest laboratory school west of the Mississippi River. From its inception, the Children's School has had the dual function of providing education for both children and adults. A member of the East Bay Independent Schools Association, the Children's School is open to the children of Mills students, faculty, and staff as well as the general public.
Northeastern University suspended new enrollments in the Children's School in 2025 and announced that the school will close on June 30, 2026.
=== Notable campus buildings ===
==== Mills Hall ====
Designed in 1869 by S. C. Bugbee & Son, Mills Hall became the college's new home when it moved from Benicia to Oakland in 1871. Mills Hall is "a long, four-story building with a high central observatory. The mansarded structure, which provided homes …
