, Brooks Hall has not reopened as an exhibition site . Since the new Main Library has opened , Brooks Hall has been used to store library books . It has also been used to store historical artifacts , including the Exposition Organ , a 7,000-pipe organ originally manufactured for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exhibition . Plans to move the organ , which had been installed in the Civic Auditorium until it was damaged during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake , to a new pavilion near Embarcadero Plaza and the San Francisco Ferry Building were announced since 1999
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Brooks Hall