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STUDENT TOURS
Bowers Museum offers one hour docent-led tours and two-and-a-half hour Morning at the Museum tours for grades 3-12. Cultural Art classes allow students to create a keepsake art piece related to their museum field trip; all art classes relate to current exhibits.
One hour Activity Tours for grades K-3 are provided Tuesday through Friday trained facilitators at the Kidseum. Designed to engage students through a hands-on approach, the activities include stories, games, songs, musical instruments and costumes connected to the exhibits at the museum. For pre-school tours, please contact the Kidseum at 714.480.1520.
We recommend that you book your tour as early as possible, but no later than six weeks in advance. For additional details, please contact the Tour Office at 714.567.3680 or email schooltours@bowers.org.
All tours align with all of the state of California Content Standards and Frameworks.
Limited scholarship opportunities are available on a first come, first serve basis.
Permanent Collection School Tours (1 Hour)
Morning at the Museum Tours (2½ Hours)
Special Exhibitions School Tours (1 Hour)
Grades K-3
We Are One Activity Tours
Our thematic areas are filled with multicultural treasures that can be touched and played, including musical instruments, costumes, toys, games, and masks. The Activity Tours are ideal for younger school-aged children but can span up to 3rd or 4th grade. Teachers and chaperones are encouraged and expected to participate in group activities and help the children gently explore everything in our environment. For an even more in-depth exploration consider extending your stay with one of our art classes!
Grades 3 & 4
The First Californians
Our extensive collection of Native Californian art and artifacts demonstrates the culture and history of the California Indians. Explore the ways that Indians of the region used materials found in their natural environment to survive, to make a living, to fashion art, and to shape their various cultural identities.
Art Classes: Clay Pinch Pots, Kachina Headdresses and Masks, Sand Painting.
Missions and Ranchos
The Missions and Ranchos Gallery illustrates the rich, diverse, and colorful history of the people who settled the West Coast and Orange County. It begins with the colonizing of California during the Spanish Mission period (1768-1822) and carries through to the Mexican Rancho period (1832-1848).
Art Classes: California Indian Sand Painting, Cattle Brands, Orange Crate Labels
California, the Golden Years
Study California history and geography through the museum's spectacular collection of Plein Air and Impressionist paintings. Over fifty landscapes, portraits and still lifes created by California artists between 1875 and 1955 highlight familiar views from the seashore to the San Gabriel Mountains.
Art Classes: California Impressionist Painting in Watercolor or Acrylic
Acorns to Artists! (Morning at the Museum)
An exciting new tour introducing 3rd and 4th graders to the grand sweep of California history from a sophisticated native culture through rancho days of vast herds of cattle and the hide trade to 20th Century masters of color and light who painted the beauty of the California landscape. Hands-on, interactive and fun!
Grades 5 and Up
Land of Jade and Jaguars: Exploring the Maya Culture of Middle America (Morning at the Museum)
Imagine the Mayan culture come to life! This stimulating tour helps students gain a deep understanding of our ancient neighbors to the south and how they have influenced our life and culture today. Students will enjoy an up-close-and-personal view of our great collection of ceramic ware, painted vases, a model of the pyramid at Chichen Itza (that looks so real you almost expect to see an ancient priest appear!), gold jewelry, and architectural carvings that reveal the artistic skill of the Mayas. They will learn myths and legends by viewing Lord Shield Jaguar Pacal's tomb with its carved story of his perilous journey to the underworld. And they will discover Mayan numbers and find out what amazing astronomers these people were. The tour also includes a film that makes the history and culture of these fascinating people immediate and real, learning how the important Mayan ball game was played and how much impact it has had on the team sports of today that everyone loves to play and watch. This engaging morning ends with the students themselves becoming actors, bringing to life the Mayan legend of the hero twins back in the dawn of time.
Masters of Adornment: The Miao People of China
This important collection of exquisite textiles and silver jewelry on loan to and from the Bowers Museum's permanent collection highlights the beauty and wealth of the Miao peoples of southwest China. Over 50 examples of ornately designed and created silver bracelets, necklaces and decorative ornaments compliment and complete the exhibition of late 19th and 20th century Miao regalia.
