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Bishop Museum

PHOTOS

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OVERVIEW

Bishop Museum was founded in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop in honor of his late wife, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the last descendant of the royal Kamehameha family. The Museum was established to house the extensive collection of Hawaiian artifacts and royal family heirlooms of the Princess, and has expanded to include millions of artifacts, documents and photographs about Hawai‘i and other Pacific island cultures.

Mr. Bishop built the magnificent Polynesian and Hawaiian Halls on the grounds of the original Kamehameha Schools for Boys. The Museum and School shared the Kapālama campus until 1940 when a new larger school complex was opened nearby on Kapālama Heights.

Today, Bishop Museum is the largest museum in the state and the premier natural and cultural history institution in the Pacific, recognized throughout the world for its cultural collections, research projects, consulting services and public educational programs. It also has one of the largest natural history specimen collections in the world. Serving and representing the interests of Native Hawaiians is a primary purpose of the Museum.

DIRECTIONS

from Waikiki by car

1. Head southeast on Kalākaua Ave (toward Diamond Head)

2. Turn left at Kapahulu Ave 1.5 mi

3. Follow signs for H-1 West

4. Take the ramp onto I-H1 W 4.9 mi

5. Take exit 20A to merge onto HI-63 N/Likelike Hwy

6. Turn right at Bernice St.

WEBSITE

http://www.bishopmuseum.org




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