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2002 N. Main St. Santa Ana, CA 92706

714-567-3600

http://www.bowers.org

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Best Art Museum
Award Winner 2011

2002 N. Main St. Santa Ana CA 92706

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

Bowers Museum Free Days for Santa Ana Residents

Third Tue. of every month | First Sun. of every month

Courtesy of the Lockhart Family and a generous donation in the memory of Dorothy Goerl, the Bowers Museum offers free admission to Santa Ana reside...
Masters of Adornment: The Miao People of China

10:00 a.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun.

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...
Gems of the Medici

10:00 a.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until September 15

Gems of the Medici, an acclaimed international exhibition, highlights some of the oldest and most unique pieces of the Medici collections including...
Spirits and Headhunters

1:00 p.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun.

Remove yourself for a minute from the stifling minutiae of modern American civilization. Close your eyes and reach out to a more primal humanity—wh...
Film: Empires – The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

1:30 p.m. May 21

Episode 3: The Medici Pope A tale of one family’s powerful ambition and of Europe’s struggle to emerge from the ravages of the Dark Ages. For addi...

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ViFF: Cinema Viet

By AIMEE MURILLO | Thu, April 04, 2013

While local cinephiles are rightfully counting down the days until the Newport Beach Film Festival kicks off (and don't forget to pick up our cover story on the shindig in two weeks!), another movie series has quietly created its own tradition of... More »
$Timeless Melodies: Can\'t Help Singing$

Timeless Melodies: Can't Help Singing

By ERIN DEWITT | Thu, February 21, 2013

Harold Arlen is considered one of popular music's most under-acknowledged songwriters ever. Of the 500-plus songs he penned, probably the most recognizable is "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (which he just happened to come up with while driving down... More »
$Cosprops\' Material Magic$

Cosprops' Material Magic

By STACY DAVIES | Thu, February 21, 2013

One of the areas that never gets much attention in a film (at least not by the audience) is costume design—unless someone's dressed like a giant clam, of course, and we haven't seen that since Rex Reed in Myra Breckinridge. Everyone also knows... More »
Where the Wild Things Are Celebrated: At the Bowers

By Andrew Tonkovich | Sun, February 17, 2013

The late Maurice Sendak's In the Night Kitchen is a story of dreams, childhood rebellion, baking children (a la Grimm), heroism and, yes, love and freedom, featuring male frontal nudity, big Jungian ... More »
A Conversation with Piper Laurie

By STACY DAVIES | Thu, January 10, 2013

The Bowers Museum finally propels itself into cool with an interview of one of the finest actresses to ever grace the American screen. Piper Laurie wasn’t just Carrie White’s crazy-ass, religious-nut mother (though we certainly love her as that),... More »
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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 paintings by local artists, moldy old Indian baskets, various cowboy accouterments and a handful of arrowheads. The museum closed in 1982, then reopened in 1992 with better bankrolling and new leadership. After a couple of massive expansions, it has... 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 side, had apparently been looted from historical sites in Thailand. One has to wonder what ethical hand-wringing accompanied the retrieval of Native American and pre-Columbian artifacts that form the bulk of the Bowers' standing collection, much... 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: Guardians of China's First Emperor." Guest-curated by Albert Dien, "Terra Cotta Warriors" has earned rave reviews, and the crowds have flocked to get up close and personal with the crumbling, life-size soldiers of China's... More »

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JosephV | Costa Mesa, CA | 9 Reviews

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| Mon, September 7, 2009

Nice
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Kristan5 | San Francisco, CA | 86 Reviews

4
| 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 | Los Angeles, CA | 11 Reviews

4
| Tue, June 24, 2008

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

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Bowers Museum

2002 N. Main St. Santa Ana, CA 92706

714-567-3600

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Bowers Museum Free Days for Santa Ana Residents

Third Tue. of every month | First Sun. of every month

Masters of Adornment: The Miao People of China

10:00 a.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun.

Gems of the Medici

10:00 a.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until September 15

Spirits and Headhunters

1:00 p.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun.

Film: Empires – The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

1:30 p.m. May 21

ViFF: Cinema Viet

By AIMEE MURILLO | Thu, April 04, 2013

Timeless Melodies: Can't Help Singing

By ERIN DEWITT | Thu, February 21, 2013

Cosprops' Material Magic

By STACY DAVIES | Thu, February 21, 2013

Where the Wild Things Are Celebrated: At the Bowers

By Andrew Tonkovich | Sun, February 17, 2013

A Conversation with Piper Laurie

By STACY DAVIES | Thu, January 10, 2013

2011 | Best Art Museum

2008 | Best Art Museum Raided by the Feds

2008 | Best Show at an Art Museum Raided by the Feds

JosephV | Costa Mesa, CA | 9 Reviews

Kristan5 | San Francisco, CA | 86 Reviews

jewgirl | Los Angeles, CA | 11 Reviews

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