Upcoming Exhibitions
*Exhibitions subject to change!
November 12, 2017- March 11, 2018
Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) stands in the center of modern Chinese history. While most commonly understood as a politician, this formidable matriarch was also introduced to Western audience or reader as a connoisseur, patron and even creator of art in the early twentieth century, a phenomenon that interestingly fell unnoticed in modern scholarship.
Read more: Empress Dowager Cixi: Selections from the Summer Palace
March 10, 2018 – June 3, 2018
American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times celebrates the life, political career, and extraordinary vision of one of the country’s most admired and most charismatic presidents.
Read more: American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times
April 7, 2018- August 19, 2018
After a long journey around the world, the Bowers Museum’s special exhibition featuring selections from our own Native American collection will be on view in Santa Ana!
May 2018-August 19, 2018
Admission $10 for everyone over age 2, Free for Bowers Museum members and Santa Ana Residents on Sundays
Santa Ana, CA Bowers Kidseum will open Voyage to Vietnam: Celebrating the Tet Festival in May 2018; a new exhibition to promote understanding of Vietnamese culture.
September 22, 2018 – January 13, 2019
Knights in Shining Armor features stunning masterpieces of European arms and armor, dating from the Medieval and Renaissance ages to the Romanticized Medieval revival of the 1800s.
September 25, 2018-February 18, 2019
Bowers Kidseum will play host to Kings, Queens & Castles, a children’s chess exhibit co-created by The World Chess Hall of Fame and The Magic House, St. Louis Children’s Museum. This innovative, nationally traveling exhibit brings the game of chess to life and provides an engaging introduction to individual chess pieces and game strategy.
Opening April 2019
The Bowers Museum is thrilled to announce that it will be presenting an exhibition highlighting China’s terra cotta soldiers for a third time in the museum’s history.