{"id":13928,"date":"2013-10-07T03:12:49","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T10:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=13928"},"modified":"2013-10-07T03:12:49","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T10:12:49","slug":"fascinating-bowers-museum-in-santa-ana-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/fascinating-bowers-museum-in-santa-ana-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Fascinating Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/bowmus.jpg\" width=\"922\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SANTA ANA, CALIF.&#8211;It was nearly 100 degrees in the courtyard where dancers performed, but inside the Bowers Museum the air was cool as a cucumber. This past weekend hundreds of people poured in, hoping to get a glimpse of the newest exhibit, &#8220;Gods &amp; Gifts: Vatican Ethnological Collection&#8221;. 65 indigenous spiritual pieces from the vast holdings of the Vatican enable visitors to learn about the global significance of the objects and their journey&#8211;the exhibit ends February 9, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Fascinating Bowers with its ever-changing treasure trove of paintings, sculptures, baskets, wood carvings, glass, pottery, gem stones and objects from around the globe, \u00a0is focused on cultures as seen through their clothing, art and objects. To plan your visit, see bowers. org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Currently appearing at Bowers Museum:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spirits and Headhunters: Art of the Pacific Islands<\/li>\n<li>Sacred Realms: Temple Murals by Shashi Dhoj Tulachan<\/li>\n<li>Ancient Arts of China: A 5000 Year Legacy<\/li>\n<li>California: The Golden Years<\/li>\n<li>First Californians<\/li>\n<li>Pre-Columbian Exhibits<\/li>\n<li>California Legacies: Missions and Ranchos (1768-1848)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Nearby attractions include Discovery Science Center, Westfield MainPlace and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/zoos\/santa-ana-zoo.html\">Santa Ana Zoo<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA ANA, CALIF.&#8211;It was nearly 100 degrees in the courtyard where dancers performed, but inside the Bowers Museum the air was cool as a cucumber. This past weekend hundreds of people poured in, hoping to get a glimpse of the newest exhibit, &#8220;Gods &amp; Gifts: Vatican Ethnological Collection&#8221;. 65 indigenous spiritual pieces from the vast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13928"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}