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News releases and announcements from Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, the State of Hawaiʻi Museum of Natural and Cultural History.
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Bishop Museum September 2026 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum announces September 2026 programming, including a new installation commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Kahoʻolawe Nine landing and Celebrate Kāhuli Day.
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Bidding Starts Thursday, August 13 for Bishop Museum’s Annual Online Auction, E Ulu A Pa‘a
More than 80 one-of-a-kind treasures and exclusive Bishop Museum Experiences will be up for bid, supporting the Museum's mission, staff, and work.
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Bishop Museum to Celebrate 50 Years of Aloha ʻĀina With the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana
Bishop Museum announces a series of events honoring the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana's 50th Anniversary and recommitment to Aloha ʻĀina (love and care for the land).
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Bishop Museum August 2026 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum announces its August 2026 exhibitions and events, featuring the return of Mele After Hours concert series and E Ulu A Paʻa online auction.
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Bishop Museum Invites Local ‘Ohana and Visitors to a Concert Under the Stars on Its Great Lawn
Mele After Hours returns to its campus on Friday, Aug. 14 and features multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award winners as well as Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua.
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Bishop Museum Invites Community to Celebrate Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea With Welo Ka Hae Hawaiʻi Event
Bishop Museum invites the community to celebrate Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea, Sovereignty Restoration Day, at its Welo Ka Hae Hawaiʻi event on Friday, July 31, 2026.
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Dr. Jan Vicente Joins Bishop Museum’s Natural Sciences Department as Curator of the Invertebrate Zoology Collection
Bishop Museum announces the appointment of Jan Vicente, Ph.D., as curator of its Invertebrate Zoology collection, overseeing more than 49,000 cataloged lots and 1,000 type specimens.
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Bishop Museum Announces the Return of World Wide Walls to its Campus With Ambitious New Exhibition
Bishop Museum announces Under/Ground, an immersive exhibition by World Wide Walls opening November 2026, transforming the Castle Memorial Building into a full-scale subway station exploring hip-hop and street art culture.
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Bishop Museum July 2026 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum shares its July 2026 calendar featuring Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea celebration, planetarium shows, ongoing exhibitions, and cultural programs.
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Bishop Museum June 2026 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum announces June 2026 programs including new artwork in Ea Mai ʻEiwa exhibition, Museum After Hours with outdoor film screening, and diverse cultural programs celebrating Hawaiian heritage.
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Bishop Museum Announces Science & Sustainability Festival 2026
Bishop Museum's annual Science & Sustainability Festival on May 30, 2026 focuses on Makahiki Kuleana Kahakai: The Year of Our Coastal Kuleana, featuring interactive activities, exhibitions, and community partners.
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Bishop Museum’s J. Watumull Planetarium Shares May 2026 Astronomical Phenomena
May sees occurrences of a Lāhainā Noon and a Blue Moon. People on Oʻahu will experience a Lāhainā Noon on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, and all major Hawaiian Islands will see a Blue Moon on Saturday, May 30, 2026.
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Bishop Museum Presents May Museum After Hours
Family-friendly evening event features discounted admission, free parking, and the Kaiwiʻula Night Market.
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Bishop Museum May 2026 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum announces May 2026 programming including the return of Museum After Hours, special events for Ea Mai ʻEiwa exhibition, and tribute to Nālani Kanakaʻole with new artwork by Sig Zane.
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Bishop Museum Encourages Oʻahu Residents to Take Part in the 2026 City Nature Challenge
17-day event supports global community science effort to document the Earth's biodiversity.
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Bishop Museum Hosts Celebrate Micronesia Festival: Ocean of Peace
In its eighth year at the Museum, the Festival brings together and honors Micronesian voices from across the Pacific.
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Bishop Museum Presents Ea Mai ʻEiwa: Patterns of Practice
Powerful new exhibition features work of Nālani Kanakaʻole, Sig Zane, and Kūhaʻoʻīmaikalani Zane—a Hilo family of artists rooted in hula ʻaihaʻa. Opens April 18, 2026.
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Bishop Museum April 2026 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
April sees the opening of Ea Mai ʻEiwa: Patterns of Practice, featuring the work of Nālani Kanakaʻole, Sig Zane, and Kūhaʻoʻīmaikalani Zane. Bishop Museum also welcomes the Celebrate Micronesia Festival.