Ancient Arts of China: A 5000 Year Legacy
Spanning centuries and dynasties, this tour provides a rich cultural context for the many dynamic archaeological and art objects of China. From ancient bronze bells and vessels to exquisite jade carvings, pottery and painted scrolls, these artifacts showcase the amazing technology of China and the ingenuity of a culture.
Art Classes: Water Color Scroll Painting; Signature Seal Prints; Chinese Clay Pots
The Baroque World of Fernando Botero
(September 13 - December 6, 2009)
Colombian artist Fernando Botero's unique style is recognized and renowned world-wide for the voluminous forms and sensuous figures found within his painting, sculpture and works on paper. Botero's observations and portrayals often take on religion, politics, and history as subject with an equally critical and comical approach. The Baroque World of Fernando Botero includes over 100 paintings, sculptures and drawings dating from the 1950's to present. Compiled from Botero's personal collection, this is an opportunity to view many never exhibited works that the artist reacquired or never parted with. Themes such as faith and contemporary life in Latin America, early works and sculpture, and still-life portraits, and subjects that reference European art history, are presented in eight separate sections. Using a broad range of media, the Colombian-born Botero has created a world of his own, one that is at once accessible and enigmatic.
Art Classes: Pastel of Botero Still Life, Clay Cat
LATITUDES: Latin American Masters from the FEMSA Collection
(September 13 - January 17, 2010)
This exhibition features a selection of paintings from leading Latin American beverage company FEMSA's prestigious collection of more than 1,000 modern and contemporary works of Mexican and Latin American artists. This thematic exhibition explores the 20th century art movements and styles of Cubism, Portraiture and Landscapes, Identity, Mexican Muralism, Surrealism and Abstraction, and includes works by many noted artists, including Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, Wilfredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jesus Soto, and Rufino Tamayo.
Art Classes: Pastel of Abstract Painting, Pastel Landscape, Pastel of Still Life
Scheduling Your Visit
Reservations are required for docent-guided tours. Please reserve no later than 4-6 weeks in advance.
Your browser may not support display of this image. To reserve a tour or check availability, please contact the Tour Office at 714.567.3680 or email at schooltours@bowers.org.
Tour Hours
One hour Museum Tours are offered Tuesday- Friday at 9:30 am, 11:00 am and 12:30 pm.
One hour Cultural Art classes are available Tuesday- Friday at 9:30 am and 11:00 am.
Two and a half hour Morning at the Museum tours are offered Tuesday- Friday from 9:30 am - 12:00 pm.
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Pricing Schedule
Museum Tour Rates:
1 - 10 Students..........$ 60
11 - 20 Students........$120
21 - 30 Students........$180
31 - 40 Students........$240
41 - 50 Students........$300
51 - 60 Students........$360
61 - 70 Students........$420
71 - 80 Students........$480
81 - 90 Students........$540
Cultural Art Class Rates:
1 - 10 Students..........$ 70
11 - 20 Students........$140
21 - 30 Students........$210
31 - 40 Students........$280
41 - 50 Students........$350
51 - 60 Students........$420
61 - 70 Students........$490
71 - 80 Students........$560
81 - 90 Students........$630
* one free adult chaperone is admitted for every 10 students
To guarantee your group tour you must make full payment with a non-refundable check by the date indicated on your invoice. Your reservation is confirmed only once payment is received and date is confirmed by the Tour Office. Please make checks payable to Bowers Museum Tour Office, 2002 N. Main St, Santa Ana, CA 92706.
Chaperones and Their Responsibilities
One adult chaperone per ten students is required at all times. Chaperones are responsible for students' conduct and adherence to the rules for appropriate behavior in the galleries.
Classroom Preparation
Prior to your field trip, a docent will call you to find out more about your students and how you prepared them for their visit.
If a Bowers Museum curriculum guide is available for your chosen subject, it will be sent to you; some curriculum guides for particular exhibits are also available on our website.
Lunch
Picnicking is permitted on the tables outside of Kidseum for groups of less than thirty. Please reserve this area when you reserve your field trip. For larger groups, Santiago Park (at the corner of Main St and Memory Lane) might be an option.
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Please Note
All backpacks, large bags and beverages will not be permitted in the galleries. Please leave the above items on the bus.
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