Celebrate with Bowers Museum during our free family festivals held every first Sunday of the month in the Museum’s beautiful Key Courtyard. Enjoy live performances, art making, face painting and complimentary treats at every festival.

Enter a sanctuary for sonic exploration surrounded by vibrant Buddhist paintings.

Hear from a panel of individuals essential to the Violins of Hope project, including founder Avshi Weinstein, paired with excerpts of music by violinist Niv Ashkenazi performing on a holocaust-era violin.

Explore Ancient Egypt Through ARCE-OC’s Ongoing Lecture Series at Bowers.

2nd & 4th THURSDAYS

Join this very special arts engagement program for seniors and their community.

For Bowers Members Only: A Book Club Experience

Books at Bowers: Touring Through the Pages is a Bowers Docent Guild sponsored book club that pairs a topical book with a museum art experience.

Join the world’s leading experts on terracotta warriors to learn about new archaeological finds from Shaanxi: Neolithic to the Qin Dynasty; interactions between Shaanxi and other areas from Neolithic to the Qin Dynasty; art, ritual and the formation of states in early China; and new approaches in archaeological studies in China.

For Bowers Members Only: A Book Club Experience

Books at Bowers: Touring Through the Pages is a Bowers Docent Guild sponsored book club that pairs a topical book with a museum art experience.

2nd & 4th THURSDAYS

Join this very special arts engagement program for seniors and their community.

Take a nostalgic walk down memory lane with music and more presented by Larry Maurer, historian of the Timeless Melodies Foundation for Education, Inc.