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Hawaiʻi Middle School Students Express School Pride Via Newest Bishop Museum Exhibition, Aloha Bricks ’26: Stories of Hawaiʻi
Bishop Museum presents Aloha Bricks '26: Stories of Hawaiʻi, featuring LEGO®-inspired creations including mosaics from 50 middle schools statewide. Opens March 14, 2026.
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Bishop Museum and Australian Museum Scientists Describe Two Species Previously Thought to Be Extinct
Bishop Museum announces the rediscovery of two native Hawaiian land snails unseen for nearly a century: Godwinia caperata and Hiona exaequata, found on Kauaʻi during recent biodiversity surveys.
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Bishop Museum March 2026 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum announces March 2026 programming, headlined by the opening of Aloha Bricks '26: Stories of Hawaiʻi—a family exhibition celebrating the islands through LEGO creations—plus lunar eclipse viewing, kalo festival, and more.
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Bishop Museum Hosts First Statewide Kōnane Tournament in Modern History
The inaugural Ka Makou Kōnane Invitational Tournament Finals will be held Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 from 4-10 p.m. in historic Hawaiian Hall, featuring representatives from four islands.
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Bishop Museum Partners With Kūmanu Productions and DTL to Offer Free Screening of “Moana 2” in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Bishop Museum, in partnership with Kūmau Productions and DTL, announces a free screening of "Moana 2" in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi on the Museum's Great Lawn on Saturday night, Feb. 7, 2026.
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Bishop Museum Announces New, Original Exhibition: Aloha Bricks ’26: Stories of Hawai’i
LEGO®-inspired constructions celebrating Hawaiian people, places, plants, animals, and legends take over the Castle Memorial Building on Saturday, March 14, 2026.
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Bishop Museum Invites ʻOhana to a Dinosaur Doubleheader With "Jurassic Park” and Expedition Dinosaur: Into the Deep
Bishop Museum invites local and visiting ʻohana to embark on a prehistoric journey with an outdoor screening of "Jurassic Park" during Museum After Hours on Friday, January 9.
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Bishop Museum Shares a Preview of Its 2026 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum announces its 2026 calendar featuring new exhibitions including Aloha Bricks '26, Ea Mai ʻEiwa, and Hawaiʻi Walls, plus ongoing programs, festivals, and regional events.
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Bishop Museum Invites Local ʻOhana and Visitors to Enjoy the Holidays at #HawaiisMuseum
Bishop Museum presents its 2025 Holiday Guide, inviting local ʻohana and visitors to enjoy special events, daily programs, exhibitions, and ways to support the Museum during the holiday season.
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Bishop Museum November 2025 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum shares November 2025 exhibitions, public programs, and events, including the launch of Prince Kūhiō's 40-foot racing canoe Aʻa and Lā Kūʻokoʻa celebrations.
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Bishop Museum Invites Community to Hoʻi i ke Kai: Launch of the Aʻa
Free event at Keʻehi Lagoon Beach Park to celebrate Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole's storied 40-foot racing canoe and its return to water
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Endangered Snails Transferred to Bishop Museum’s Pūpū Ola: Kāhuli Captive Rearing Research Center
Endodonta christenseni, the last known surviving member of its genus, arrives at Bishop Museum and will be on public view at the 2025 Kāhuli Festival on October 25.
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Bishop Museum and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Partner to Safeguard Hawaiʻi’s Endangered Species Through Global Biobanking Network
Bishop Museum and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announce a landmark partnership to expand biobanking capacity in Hawaiʻi and across the Pacific to protect the islands' unique biodiversity and cultural heritage.
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Bishop Museum Launching Fall Annual Fund Campaign
From Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2025, #HawaiisMuseum asks for the community's financial support of its staff and their critical work.
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Bishop Museum October 2025 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum shares its October 2025 exhibitions, public programs, and events, featuring the return of the annual Kāhuli Festival and family-friendly Dino Nights.
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Bishop Museum Announces Kāhuli Festival 2025: Ke Kani Nei Ka Pūpū, “The Land Snails Sing”
Bishop Museum announces the theme of its 2025 Kāhuli Festival: Ke Kani Nei Ka Pūpū, "The Land Snails Sing." Now in its fourth year, the Festival celebrates Hawaiian land snails and biocultural heritage.
