Talks provide Bowers visitors with access to respected speakers and experts from around the world; each offering a special perspective on the collections, exhibitions and themes housed and explored by the Bowers Museum through the varied lenses of archaeology, anthropology, education, social sciences and the arts. This is your time to ponder, your place to learn and your space to share with your community.

Art in Context: The Arts of Venice from Byzantium to Biennale (Part 5 of 6)

March 1, 2023 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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PURCHASE TICKETS Presented by Lisa Boutin Vitela, Renaissance ScholarThis series explores Venice’s improbable rise...

Art in Context: The Arts of Venice from Byzantium to Biennale (Part 6 of 6)

March 8, 2023 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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PURCHASE TICKETS Presented by Lisa Boutin Vitela, Renaissance ScholarThis series explores Venice’s improbable rise...

Celebrity Speaker Series: Behind the Scenes with Former FBI Agent Kristen von KleinSmid

March 9, 2023 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

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Join us for a behind-the-scenes look into the career of former FBI Agent Kristen von KleinSmid. She supervised Squad...

ARCE: The Artistic Circle of the St. Louis Painter with Dr. Branko van Oppen,de Ruiter

March 11, 2023 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

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PURCHASE ONSITE TICKETS Presented by Dr. Branko van Oppen,de Ruiter, Richard E. Perry Curator of Greek & Roman Art,...

Lynda Thomas Distinguished Lecture Series | Embroidery: From the Hermitage Collection to Hollywood with Shelley Komarov

March 18, 2023 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

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PURCHASE TICKETS Don’t miss when Emmy Award-winning costume designer and Lynda Thomas Distinguished Lecturer...

Timeless Melodies: MGM Musicals Part 1

March 23, 2023 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

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PURCHASE TICKETS Take a nostalgic walk down memory lane with music and more presented by Larry Maurer, historian of...

SOLD OUT - Couture & Champagne Tour with Carmela Spinelli

March 23, 2023 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

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THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. Join SCAD’s fashion historian and Bowers’ Lynda Thomas Distinguished Lecturer, Carmela...

Lynda Thomas Distinguished Lecture Series | Guo Pei’s Language of Ornament with Dr. Ellen Huang

March 26, 2023 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

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PURCHASE TICKETS In this image-based lecture, art and design historian and Lynda Thomas Distinguished Lecturer...

Lynda Thomas Distinguished Lecture Series | Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore with Terry Newman

April 2, 2023 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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PURCHASE TICKETS With anecdotes about legendary authors’ work and wardrobe, clothes-related excerpts, archival...