Re-Opening of Bishop Museum’s Hawaiian Hall
The Bishop Museum has just completed the first renovation in over 100 years of its Hawaiian Hall. The Victorian style building displayed some of the most advanced ideas of museum design at its original opening in 1903 and the re-opened Hall updates and expands the original goal of the museum to tell its stories with an authentic Hawaiian perspective.
The three floors of the Hawaiian Hall tell the story of the Islands and their people with each floor focused on a particular theme. The First floor covers pre-contact Hawaii with displays and artifacts centered on religion, legends, and the central role of the ocean in the lives of Hawaiians. The second floor centers on daily life and looks at work, culture, and Hawaiians relationship with the land of the Islands. Finally the 3rd floor represents the mountains and looks at the enduring importance of the Chief in Hawaiian culture.
Hawaiian Hall re-opens to the public on August 8th. Entrance to the Bishop Museum is included in the Go Oahu Card. When visiting Hawaii, be sure to check out this wonderful way to get a deeper feel for the Islands, the history and culture of the people.
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I visited Hawaii and I loved it. There are many things to see and to do, that you never get bored there. I hope I’ll go on vacation there again, in the future. Aloha!
We took our kids to the Bishop museum and they actually enjoyed it, though mostly they just ran around and hid behind things.
this museum has been a bit overlooked but now with the renovation hopefully will get more traffic.