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.

RAFFMA/Bowers/ARCE-OC present Hand Unto Ethiopia: The First African Americans to Visit Nubia with Dr. Jeremy Pope

February 26, 2022 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

RSVP A RAFFMA/Bowers/ARCE-OC collaboration:  Presented by Dr. Jeremy Pope, The College of William and Mary,...

ONLINE ENCORE: Little Texas: The Soul of Santa Ana with Kevin Cabrera

February 27, 2022 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

RSVP *EXCLUSIVE PRE-RECORDED PRESENTATIONS ARE VIEWABLE FOR 24 HOURS BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT! World War II was a...

Virtual Public Tour: Travel the World 2.27.2022

February 27, 2022 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

PURCHASE TICKETS * EXCLUSIVE PRE-RECORDED PRESENTATIONS ARE VIEWABLE FOR 24 HOURS! New Year = New Travels, get...

THE WOMEN ARTISTS OF DISNEY - A Fusion of FINE ART & ANIMATION: Presentation & Book Signing with Mindy Johnson

March 5, 2022 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

PURCHASE TICKETS In celebration of International Women's Day (March 7), join author and historian Mindy Johnson to...

Climbing the Seven Summits as a Teen with Samantha Larson

March 6, 2022 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

PURCHASE TICKETS Samantha Larson became the youngest person to climb the Seven Summits — the highest mountain on...

The Art of Disney Costuming: Panel Discussion & Book Signing

March 19, 2022 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

PURCHASE TICKETS Based on The Art of Disney Costuming: Heroes, Villians, and Spaces Between (2019) by Jeff Kurtti...