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The Bowers Museum is an art museum located in Santa Ana, California. The museum's permanent collection includes more than 100,000 objects, and features notable strengths in the areas of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, Native American art, the art of Asia, Africa, and Oceania, and California plein-air painting. The Bowers organizes and hosts special ...
- Sean O'Harrow
- Art museum, cultural art
- 1936
- 2002 N. Main St, Santa Ana, California
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The Charles W. Bowers Memorial Museum first opened its doors in 1936 as a city-run museum devoted primarily to the history of Orange County. In 1987, the City of Santa Ana closed the museum with the understanding that after careful study and a great deal of input from the community, the museum would be reopened as a totally transformed museum, ready to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Overview of the Museum. Founded through the generosity of Charles and Ada Bowers, the museum’s mission is to celebrate and preserve the world’s diverse cultural legacy. Located in Santa Ana at 2002 North Main Street, the museum has expanded considerably over the years. Today, it offers a myriad of exhibitions ranging from Native American ...
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The Bowers Museum holds in its collection more than 91,000 works of art. These works were donated from 1935 to the present and represent many regions and cultures of the world. The museum's largest collections are in the areas of Native American art, Pre-Columbian art, Asian art, art of the Pacific, art of Africa and Orange County history.