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Highway Inn Opens Tūtū’s Place — A New Café Concept at Bishop Museum
Family-owned Hawaiian food restaurant Highway Inn announces the opening of Tūtū's Place by Highway Inn, a warm and welcoming café located at Bishop Museum in Kapālama.
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Bishop Museum Invites Hawaiʻi Middle Schools to Help Build Its Next Exhibition
Bishop Museum invites middle schools across the Hawaiian islands to help build its next exhibition, opening spring break 2026, featuring LEGO® mosaics of school mascots and logos assembled by students.
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Bishop Museum Invites Media to Hoʻi i ke Kai: Launch of the Aʻa
Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole's storied 40-foot racing canoe to return to the ocean for the first time in more than a decade.
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Rare Native Hawaiian Land Snails Rediscovered After Nearly a Century
Bishop Museum announces the rediscovery of two native Hawaiian land snails unseen for nearly a century. Live specimens of Godwinia caperata and Hiona exaequata found on Kauaʻi during recent biodiversity surveys.
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Bishop Museum Invites Public to Its Next Museum After Hours Event and Meet Pioneers in Ocean Exploration and Videography
Bishop Museum invites the public to its next Museum After Hours event on Friday, Sept. 12 from 5-9 p.m., serving as the grand opening of the Explore EXCORE: The Art of Underwater Science exhibition.
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Bishop Museum Announces New Hawaiian Hall Treasure Case Installation: A Woman of the World: Bernice Pauahi Bishop in Europe, 1875-1876
Bishop Museum announces a new installation in Hawaiian Hall's third floor Treasure Case featuring personal accounts and keepsakes from Bernice Pauahi Bishop's Grand Tour across America and Europe, 1875-1876.
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Bishop Museum Hosts Marine Invasive Species Learning Exchange
More than 50 participants representing more than 20 global resource management organizations gathered to combat the spread of invasive species threatening coral reefs.
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Bishop Museum September 2025 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum announces September 2025 programming, featuring the Grand Opening of Explore EXCORE: The Art of Underwater Science at Museum After Hours.
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Reminder: Media Preview of Explore EXCORE: The Art of Underwater Science
Bishop Museum invites media to preview Explore EXCORE: The Art of Underwater Science exhibition and tour the Invertebrate Zoology Collection on August 21, 2025.
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Bishop Museum Announces New, Original Exhibition, Explore EXCORE: The Art of Underwater Science
Opening Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, Explore EXCORE showcases a vivid world of revolutionary underwater exploration featuring 8K underwater videos from Bishop Museum's EXCORE center.
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Shangri La Makes Visiting Easier Through New Tour Offering
Shangri La Museum announces new tour partnership with Bishop Museum, expanding access with Saturday tours beginning October 6th and implementing monthly ticket releases.
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Bidding Starts Thursday, Aug. 14 for Bishop Museum’s Annual Online Auction, E Ulu A Paʻa
Bishop Museum's popular online auction, E Ulu a Paʻa, features more than 90 one-of-a-kind treasures and exclusive Museum Experiences. Bidding runs Aug. 14-24, 2025.
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Bishop Museum Announces Return of Latte Stones and Hornbostel Collection
Bishop Museum will initiate a phased return of more than 10,000 pieces from the Hornbostel Collection to the Mariana Islands, including latte stones currently on display in front of Hawaiian Hall.
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Bishop Museum Invites ʻOhana to Family-Friendly Dino Night: “The Land Before Time” + Expedition Dinosaur: Into the Deep
Bishop Museum invites local and visiting ʻohana to a family friendly Dino Night during Museum After Hours on Friday, Aug. 8, featuring "The Land Before Time" and Expedition Dinosaur: Into the Deep.
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Bishop Museum August 2025 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
August sees the opening of Explore EXCORE: The Art of Underwater Science, an outdoor screening of "The Land Before Time" at Museum After Hours, and the return of E Ulu A Paʻa online auction.
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Bishop Museum Invites Local and Visiting ʻOhana to a Concert Under the Stars on its Great Lawn
Mele After Hours will be held on Friday, July 11 and features Grammy and Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award winners Amy Hānaialiʻi Gilliom and Kalani Peʻa
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BISHOP MUSEUM AND CNHA ANNOUNCE NEW RETAIL PARTNERSHIP
Bishop Museum and the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement announce a new partnership to enhance the museum's retail space and elevate its connection to Hawaiʻi's vibrant creative economy.
