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Oahu Museums

     

BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM

http://www.bishopmuseum.org/
1525 Bernice Street
Honolulu, HI 96817
(West Honolulu District)
Tel. (808) 847-3511
Located on a 12-acre campus, the State Museum of Natural and Cultural History includes permanent exhibits on Hawaiian history, culture and the natural sciences; rotating exhibits and interactive displays; daily demonstrations by folk artists and live performances of music and dance.

CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM
2411 Makiki Heights Drive
Honolulu, HI 96822
(Makiki District)
Tel. (808) 526-0232
Located on Honolulu’s scenic Makiki Heights, The Contemporary Museum combines exhibitions of contemporary art with terraced gardens and spectacular views. The museum’s satellite gallery, The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center in downtown Honolulu, features rotating exhibitions of the work of Hawai‘i artists.

DAMIEN MUSEUM
130 Ohua Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96815
(Waikiki District)
Tel. (808) 923-2690
Located in the heart of Waikiki, this small museum includes personal effects and photographs of Father Damien (1840-89), the Belgian missionary who ministered to Hansen’s disease (leprosy) patients on Moloka‘i.


HAWAII MARITIME CENTER
Pier 7, Honolulu Harbor
Honolulu, HI 96813
(Downtown Honolulu District)
Tel. (808) 536-6373
Exhibits on the history of Honolulu harbor, commercial shipping, Oceania and Western maritime activities in Hawaii. The "Falls of Clyde" - the world's last fully-rigged, four masted sailing ship afloat built in 1878. The "Hokulea", a Polynesian voyaging canoe; and a humpback whale skeleton. Admission charge.

HAWAII STATE ART MUSEUM
No. 1 Capitol District Building
250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813
(Honolulu / Downtown Area)
Tel. (808) 586-0900
The Hawaii State Art Museum (HiSAM) offers an exciting visual essay of Hawaii's history, cultural identity and current affairs. Free year-round, HiSAM is an open door to the State's vast art collection welcoming the people of Hawaii and visitors who wish to learn more about Hawaii's unique culture and contribution to the arts.

HAWAIIAN ETHNIC ART MUSEUM
59-254 Kamehameha Highway
Haleiwa, HI 96712
(North Shore Oahu)
Tel. (808) 638-7841
Indigenous art; Maui Loa rock image collection. Located at Sunset Beach. Free admission.

 

HAWAIIAN MUSIC HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM

Transportable exhibits are made available through the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame to other cultural museums, libraries and schools wishing to display them for extended periods of time and willing to pay for their transfer.


HAWAIIAN RAILWAY SOCIETY
91-1001 Renton Road
Ewa, HI 96706
(West Honolulu District)
Tel. (808) 681-5461 Fax: (808) 681-4860
Take a ride on the historical O‘ahu Railway and Land Company train which served as the transportation backbone of O‘ahu from 1889 to 1947. Fully narrated train rides travel along six miles of restored track.The Hawaiian Railway Society is an educational, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving, restoring, and protecting Hawai’i’s railroading history. Hawaiian Railway is the only railroad on O’ahu and the only operating railroad museum in the State.

HONOLULU ACADEMY OF ARTS
900 South Beretania Street
Honolulu, HI 96814
(Ala Moana District)
Tel. (808) 532-8701
Home to one of the countries finest collection of Asian Art, The Honolulu Academy of Art displays artworks that represent Hawai’i’s diverse multicultural communities in a beautiful setting. Often voted as one of Hawaii’s most beautiful buildings the Academy boasts six different courtyards and the award-winning Pavilion Cafe. The Academy’s comprehensive art collection of Asian and Western art treasures of international repute provides a stimulating and enriching experience. The Academy is a museum for everyone.

 

 

HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM

801 South Beretania Street 

Honolulu

Tel. (808) 529-3351 Fax: (808) 529-3028



JAPANESE CULTURAL CENTER OF HAWAII
2454 South Beretania Street
Honolulu, HI 96826
(Moiliili District)
Tel. (808) 945-7633
Historical gallery of early Japanese immigrant artifacts.

 Admission charge.

 

JOHN YOUNG MUSEUM OF ART

Krauss Hall, 2500 Dole Street

Honolulu
Tel. (808) 956-3634

The John Young Museum of Art opened in the renovated, historical Krauss Hall on the University of Hawai’i at Manoa campus on February 24, 1999. The museum features the collections of local painter John Young, with a special focus on the arts of China, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. In addition to its exhibition area, the museum houses a small reading room, with art books and furnishings donated by John Young and others.

LUCORAL MUSEUM
2414 Kuhio Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96815
(Waikiki District)
Tel. (808) 922-1999
Gems and stones from around the world. Free admission. Jewelry making classes, tours available.

MISSION HOUSES MUSEUM
553 South King Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
(Downtown Honolulu)
Tel. (808) 531-0481
Learn about the dramatic story of cultural change that took place in nineteenth-century Hawai’i at Mission Houses Museum. Take guided tours of three historical structures. Learn of the daily life and work of American missionaries and their influential role in Hawai’i’s history. The Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society Library is located in the administration building and is open to the public. The Hawaiian Historical Society shares the Reading Room. Please call for hours.

 

PACIFIC AEROSPACE MUSEUM
3000 Honolulu International Airport, Honolulu
Phone: (808) 245-3202 Fax: (808) 245-7988


PLANTATION VILLAGE 

94-695 Waipahu Street, 

Waipahu

Tel. 808) 677-0110 

Fax: (808) 676-6727
This outdoor history museum tells the story of life on Hawai‘i’s sugar plantations (c. 1900). The village includes restored buildings and replicas of plantation structures such as houses of different ethnic groups, the community bath, camp office and plantation store.

QUEEN EMMA SUMMER PALACE

2913 Pali Highway

Honolulu
Tel.  (808) 595-3167   

Fax: (808) 595-4395
Built in 1847, the restored and furnished home of Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV offers a glimpse into the lifestyle of the Hawaiian monarchy.

 

DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR ISLAMIC ART: SHANGRI LA

4055 Papu Circle

Honolulu   
Scheduled to open in October 2002, Shangri La is the nearly five-acre Black Point residence of heiress Doris Duke (1912-93). Dramatically situated on the oceanfront, with commanding views of Diamond Head, the estate is designed and furnished throughout with art work and built-in architectural features from Iran, Syria, Morocco, Turkey, and India.


TROPIC LIGHTNING MUSEUM
Carter Hall, Bldg. 361, SB
Schofield Barracks, HI 96857
(Central Oahu)
Tel. (808) 655-0438

U.S. ARMY MUSEUM OF HAWAII
Battery Randolph, Fort DeRussy
Kalia Road
Honolulu, HI 96815
(Waikiki District)
Tel. (808) 438-2821
The story of the U.S. Army in Hawaii and the Pacific. Free admission.

USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL
1 Arizona Memorial Place
Pearl Harbor, HI 96818
(West Honolulu District)
Tel. (808) 422-0561
The U.S.S. Arizona Memorial Museum is the final resting place for many of the ship’s 1,177 crewmen who lost their lives on December 7, 1941. Visit includes a twenty-minute documentary film and a shuttle boat ride to the memorial which spans the mid-portion of the sunken battleship.



USS BOWFIN SUBMARINE & PARK
11 Arizona Memorial Drive
Pearl Harbor, HI 96818
(West Honolulu District)
Tel. (808) 423-1341
Self-guided tour through a historic WWII submarine; museum; hands-on outdoor exhibits. Admission charge.

USS MISSOURI 

Honolulu    


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