Bowers Museum
Santa Ana, CA
~$18 adult
By Simir Shah
★★★★★4.7(2,210 Google reviews)
What parents say
AI summary of 5 Google reviews — not a first-hand visit. How we write these
A smaller museum that fills an afternoon rather than a day. Rotating exhibits need separate tickets from the permanent galleries. Parking is on site but paid. There is a restaurant, and reviewers mention free days for local residents plus family cultural festivals where seating runs short.
World-art galleries spanning pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, Native American art, and Asian and African collections, built from a 1936 city museum that grew sixfold in a 1992 expansion. Its second campus, Kidseum, opened in 1994 two blocks away and focuses on hands-on art and archaeology just for kids, alongside family festivals and programs throughout the year.
Good for
- Ages 10+
- Stroller-friendly
- Nap-schedule friendly
- Restrooms
- Food on-site
- Works for a wide age range
Happening near here
- Bowers Museum — Free Sundays (Santa Ana residents)Santa Ana · <1 mi · 10am–4pmFree
- Pumpkin Palooza at Discovery Cube OCSanta Ana · <1 mi
- Anaheim Ducks Kids' Sock Sundays & Día de Muertos Night (Honda Center)Anaheim · 4 mi
- Historic Main Street Garden Grove Friday Night CruiseGarden Grove · 4 mi · Fridays 4–8pmFree
2002 N Main St, Santa Ana, CA 92706, USA
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What visitors say
- Marsha Hearn★★★★★
This is a beautiful museum! My husband and I visited there for the second time on Saturday. I took a lot of pictures. I will share a few of them. The exhibits are beautiful. You can browse on your own or you can get a tour. The museum has a nice restaurant. Everyone is very friendly and helpful. The prices of admission are reasonable to enjoy a lovely day. The museum will have a quilt exhibit starting next week and I was told it will run throughout the summer. I definitely intend to return to see it.
4 months ago
- alan stanly★★★★★
Very nice facility and museum. Secure parking, gorgeous antique mission style building. Wonderful grounds for school events and functions. Smaller museum, but plenty to fill an entire afternoon. Rotating exhibits and some permanent works. Fine art american paintings to chinese miniatures and tapestries and presently, an African artifact exhibit. We enjoyed it with 4 generations of family. Highly recommended.
5 months ago
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