News Room
News releases and announcements from Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, the State of Hawaiʻi Museum of Natural and Cultural History.
Announcements
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.
Events
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.
Monthly Calendar
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.
Events
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.
Exhibitions
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.
Events
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.
People
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.
Events
Bishop Museum Celebrates Completion of “Growing Capacity” Project
The Project provided mentoring and training for those working in Hawaiʻi museums and cultural organizations.
Monthly Calendar
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.
Announcements
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.
Exhibitions
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.
Monthly Calendar
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.
Announcements
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.
Monthly Calendar
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.
Announcements
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.
Announcements
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.
Monthly Calendar
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.
Events
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.
Events
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).
Events
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.