Talks
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.
Mar
22
2025
BSOC: Jewels of Power with Dr. Sigrid van Roode
03-22-2025 11:00 am
-12:00 pm
Presented by the Bead Society of Orange County, an affiliate Council of Bowers Museum
Mar
27
2025
Timeless Melodies: Oscar Nominated Songs 1934 – 1958 (But Didn’t Win!)
03-27-2025 1:30 pm
-3:00 pm
Take a nostalgic walk down memory lane with music and more presented by Larry Maurer, historian of the Timeless Melodies Foundation for Education, Inc.
Apr
05
2025
Apr
13
2025
Distinguished Lecture | Art and Cultural Legacy of Chinese Gardens with Dr. Xu Yang
04-13-2025 1:30 pm
-2:30 pm
Join Dr. Xu Yang, Associate Curator at the Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong, for an illuminating exploration of traditional Chinese garden design on the closing day of The Eternal Garden: Titanium Art by Aka Chen.
Apr
19
2025
ARCE: Publishing Discoveries in Egyptology with Dr. David Ian Lightbody
04-19-2025 1:30 pm
-3:30 pm
Explore Ancient Egypt Through ARCE-OC’s Ongoing Lecture Series at Bowers.
Apr
24
2025
Timeless Melodies: Bing Crosby
04-24-2025 1:30 pm
-3:00 pm
Take a nostalgic walk down memory lane with music and more presented by Larry Maurer, historian of the Timeless Melodies Foundation for Education, Inc.
May
25
2025
Distinguished Opening Lecture | What the Stone Faces Tell Us with Dr. Lothar von Falkenhausen
05-25-2025 1:30 pm
-2:30 pm
Join our World of the Terracotta Warriors opening lecture, presented by Dr. Lothar von Falkenhausen, Distinguished Professor of Chinese Archaeology and Art History at UCLA!
May
29
2025
Timeless Melodies: Broadway in the 1940s
05-29-2025 1:30 pm
-3:00 pm
Take a nostalgic walk down memory lane with music and more presented by Larry Maurer, historian of the Timeless Melodies Foundation for Education, Inc.
Jun
26
2025
Timeless Melodies | 1950: The Year in Music
06-26-2025 1:30 pm
-3:00 pm
Take a nostalgic walk down memory lane with music and more presented by Larry Maurer, historian of the Timeless Melodies Foundation for Education, Inc.
