Travel/POI: Bowers Museum (寶爾博物館), California USA

The Bowers Museum is an art museum located in Santa Ana, California. The museum's permanent collection includes more than 100,000 objects, and features in the areas of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, Native American art, the art of Asia, Africa, and Oceania, and California plein-air painting. Ada Elvira Bowers and her husband, Charles W. Bowers, a late 19th-century Orange County citrus grower and land developer, donated the land on which the museum stands to the city of Santa Ana as well as $100,000 to build the museum. The Charles W. Bowers Memorial Museum first opened its doors in 1936 as a city-run museum devoted primarily to the history of Orange County. In 1987, the City of Santa Ana closed the museum. The new museum building reopened on October 15, 1992, as the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art by a new governing board. In February 2007, the Bowers Museum expanded again, adding the $14.6-million Dorothy and Donald Kennedy Wing. The new wing included a permanent Chinese art exhibition, a permanent Oceanic exhibition (opened in 2010), additional galleries for special exhibitions, spacious event venues, and a 300-seat auditorium.

寶爾博物館是位於加州聖塔安娜的藝術博物館。博物館的永久收藏超過十萬件，涵蓋前哥倫布時期中美洲藝術、美洲原住民藝術、亞洲、非洲和大洋洲藝術以及加州戶外繪畫等領域。艾達·寶爾和她的丈夫查爾斯·寶爾是19世紀末橙縣的一位柑橘種植者和土地開發商，他們將博物館所在的土地以及 10 萬美元捐贈給了聖安娜市用於建造博物館。查爾斯·寶爾紀念博物館最初於 1936 年作為市立博物館開放，主要致力於橙縣的歷史。1987年，聖安娜市關閉了博物館。新的博物館大樓於 1992 年 10 月 15 日由新的管理委員會重新開放，更名為寶爾文化藝術博物館。2007 年 2 月，寶爾博物館再次擴建，增建了耗資 1460 萬美元的甘迺迪展廳。新展廳內設中國藝術常設展、海洋藝術常設展（於2010年開放）、用於特別展覽的額外展廳、寬敞的活動場地以及一個可容納300人的禮堂。

World of the Terracotta Warriors: New Archaeological Discoveries in Shaanxi in the 21st Century

We visited the special exhibition "The World of Terracotta Warriors: New Archaeological Discoveries in Shaanxi in the 21st Century" on August 12, 2025. The exhibition explores China’s early history through recent archaeological finds from Shaanxi Province. The discovery of the first terracotta army pit in the 1970s turned a great deal of global attention to the life and legacy of Qin Shi Huang, the Qin emperor. From the past two decades archaeological finds in Shaanxi have revealed new information about pre-dynastic China’s political landscape and artistic achievements. This special exhibition comprises over 110 newly uncovered treasures including Terracotta Warriors, chariot regalia, jade and gold adornments, bronze vessels, and immersive digital experiences. They are so fascinating that you won’t want to leave. The gallery guide is a good resource to learn about this exhibition. The exhibition runs until October 19, 2025.

我們 2025 年 8 月 12 日來參觀「兵馬俑的世界：21世紀陝西考古新發現」的特展。展覽透過陝西省近期考古發現，探索中國早期歷史。1970 年代第一個兵馬俑坑的發現，引發了全球對秦始皇生平和文化遺產的極大關注。過去二十年來，陝西考古文物，揭示了前王朝時期的中國政治格局和藝術成就的新訊息。本次特展展出了110 多件新發現的珍寶，包括陶俑、車馬俑、玉器、金器、青銅器以及身臨其境的數位體驗。它們非常引人入勝，讓人流連忘返。展廳指南是了解此次展覽的好資源。這個展覽到 2025 年 10 月 19 日為止。

Ceramics of Western Mexico

From this exhibition, we can learn about West Mexican shaft tombs and the cultures. We also saw a selection of the ceramic figures placed inside shaft tombs to accompany the deceased in the afterlife.

透過這次展覽，我們可以了解西墨西哥豎穴墓及其文化。我們也看到了一些被放置在豎穴墓中的陶俑，它們陪伴著死者在死後的世界。

California Bounty: Image and Identity, 1850-1930

California Bounty is the museum’s first curated look at its painting collection since 1994. The exhibition takes viewers on a journey through California’s visual history, shaped by both Mexican and Anglo traditions and the state’s location on the Pacific Rim.

《加州賞金》是博物館自 1994 年以來首次精心策劃的繪畫收藏展。展覽帶領觀眾踏上一段加州視覺歷史之旅，這段歷史受到墨西哥和盎格魯傳統以及位於環太平洋地區的地理位置的影響。

California Legacies: Missions and Ranchos (1768-1848)

California Legacies features displays of California and Orange County history. The collective objects related to Alta California through Spanish land grants, life at the California Missions and the wealth and lifestyles of the first families in Rancho period.

加州遺產展區展出加州和橙縣的歷史。這些藏品與上加州的歷史息息相關，涵蓋西班牙的土地贈與、加州傳教區的生活以及牧場時期首批家庭的財富和生活方式。

Ancient Arts of China: A 5000 Year Legacy

From large painted ceramic pots used during the Neolithic period, to sculptures of camels and horses made at the height of the Silk Road, to beautiful embroidered silk court robes and ivory carvings from the 19th century, This exhibition showcases the splendid art brought about by China's 5,000 years of history.

從新石器時代使用的大型彩繪陶罐，到絲綢之路鼎盛時期製作的駱駝和馬的雕塑，再到 19 世紀精美的刺繡絲綢宮廷長袍和象牙雕刻，這個展覽展示了中國 5000 年歷史帶來的輝煌藝術。

Art of the Pacific Islands

Spanning the geographic region collectively referred to as Oceania, this comprehensive exhibition highlights masterworks from the three cultural regions of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia.

這個綜合展覽橫跨統稱為大洋洲的地理區域，並聚焦於密克羅尼西亞、美拉尼西亞和波利尼西亞三個文化區域的傑作。