Bowers Museum
The Bowers Museum is an art museum located in Santa Ana, California.
A museum inside Santa Ana
You can stay in Santa Ana
Bowers Museum is inside Santa Ana, which has 11,397 hotel and restaurant jobs, so you won’t need a base farther out. Where to stay ↓
Best months: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Oct, Nov and Dec
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, October, November and December are the mild months, with highs of 69–83°. When to go ↓
An airport 6 miles away
John Wayne Orange County (SNA) has airline service, about 6 miles from Bowers Museum.
Established in 1936
Bowers Museum dates from 1936. About ↓
Written from NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Census job and town figures, Wikidata and Wikipedia.
Weather, month by month
Typical highs and lows in Santa Ana. Green months are the mild ones.
Bowers Museum
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 notable strengths in the areas of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, Native American art, the art of Asia, Africa, and Oceania, and California plein-air painting. The Bowers organizes and hosts special exhibitions from institutions throughout the world, and travels exhibitions nationally and internationally. The museum has a second campus two blocks south of the main site, Kidseum, a children's museum with a focus on art and archaeology. The Bowers Museum and Kidseum are located in Santa Ana 6.4 km (four miles) south of Disneyland.
- Type
- Museum
- Established
- 1936
- Wikipedia readers
- 6.9K a year
Stay in Santa Ana, or close by
Towns within 30 miles, closest first. Hotel and restaurant jobs show how many places there are to stay and eat.
| Town | From Bowers Museum | Hotel & restaurant jobs | People | Typical home | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Ana | in town | 11,397 | 312,534 | $713K | C− |
| Orange | 2 mi north | 9,465 | 138,266 | $946K | C+ |
| Tustin | 4 mi southeast | 5,869 | 78,981 | $950K | C |
| North Tustin | 4 mi east | 183 | 25,807 | $1,348K | — |
| Villa Park | 5 mi northeast | 449 | 5,748 | $1,872K | A− |
| Garden Grove | 5 mi west | 8,829 | 170,964 | $814K | C+ |
| Fountain Valley | 6 mi southwest | 3,547 | 56,258 | $1,072K | C+ |
| Midway City | 7 mi west | 22 | 7,999 | $789K | — |
| Costa Mesa | 7 mi south | 11,748 | 110,330 | $1,115K | — |
| Westminster | 7 mi west | 3,391 | 89,860 | $858K | C− |
| Stanton | 8 mi west | 1,450 | 39,402 | $579K | C− |
| Irvine | 8 mi southeast | 21,855 | 311,690 | $1,192K | B |
Day trip from
Straight-line miles.
Getting there
Nearest airports with airline service
Also near Bowers Museum
Other well-known places within 39 miles. Numbered ones are on the map above.
Big draw14 mi🎢 Theme parkDisneyland17.3M visitors a year
Big draw29 mi🎢 Theme parkKnott's Berry Farm4.5M visitors a year
Big draw36 mi📍 LandmarkHollywood Walk of Fame10.0M visitors a year
Big draw34 mi🎢 Theme parkDisney California Adventure10.1M visitors a year🌲Big draw38 mi🌲 Park & preserveOzone Park
Big draw35 mi🏛 MuseumLa Brea Tar Pits
Big draw37 mi📍 LandmarkHollywood Sign
44 mi🎢 Theme parkAvengers CampusPhoto credits
Disneyland: HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Knott's Berry Farm: Phydend at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Hollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · Disney California Adventure: CrispyCream27, CC BY-SA 4.0 · La Brea Tar Pits: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Hollywood Sign: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Avengers Campus: Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0
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Visiting Bowers Museum
Is Bowers Museum in Santa Ana?
Yes. It’s inside Santa Ana, CA.
When is the best time to visit Bowers Museum?
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, October, November and December, with highs of 69–83°.
How far is Bowers Museum from Anaheim and Long Beach?
About 9 miles northeast of Anaheim and about 17 miles west of Long Beach, as the crow flies.
What is the closest airport to Bowers Museum?
John Wayne Orange County (SNA), about 6 miles away.
Where should I stay near Bowers Museum?
Santa Ana (in town, 11,397 hotel and restaurant jobs), Orange (2 mi, 9,465 hotel and restaurant jobs) and Tustin (4 mi, 5,869 hotel and restaurant jobs).
Tips from people in Santa Ana
No tips yet. Ask, or answer, in Santa Ana’s Town Square.
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