Santa Ana’s Bowers Museum of Cultural Art has received a $1 million donation for an Asian gallery as part of its expansion.
Dominic Ng, chief executive of San Marino-based East West Bancorp Inc., made the donation.
The gallery is set to be called the East West Bank Asian Gallery.
Ng is a Bowers board member and co-chairman of the museum’s expansion along with Donald Kennedy, retired chairman of Santa Ana’s First American Corp.
Bowers announced the gift at its holiday party on Sunday, held at First American’s headquarters.
The Asian gallery is set to be 6,000 square feet and focus on 5,000 years of Chinese history. Art for the gallery is set to come from Bowers and China’s Shanghai Museum.
The gallery is part of Bowers’ north wing, which is set to include a 300-seat auditorium, a special exhibitions gallery and an atrium. Construction started in October.
East West Bancorp has given money to Bowers exhibits, including “Tibet: Treasures from the Roof of the World” and “Mummies: Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt.”
The company’s East West Bank has branches in Anaheim, Irvine and Westminster.
,Michael Lyster
