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'a COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS The Bowers Museum's permanent collection provides an opportunity to examine, compare, and contrast the highly diverse cultures of the world through time. The collection includes more than 90,000 objects, and features notable strengths in diverse areas such as pre-Columbian Mesoamerica; Native American art and artifacts; African and Oceanic art, particularly from Papua New Guinea; and California plein air paintings. Among the artists that the Bowers has collected are William and Alberta McCloskey, Frank Colburn, William Wendt, Gardner Simons, and Guy Rose. The collection is available for viewing at bowers.org/collections.