The Bowers Museum is currently upgrading many of the historic galleries in its Mary Muth Wing, which will reopen with an exciting series of exhibitions in 2015, starting in April with the highly-anticipated Adams, Curtis and Weston: Photographers of the American West exhibit. In order to take advantage of the progress of the renovation, the Bowers mounted a special Treasures of Veracruz exhibit which showcases eight Pre-Columbian artifacts from the museum’s permanent collection. Dating from 300-1500 A.D., the ceramic and stone sculptures in the Treasures of Veracruz exhibit exemplify the power, beauty and intensity of art from Mexico’s Gulf Coast state. The human form figures represent gods and individuals of high status. The ceramic figures are hollow in construction and large in comparison to the sculptures produced by other Pre-Columbian