Terracotta Warriors on display at Bowers Museum; first US visit in nearly a decade

Terracotta Warriors on display at Bowers Museum; first US visit in nearly a decade

The detail carved into the sole of a shoe. Think about, said Seán O’Harrow, the attention craftsmen put into the famed Terracotta Warriors that they carved a realistic shoe sole on a statue of a kneeling archer, when they had thousands of the clay soldiers to prepare for guarding Qin Shi Huang’s tomb, the first emperor of China in 221 B.C., in his afterlife. And at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, of which O’Harrow is the president and CEO, visit…

World Of The Terracotta Warriors: New Discoveries at the Bowers Museum

IN COLLABORATION with the Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center and institutions across Shaanxi Province, World of the Terracotta Warriors offers an exclusive glimpse into China’s political and artistic achievements before and during the Qin dynasty. May 23, 2025 By Lydia E. Ringwald The Terracotta Warriors return to the Bowers Museum from May 24 to October 19, 2025, in an exhibit that includes many new fascinating discoveries. In the 1970s…