Editing Santa Ana, California (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Bowers Museum Entrance 2011-11-11 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Bowers Museum]]]]
[[File:West End Theater (51155847984) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|The West End Theatre]]

The [[Bowers Museum]] is art and history museum started in the 1930s with a large collection of fine art and artifacts from around the world and several traveling exhibits each year.

Santa Ana has several wall paintings and [[mural]]s depicting local history, community events and cultural diversity in Orange County.

The [[Chiarini Fountain]], designed and carved by Chiarini Marble & Stone, was donated by the Chiarini family in honor of George C. Chiarini and to recognize the artists who have helped make Downtown Santa Ana a creative center in Orange County.

Greenville, a former rural part of Santa Ana, has buildings over a century old, but industrial complexes have replaced the agricultural fields once surrounding the town.

The [[Disneyland]] and [[Knott's Berry Farm]] amusement parks are located northwest of Santa Ana, several kilometers away. Beaches are located around 20 minutes to the south, accessible by the [[55 freeway]]. [[Huntington Beach]] and [[Newport Beach]] as well as other coastal communities offer shopping, dining, boating, swimming and surfing.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.visitcalifornia.com/attraction/santa-ana|title = Santa Ana|date = July 18, 2017|access-date = December 26, 2019|archive-date = December 24, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191224105726/https://www.visitcalifornia.com/attraction/santa-ana|url-status = dead}}</ref>

===Sites of interest===
{{See also|Downtown Santa Ana Historic Districts}}
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*[[CSUF Grand Central Art Center]] - at the heart of the Artist Village in Santa Ana                      
*[[Discovery Cube Orange County]]
*[[Downtown National Register District]]
*[[Downtown Santa Ana Historic Districts]]
*[[El Centro Cultural de México]]
*[[Main Place Mall]] - opened in 1987
*[[Old Orange County Courthouse (California)|Old Orange County Courthouse]]
*[[Santa Ana Civic Center]]
*[[Santa Ana College]], part of the [[Rancho Santiago Community College District]]
*[[Santa Ana Zoo]], built in 1960
*[[Pacific Electric Sub-Station No. 14]]
*[[Rankin's|Rankin Building]] - once Santa Ana's iconic local department store
*[[Yost Theater]]
*[[Lyon Air Museum]]
*The Kellogg House
*[[South Coast Metro]]
*[[John Wayne Airport]]
*[[MainPlace Mall]]
*[[Heritage Museum of Orange County]]{{div col end}}