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Bishop Museum July 2025 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum shares its July 2025 exhibitions, public programs, and events, including the return of Mele After Hours, special planetarium shows, and celebrations of Hawaiian cultural heritage.
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Bishop Museum June 2025 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum shares its June 2025 exhibitions, public programs, and events, including Museum After Hours with Mālama Honua Public Charter School, a kōnane program honoring King Kamehameha ʻEkahi, and the new Expedition Dinosaur: Into the Deep exhibit.
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Bishop Museum Invites Kamaʻāina and Military to Family-Friendly Event Plus New Exhibits for $5 on Saturday, May 31
Special day to kick off summer includes the 2025 Science & Sustainability Festival, the debut of the Kamāla'ulahiwa ʻOhana Learning Space, a new coral reef exhibit, and access to Expedition Dinosaur: Into the Deep.
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Reminder: Media Preview of Expedition Dinosaur: Into the Deep
Bishop Museum invites media to an exclusive preview of its new exhibit, Expedition Dinosaur: Into the Deep, featuring oceanic and aquatic reptiles from the Mesozoic Era.
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Dinosaurs Return to Bishop Museum!
Bishop Museum announces Expedition Dinosaur: Into the Deep, a new exhibit featuring oceanic and aquatic reptiles from the Mesozoic Era, opening Saturday, May 24, 2025.
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Bishop Museum Hosts Celebrate Micronesia Festival
In its seventh year at the Museum, the Festival brings together and honors Micronesian voices from across the Pacific this Saturday, May 3.
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Bishop Museum May 2025 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum shares its May 2025 exhibitions, public programs, and events, featuring Expedition Dinosaur: Into the Deep, Celebrate Micronesia Festival, and Science & Sustainability Festival.
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Bishop Museum Celebrates National Native Plant Month, April 2025
Bishop Museum joins state and national organizations in celebrating April 2025 as National Native Plant Month and reminds the community of free resources to learn about and adopt native plants.
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Bishop Museum Announces 2025 Science & Sustainability Festival and Opening of New Signature Gallery
The new structure, Kamālaʻulahiwa, will help inspire the community to expand their thinking about a sustainable future for Hawaiʻi.
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Bishop Museum Celebrates Mary Kawena Pukui With Special Museum After Hours Event
Bishop Museum, in partnership with the Mary Kawena Pukui Cultural Preservation Society, presents Nānā i ke Kumu: Celebrating the Legacy of Mary Kawena Pukui on Friday, April 11 from 5-9 p.m.
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Accomplished Museum Administrator Selected to Lead Bishop Museum
Prominent natural scientist Kristofer Helgen selected to replace outgoing CEO Dee Jay Mailer. Helgen will assume his post on August 1, 2025.
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Bishop Museum Celebrates Completion of “Growing Capacity” Project
The Project provided mentoring and training for those working in Hawaiʻi museums and cultural organizations.
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Bishop Museum April 2025 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum shares its April 2025 exhibitions, public programs, and events, including Museum After Hours celebrating Mary Kawena Pukui's legacy on April 11, along with ongoing exhibits and special programs.
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Dinosaurs Return to Bishop Museum!
Bishop Museum announces the return of dinosaurs with Expedition Dinosaur: Into the Deep, featuring lifelike animatronic oceanic and aquatic reptiles from the Jurassic period, on view May 24, 2025 through Jan. 25, 2026.
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Bishop Museum Celebrates Hōkūleʻa’s 50th Birthday With New Wayfinders Exhibition, Special E Ola Mau Event
Bishop Museum and the Polynesian Voyaging Society celebrate Hōkūleʻa's 50th birthday with the opening of the new Wayfinders exhibition, live music by Robert Cazimero, and a keynote by Nainoa Thompson on March 14.
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Bishop Museum March 2025, Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum shares its March 2025 exhibitions, public programs, and events, including the 17th Annual Mālama Hāloa Kalo Festival, new Wayfinders exhibit, and Hōkūleʻa's 50th birthday celebration.
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Bishop Museum Welcomes Hawaiʻi Triennial 2025
The state's largest thematic exhibition of contemporary art will showcase nine artists in the Museum's Castle Memorial Building, with discounted admission during Opening Weekend.
