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fowler.ucla.edu. The Fowler Museum at UCLA (commonly known as The Fowler, and formerly Museum of Cultural History and Fowler Museum of Cultural History) is a museum on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) which explores art and material culture primarily from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, past and ...
The Fowler Museum at UCLA explores global arts and cultures with an emphasis on Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Indigenous Americas—past and present. The Fowler enhances understanding and appreciation of the diverse peoples, cultures, and religions of the world through dynamic exhibitions , publications, and public programs, informed by interdisciplinary approaches and the perspectives of ...
Jan 1, 2014 · Fowler Museum at UCLA In 1992, what had been known as the Museum and Laboratories of Ethnic Arts and Technology was renamed the Fowler Museum of Cultural History — after the family of collector and inventor Francis E. Fowler Jr. — and, in 2006, as the Fowler Museum at UCLA.
Jul 1, 2013 · Fowler’s new Southern Comfort, a sweet whiskey, became a favorite of ladies during World War II and of rock singer Janis Joplin in the 1960s. Fowler moved his family to Los Angeles in 1944 and in 1968 established the Francis E. Fowler Jr. Foundation Museum in Westwood to house his collections; four years later he moved it to Beverly Hills.
Sep 25, 2020 · In 2014, Berns wrote a comprehensive history of the Fowler in honor of its 50th anniversary, published as “World Arts, Local Lives: The Collections of the Fowler Museum at UCLA.” To celebrate this milestone, she also spearheaded “Fowler at Fifty,” an exhibition initiative that filled the museum’s galleries with more than 1000 objects from the permanent collections.
The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture has appointed Dr. Silvia Forni as the Shirley & Ralph Shapiro Director of the Fowler Museum, one of the world’s top museums focusing on the arts and cultures of Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Indigenous Americas — past and present. Forni will join the museum effective Dec. 1.
Feb 7, 2024 · In 1965, the artifacts were among the 30,000 objects donated to the Fowler by the Wellcome Trust—the largest gift in the history of the museum, which focuses on the cultures of Africa, Asia, the ...
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