Bowers Museum

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.

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.

Small and clean museum that offers monthly free services for residents. I have been eager to try their singing bowls but something always comes up. We went for the Japanese cherry blossom festival this month of April and they has lots of performances and some tasty treats. Seating was limited but overall had a great time.

An excellent museum with both permanent and local conditions, focusing on cultures. Highlights include the Chinese, local Californian, and Polynesian permanent collections, with a mix of cultural artifacts and visual art, as well as a rotating set of collections that are often in collaboration with other museums. These exhibits tend to last a few months, and need separate tickets. The special exhibits are a bit cut off from the permanent collection physically, but the overall flow of the museum is nice. There are a variety of events hosted here, from the free cultural and family events during the main cultural holidays (including Chinese New Year), to specialized events for the exhibits themselves, such as board game nights. Sometimes, guest lecturers can provide greater insight into an exhibit with special lectures. Parking is available but does need to be paid for.

Recently went to see the Terracotta Warriors exhibit. Well curated and not too crowded. We went on a day where there was a separate festival in the courtyard. The permanent exhibits are also enjoyable. Parking can be tricky, especially on weekends where there are other activities going on; however, there were other additional overflow lots and street parking. Street parking may be free or metered and may be less than the on-site parking fees. Ate at the Tabata restaurant and the food was good. The hostess did a great job accommodating our large party as a walk-in request.

My family and I went here for the Terracotta Warrior exhibit. It was my first time at this beautiful museum. It's small but we spent about 2 hours exploring it. The Terracotta Warrior exhibit was excellent. We spent a lot of time there reading and talking to a very knowledgeable docent. After that we checked out the other exhibits in the museum. They were all great. I really like the Chinese and South Pacific artifacts as well. The exhibits on Pico were also very interesting.

Had not been here in a while, but came here back in July and loved all the exhibits. I was not able to see the Anime or Comic exhibit, but their main museum entry covers a lot of different art and styles. I loved all the Silver and Gold jewelry as well, so neat and beautiful. Came on a Sunday last summer, not a planned trip but it was on the way back home to San Diego so my friend and I decided to go there on my birthday. It was not busy at all, early afternoon and tickets were not expensive at all. Great little museum, definitely check it out if you have time.