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Bishop Museum February 2025Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum announces February 2025 programming, highlighted by the opening of Hawaiʻi Triennial 2025, featuring nine contemporary artists whose work connects to cultural material and archival collections.
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Bishop Museum to Host Native Hawaiian Plant Adoptions
In partnership with the Grow Aloha hui, and in celebration of the Year of Our Community Forests, the Museum will distribute Native Hawaiian plants at monthly Kaiwiʻula Night Market events.
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New Bishop Museum Checklist Maps Past, Present, and Future of Hawaiʻi’s Native and Invasive Plants
Bishop Museum offers its updated Botany Checklist as a free downloadable resource, featuring information on all 3,133 native and naturalized vascular plants found across the Hawaiian Islands.
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Bishop Museum Shares a Preview of Its 2025 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum announces its 2025 calendar of exhibitions, public programs, and events, including new exhibitions on Hawaiʻi Triennial 2025, Expedition Dinosaur, and EXCORE, plus ongoing cultural celebrations.
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Bishop Museum Invites Local ʻOhana and Visitors to Enjoy the Holidays at #HawaiisMuseum
The Hawaiʻi State Museum of Natural and Cultural History presents its 2024 Holiday Guide, inviting local ʻohana and visitors to enjoy the holidays at #HawaiisMuseum.
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Bishop Museum Celebrates Lā Kūʻokoʻa, the Independence Day of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Special evening event to include presentations, exhibition walkthroughs, mele, hula, and mea ʻai (food).
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Bishop Museum Presents Kāhuli Festival 2024
The third-annual, family friendly event is $5 for kamaʻāina and military, and will feature the public opening of a captive research center of live Native Hawaiian snails, as well as a recreation of Queen Liliʻuokalani's necklace of hand-painted Achantinella species snail shells.
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Bishop Museum November 2024 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum shares its November 2024 exhibitions, public programs, and events, including the return of the annual Kāhuli Festival on Nov. 9, 2024.
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New Bishop Museum Exhibition Tells an Untold Chapter of a Familiar Story
Kū a Lanakila! Expressions of Sovereignty in Early Territorial Hawaiʻi, 1900-1920 shares how Kanaka ʻŌiwi proudly affirmed their continuity in the face of American imperialism.
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Bishop Museum Initiates CEO Search ProcessMuseum Seeks Leader for the Next Decade
The Board of Directors of Bishop Museum announced plans to launch an international search for the next museum President and CEO as current President and CEO Dee Jay Mailer enters her final year.
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Bishop Museum October 2024 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum shares its October 2024 exhibitions, public programs, and events, including the opening of Kū a Lanakila! Expressions of Sovereignty in Early Territorial Hawaiʻi, 1900-1920 on Oct. 5, 2024.
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Bishop Museum Welcomes 48th Annual Honolulu Intertribal Powwow
Annual event celebrates Native American heritages, passes on Indigenous traditions, builds communities, and shares Native American cultural diversity.
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Bishop Museum September 2024 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
September sees the return of the annual Honolulu Intertribal Powwow to Bishop Museum's Great Lawn! Plus, continue celebrating Makahiki o Nā Manu Nahele, the Year of the Forest Birds.
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Bishop Museum Opening Kū a Lanakila! Expressions of Sovereignty in Early-Territorial Hawaiʻi, 1900-1920
Bishop Museum will open Kū a Lanakila! Expressions of Sovereignty in Early-Territorial Hawaiʻi, 1900-1920 on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, exploring Native Hawaiian activism in the Territory's first decades.
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Bishop Museum Presents Its Annual E Ulu A Paʻa Auction
11-day online auction Aug. 15-25 supports Bishop Museum's mission and features exclusive experiences including private collection tours, custom meals, and unique Hawaiian items.
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Bishop Museum Celebrates Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea With Welo Ka Hae Hawaiʻi Event
Bishop Museum will celebrate Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea, Sovereignty Restoration Day, with its Welo Ka Hae Hawaiʻi event on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, featuring the raising of the Hawaiian Flag, music, educational displays, and activities.
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Bishop Museum August 2024 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
In August, Mele After Hours comes to Bishop Museum's Great Lawn, headlined by Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award-winner Sean Naʻauao! Plus, Bishop Museum's popular online auction, E Ulu A Paʻa, returns with dozens of one-of-a-kind treasures.
