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Cuisine(s): American, Traditional
Hours: Sun,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat 10am-4pm
Reservations: Accepted

Warriors, Tombs and Temples: China's Enduring Legacy Exhibit

Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., October 1 until Sun., March 4

The newest exhibit at Bowers Museum goes deep into the underground empires of royal tombs from three of China's most influential dynasties: the Qin...

Masters of Adornment: The Miao People of China

Fri., January 22, 1:00pm

The title of the exhibit kind of says it all. The Miao are a cultural group that come primarily from southern China, and they really put some thoug...

Spirits and Headhunters

Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 1:00pm

Remove yourself for a minute from the stifling minutiae of modern American civilization. Close your eyes and reach out to a more primal humanity...

Great Screen Icon Series: Great Romantic Movie Moments

Tue., February 14, 1:30pm

Just in time for Valentine’s Day! From Taylor and Burton to Bogie and Bacall, watch your favorite movie duos and romantic film scenes in thi...

Friday Morning Storytelling and Art

Every week Friday

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2011 | Best Art Museum

Back in the '70s, the Bowers collection seemed sad. Seemingly full of detritus scavenged from an Indian trading post, the collection was OC-centric (pictures and news clippings from the county's history), plus old pottery, a few dusty landscape... More >
2008 | Best Art Museum Raided by the Feds

So it only took 75 years, but something finally interesting happened at the Bowers. In January, federal investigators raided the place after learning that several Asian antiques, all of them purchased from a Southland dealer on the somewhat shady... More >
2008 | Best Show at an Art Museum Raided by the Feds

Even though the raid got the Bowers noticed for all the wrong reasons, it was quite a bit of serendipitous timing, for in late May, the museum unveiled what people have been calling the Bowers' best exhibition ever: "Terra Cotta Warriors:... More >

OC Weekly Reviews and News

The Joy of Tea

By JACK GRIMSHAW | Thu, January 26, 2012

Excuse the hell out of us, but when we hear about large, fragrant leaves compressed into bricks that become more flavorful, complex and mellow, we start hunting up the beanbag, our old tapes of TV’s Kung Fu, a sixer of cream soda and the phone num... More >
Irish Holiday Festival

By JACK GRIMSHAW | Thu, December 08, 2011

An Irishman, it’s said, is the only man in the world who’d step over 12 naked women to get to a bottle of stout. Well, we’d do the same—for pudding. For pudding, we grovel. For pudding, we abase ourselves. For pudding, we’ve even ignored Drew Barr... More >
Studio Art Workshop: Chinese Brush Painting

By | Thu, November 17, 2011

Spend the afternoon learning about Chinese culture with this hands-on art workshop. Award-winning professional artist (not to mention member of California Art Club and advisor to both the Chinese Arts Society of Southern California and the Chinese... More >
A Whale of a Tale at the Bowers Museum

By DAVE BARTON | Thu, September 08, 2011

Centuries before the United States sent armies to the Middle East to gain or preserve potential petroleum reserves, American ships slaughtered whales for their blubber. We now look at that situation more grimly since we have an understanding of th... More >
100 Reasons to Be Ecstatic About Summer In OC!

By STAFF | Thu, June 23, 2011

* This article was modified on June 24, 2011. In a county grouped by fundamental divisions—North County vs. South County, Republican vs. Democrat, Stanton vs. everyone else—there is one thing nearly all of us can agree on: that Santa Ana Mayor Mig... More >

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JosephV

| Mon, September 07, 2009

Nice

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Kristan5

| Mon, November 24, 2008

I have always loved going to museums and this is one of the first I ever went too. They feature a lot of native exhibits, so if your into that watch out for their events.

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jewgirl

| Tue, June 24, 2008

great kids museum and worth the drive. very hands on and fun.

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Warriors, Tombs and Temples: China's Enduring Legacy Exhibit

Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., October 1 until Sun., March 4