☀️😎🖼️ Summer weekend energy: art, food, good finds✨ Head to Bowers Museum and explore 9 global art galleries in our permanent collection, plus see how cotton, silk, and craftsmanship tell the story of American industry and innovation in our featured exhibit The American Quilt: Cloth & Commerce.

The holidays sneak up fast — The holidays sneak up fast — and so do the reservations for our holiday parties. Take a look at how these spaces transform, then imagine your own crew celebrating among the art at Bowers. ✨

"Young lovers seek perfection. Older lovers learn the art of sewing shreds together." — Finn, How to Make an American Quilt Join Bowers Museum & Underrated Movie Podcast for a screening starring Winona Ryder. ✨Exhibit open 4-6PM before the show! 📅 Aug 21 | 6-9PM 🎟️ Bowers.org/Programs #quiltsatbowers

Sun's out, parasol's out. ☀️🏖️ These four friends had the right idea on a hot SoCal day — decades before us. Find this photo (and more like it) in our digital collection, or beat today's heat in person with 9 cool, calm galleries of global art waiting for you. AC guaranteed. 😌

Fun fact: some of these quilts trace back to 19th-century cotton booms that reshaped American fashion 🧵 As we celebrate 250 years of American history this year, come see it stitched into cloth — from a rare 1776 wool quilt to Depression-era scrap art.

In celebration of Bowers Museum’s 90th anniversary, each week we’re sharing a piece of our past. This image from the 1990s depicts four women performing a classical South Indian dance form called Bharatanatyam at one of our Free Family Festivals, a tradition that continues today! #Bowers90th

✨ The quilt wall is OVERFLOWING with color — and we promised we'd share some favorites! Here are a few blocks that stopped us in our tracks! 👀 That's the magic of the Bowers Community Quilt — endless creativity, always evolving. 🎨

🛶☀️ Summer vacation mode: activated. Millard Sheets' Blue Canoe Against the Reef (1979) has us dreaming of sun, reefs, and getting away from it all. Explore it anytime in our digital collection at Bowers.org 📲 — and swing by the museum this weekend for even more art to discover in person! 🖼️

Ever wondered what daily life looked like on a 19th-century California rancho? Our California Missions and Ranchos, 1769–1848 gallery features rare artifacts like Pío Pico's own carriage and stories of the Yorba, Pico, and Forster families.

🎨 Starting tomorrow, don't miss Arts on the Move — a FREE community art display at Bowers Museum, presented in partnership with Orange County Arts and Disability, celebrating Disability Pride Month through powerful, creative expression.

What did ancient Egyptian music actually sound like? Find out this Saturday — just a few days away! Join our next ARCE lecture, "Here Comes the Sun," July 11 at 1:30 PM. Egyptologist Waleed el-Hawatky dives into temples & instruments to explore music's role in Amarna-era Egypt.🥁 🎟️bowers.org/programs

In celebration of Bowers Museum’s 90th anniversary, each week we’re sharing a piece of our past. This 1989 photo shows our Mobile Museum, which brought California and world history curriculums straight to classrooms before our 1990s expansion created more space for on-site education. 🚌📚 #Bowers90

Feeling a little “Nothing to Do” today? 🌳 That long 4th of July weekend spoiled us, and we’re not quite ready to let it go. Emil Kosa Jr. painted this easy, shade-tree, watch-the-world-go-by scene decades ago, but honestly, the vibe is timeless. What was the best part of your long weekend? Tell us👇

Celebrating America's 250th Birthday! Meet the quilt that quietly made a statement, Lucretia Smith's 1776 wholecloth quilt was woven from Massachusetts wool and dyed with American-grown indigo — a stitched act of defiance against British trade restrictions.

🎉⚽ RECAP: México won and we were ALL here for it! Huge gracias to the Mexican Consulate of Santa Ana and Constellation Group for joining us for an unforgettable Czechia vs. México watch party!

Art lovers, culture enthusiasts, and lifelong learners... your next great adventure is calling. 🖼️ Leading tours. Exploring world cultures. Connecting with curious people just like you. It all starts with becoming a Bowers docent.

It's officially a BIG summer. 🎉 Our July/August Program Guide, Celebrating America's 250th Summer, is here and packed with can't-miss lectures, workshops, programs, and more! Mark your calendar and grab your tickets. Explore the full guide linked below. www.bowers.org/images/pdf/P...

In celebration of Bowers Museum’s 90th anniversary, each week we’re sharing a piece of our past. This week, we are in the process of renovating our Ruth Segerstrom galleries where our California Missions & Ranchos exhibition resides. #bowers90 #90anniversary

Today, tomorrow, and every day in between — Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! 🎨 Fittingly captured in “Today and Tomorrow” by Jorge Dumas, where a father watches over the next generation — find this piece in our digital collection.

#recap Thursday's FIFA World Cup 2026 Watch Party at Bowers Museum brought families together for a fun night cheering on South Korea vs. México. México took the win, but the most exciting part was watching our Korean fans stay and celebrate right alongside us.

Save the Date! 🎨 This July, art takes center stage! Join us for Arts on the Move, a FREE community display at Bowers Museum in partnership with OC Arts and Disability — celebrating Disability Pride Month in the most creative way possible.

🧵 Mark your calendars! The Bowers Museum's first-ever Quilt Fair stitches into town Sunday, August 16, 10 AM–4 PM, in celebration of our exhibition The American Quilt: Cloth and Commerce.

Standing by every love story. ✨🌈 This Pride Month, we’re celebrating Chris and Efrain, who brought the magic with them.

🎬⚽ The ball has entered the building. Bowers Museum is your new match day destination! In partnership with the Mexican Consulate of Santa Ana, we're bringing FIFA World Cup 2026 live to our auditorium — big screen, great energy, and the whole family welcome. Free and open to the public!

They're BACK, and we couldn't be more excited! KCRW Summer Nights at Bowers Museum returns August 29 at 7 PM, and it's always one of our favorite nights of the summer, plus, it's FREE! 🎉

Friday night plans? We've got you covered. Bowers is open late on Friday, June 19 from 4–8 PM! Explore The American Quilt: Cloth & Commerce plus all 9 of our permanent galleries — so much to take in! 🧵🎨

🌅 Who's ready for those summer sunsets? California-based artist Charles Partridge Adams captured the magic of a golden Colorado evening in Summer Sunset, Valley of the Platte River (c. 1922) — glowing with all the warmth of the American West he loved so dearly. The perfect way to kick off summer! 🌄

🧵 The wall is filling up — and we're OBSESSED! The Bowers Community Quilt is growing one colorful block at a time, and visitors are the ones making it happen. Color a block, slide it in, cover another — it's always evolving! 🎨

🌍 Mark your calendars for June 21! Celebrate Father's Day at Bowers Museum's FREE International Family Festival— Caribbean rhythms, live flamenco, face painting, and a special BBQ lunch for Dad at Ada's Table. What better way to honor him than with the whole world? ✨🎶 #BowersFestival #FathersDay

Your quilting skills are about to level up! 🪡 ✨ Join artist Kena Tangi Dorsey for two incredible events — Saturday, June 27, dives into the bold world of African wax print quilts, and Sunday, June 28, puts the fabric in your hands. Join us for one or both, you're in for an inspired weekend!