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Bishop Museum Expresses Deep Appreciation to Herb Kāne ʻOhana for Gift of Intellectual Property Rights - Bishop Museum
Bishop Museum receives the intellectual property rights to artist-historian Herb Kāne's art through a generous gift from his ʻohana, facilitated by his widow Deon Kāne and supported by his children.
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Bishop Museum Announces New Hawaiian Hall Treasure Case Installation: Faith and Philanthropy: Queen Emma Kaleleonālani’s Visit to England, 1865-1866
Installation highlights new research identifying items associated with Queen Emma's travel and fundraising strategies, demonstrating the richness of her journey and the social, religious, and political spaces she navigated.
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Bishop Museum to Open New Exhibit in Science Adventure Center: Lele o Nā Manu: The Splendor and Loss of Hawaiʻi’s Birds
Opening during Museum After Hours on July 12, the exhibit features 47 exquisite bird carvings by Haruo Uchiyama and coincides with Makahiki o Nā Manu Nahele, the Year of the Forest Birds.
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Bishop Museum July 2024 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum celebrates new exhibits including Lele o Nā Manu: The Splendor and Loss of Hawaiʻi's Birds, opening July 12, and Queen Emma's Visit to England installation, opening July 19.
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Bishop Museum Collaborates With UNIQLO Ala Moana, Local Artist Jared Nagura, and Museum Educators and Scientists to Create New UTme! Designs
Colorful stamps reflect Bishop Museum's cultural and natural science collections, as well as its iconic buildings and Planetarium constellations.
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Bishop Museum Celebrates the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture With New, Original Events and Special Daily Programs
Bishop Museum presents a week of new, original events and special daily programs in celebration of the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC), June 8-15.
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Bishop Museum Invites Media to Preview New, Original Exhibition, Ka ʻUla Wena: Oceanic Red
Bishop Museum invites media to an exclusive preview of Ka ʻUla Wena: Oceanic Red, the first exhibition to gather Oceanic material culture exploring the multiple uses and understandings of the color red.
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Bishop Museum June 2024 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum shares its June 2024 exhibitions, public programs, and events, including FestPAC kālai and kākau uhi villages, Celebrate Micronesia Festival, and special programming.
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Bishop Museum Uplifts the Connections Shared Across Oceania in New, Original Exhibition, Ka ʻUla Wena: Oceanic Red
Opening May 25 in the Museum's Castle Memorial Building, the exhibition assembles material culture of Oceania and articulates the multiple uses and understandings of a single color: red.
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Bishop Museum Invites Keiki and ʻOhana To Take Part in 2024 City Nature Challenge
Bishop Museum invites keiki and ʻohana to take part in the 2024 City Nature Challenge, a global community science effort to document biodiversity around the world.
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Bishop Museum Unveils Seed Bank at Its 2024 Science & Sustainability Festival
Bishop Museum unveils a Native seed storage facility donated by Terraformation that can store up to 5 million seeds, enough to restore up to 5,000 acres of land every year.
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Bishop Museum May 2024 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum announces May 2024 programming, highlighted by the opening of Ka ʻUla Wena: Oceanic Red on May 25, the first exhibition to explore the multiple uses and understandings of red across Oceania.
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Bishop Museum Announces New Installation Coming to its Hawaiian Hall Treasure Case, Faith and Philanthropy: Queen Emma Kaleleonālani’s Visit to England, 1865-1866
Bishop Museum announces a new installation opening July 19, 2024, highlighting Queen Emma Kaleleonālani's 1865-1866 journey to England to raise funds for St. Andrew's Cathedral.
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Bishop Museum Presents the 2024 Science & Sustainability Festival
Held the Saturday before Earth Day, the Festival brings together Museum scientists, educators, cultural practitioners, and more than 30 community partners to highlight the ongoing work needed to protect our islands' biodiversity.
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Bishop Museum April 2024 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
April sees the return of the Science & Sustainability Festival to Bishop Museum's campus, bringing together scientists, educators, cultural practitioners, and community partners to protect biodiversity and build a sustainable future.
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Bishop Museum’s Botany Collection Attains Digitization Milestone
Featuring the largest Hawaiian plant collection in the world, all 180,000-plus specimens are now digitally accessible to the public
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Bishop Museum Invites Media to Hōʻike Celebrating the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture
Bishop Museum invites news media to a private hōʻike on June 9, 2024, celebrating the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture with 2,500+ delegates from 28 nations.
