Tickets to Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit on sale Tuesday
May 31st, 2007, 6:32 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Cynthia Rupe
Bowers Museum in Santa Ana will next year host the exhibit “Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of the First Emperor,” an exhibit from China that includes 20 life-size soldier statues, part of a world famous exhibit on permanent display in Xian, China.
In anticipation of record crowds expected to flock to the museum for this exhibit, which opens May 18, 2008, the tickets go on sale Tuesday, June 5.
The 120 objects featured in the “Terra Cotta Warriors” exhibit are but a portion of the larger exhibit on permanent display near the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang (259-210 B.C.), the first emperor of China. Here you’ll see more than 8,000 life-size terracotta figures of warriors and horses arranged in battle formations, replicas of the Chinese imperial guard. The find was discovered in the ’70s and is considered one of the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century.
TERRA COTTA WARRIORS: GUARDIANS OF THE FIRST EMPEROR
WHEN: May 18-Oct. 12, 2008
WHERE: Bowers Museum, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana.
TICKET PRICES: $20 weekdays, $22 weekends (general admission); $14 weekdays, $16 weekends (seniors/students); children under 6 are free.
ORDERING INFO: Ticketmaster, 877-250-8999, ticketmaster.com, or museumtix.com.