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Bishop Museum Hosts Media Preview of Its Newest Exhibition, Corned Beef & Kalo
Bishop Museum invites media to an exclusive preview of Corned Beef & Kalo, featuring works by Michel Tuffery and Bernice Akamine exploring food imports, land use, and sustainability.
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Bishop Museum March 2024 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum shares its March 2024 exhibitions, public programs, and events, including the opening of Corned Beef & Kalo and the 16th Annual Mālama Hāloa Kalo Festival & Symposium.
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Bishop Museum to Host Mālama Hāloa Kalo Festival & Symposium During the Opening Weekend of its New Exhibition, Corned Beef & Kalo
Bishop Museum will host the Mālama Hāloa Kalo Festival & Symposium during the opening weekend of its new exhibition, Corned Beef & Kalo, opening March 9, 2024.
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Bishop Museum Announces New Original Exhibition, Ka ʻUla Wena: Oceanic Red
Bishop Museum announces Ka ʻUla Wena: Oceanic Red, the first exhibition to explore multiple uses and understandings of the color red across Oceanic material culture, opening May 2024.
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Bishop Museum Appoints Maja Grajski Vice President of Collections and Research
Maja Grajski appointed to new executive position leading the Museum's Cultural Resources, Library & Archives, and Natural Sciences Departments.
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Bishop Museum Launches Website to Raise Awareness, Share Resources About Marine Aquatic Invasive Species
Bishop Museum launches website about marine aquatic invasive species, including two introduced octocorals that have overtaken roughly 100 acres of Pearl Harbor's aquatic ecosystem.
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Bishop Museum February 2024, Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum shares its February 2024 exhibitions, public programs, and events, featuring Project Banaba, Museum After Hours, planetarium shows, and more.
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“MAKAHIKI O NĀ MANU NAHELE: YEAR OF THE FOREST BIRDS”Governor Green’s Proclamationlaunches year-long celebration of Hawaiʻi’s unique, imperiled birds
Governor Green's Proclamation launches year-long celebration of Hawaiʻi's unique, imperiled birds
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Bishop Museum Shares a Preview of Its 2024 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum previews 2024 exhibitions, programs, and events including Ka ʻUla Wena: Oceanic Red, Festival of the Pacific Arts and Culture, and continuing monthly planetarium and after-hours programs.
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Bishop Museum Invites ʻOhana and Guests to Enjoy the Holidays at #HawaiisMuseum
November and December events headlined by Lā Kūʻokoʻa, the Independence Day of the Hawaiian Kingdom on Nov. 28, and the family focused Winter Weekend on Dec. 16.
Announcements
Free Admission for Veterans This Saturday at #HawaiisMuseum
In recognition of Veterans Day, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum is pleased to offer free admission to all veterans, plus one guest, on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.
Grants & Funding
Bishop Museum Receives Grant to Fund New Project Providing Mentoring and Training Programs - Bishop Museum
The "Growing Capacity" project supports those working or interested in working in Hawaiʻi museums and museum-like organizations.
Exhibitions
View the Latest Installation in Hawaiian Hall: Fifty Years of Life: ʻUmeke from King Kalākaua’s Jubilee
The Bishop Museum installation features three ʻumeke (bowls) gifted to King David Kalākaua for his 50th birthday on Nov. 16, 1886.
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Reminder: Media Preview of Project Banaba
Banaban scholar and artist Katerina Teaiwa brings together rare historical archives and multimedia works that shed light on this little-known history, and its ongoing impact on Pacific communities.
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Bishop Museum November 2023, Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum announces November 2023 programming, headlined by the opening of Project Banaba, commemorating the history of Banaba Island and its displacement through phosphate mining.
Exhibitions
Bishop Museum Invites Media to Its New Exhibition, Project Banaba
Project Banaba commemorates the history of Banaba Island, which was destroyed by environmentally devastating phosphate mining and led to the total relocation of its people.
Exhibitions
Bishop Museum Invites Media to New Exhibit, Playing With Light
The exhibit's full-body interactive displays invite visitors to immerse themselves in the technology and wonders of light, emphasizing the importance of play as a means to learning.
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Bishop Museum October 2023 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events
Bishop Museum shares its October 2023 exhibitions, public programs, and events, including the opening of Playing With Light exhibit, Living Culture workshops, and Halloween-themed activities.