Bishop Museum and Parley for the Oceans Present Parley AIR Station Hawaiʻi During the Museum’s Wild Explorers Weekend — A Saturday of Play

The Parley AIR Station Hawaiʻi is a collaborative hub where guests can explore the beauty and fragility of the oceans, take part in plastic upcycling workshops, and learn from a team of educators in their journey to mālama honua ("care for our island Earth").

*Honolulu, Hawaiʻi* — Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum is pleased to announce the installation of a Parley AIR Station Hawaiʻi on its Great Lawn, with access and related public programming launching Saturday, April 24 during the Museum's Wild Explorers Weekend — A Saturday of Play event.

"The Parley AIR Station Hawaiʻi is a collaborative hub where guests can explore the beauty and fragility of oceans, take part in plastic upcycling workshops, and learn from a team of educators in their journey to mālama honua," said Brandon Bunag, Bishop Museum acting vice president of public programs and director of education. "We're excited to develop public programs around the Station dedicated to deepening a physical, scientific, and cultural understanding of the marine environment with a focus that promotes the public's engagement, stewardship, and the use of best practices in each individual's daily lives. The AIR Station also hosts an Upcycling Center, providing workshop opportunities for visitors to upcycle plastic intercepted during local coastal cleanups into new products. This is a unique chance to take local action, transforming a material that was once a symbol of a threat to Hawaii's ecosystem into a symbol of change. We're grateful for our partnership with Parley in bringing the AIR Station to Hawaiʻi."

Composed of modular container systems, Parley AIR Stations act as communal hubs and are set up for the public to interact, learn, access new technologies, and collaborate on solutions for the oceans. Together with local partners, Parley delivers educational programs that inspire global ocean movements.

"The Parley team works throughout the Hawaiian island chain with a focus on high-impact cleanups, education, and community collaboration," said Kahi Pacarro, Parley for the Oceans Director. "We wanted to set up a community space where Parley and local organizations could join forces #fortheoceans to educate, inspire, and empower a new class of ocean ambassadors in Hawaiʻi."

"To address the fast-growing threat of marine plastic pollution, Parley for the Oceans devised a strategy that can be scaled across private households, businesses, and governments — and the creative industries that mold the reality we inhabit," added Pacarro. "Realized in three, key pillars of action — Avoid, Intercept, and Redesign — Parley AIR is an invitation to own your role in the movement for solutions."

"Bishop Museum is the premier natural and cultural history institution in the Pacific, recognized worldwide for its cultural collections, scientific research, and public educational programming. Parley is honored to have the opportunity to start the first-ever AIR Station in such an amazing and emblematic Hawaiian space," Pacarro said. "The AIR Station would also not be possible without the many local-level partners that will be helping to facilitate talks, activities, and workshops, including Bishop Museum, Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii, Zero Waste Oʻahu, Changing Tides Foundation, and Nā Kama Kai."

Public can access the Parley AIR Station starting Saturday, April 24, 2021 during Bishop Museum's Wild Explorers Weekend — A Saturday of Play event, a day of safe and socially distanced activities focused on exploring our island homes.

"Wild Explorers Weekend will send families on a quest to explore three major parts of the ahupua'a system — kai (ocean), kula (lowlands), and uka (uplands/mountains)," said Jason Foberg, Bishop Museum visitor experience manager. "Participating keiki will receive a Wild Explorers Weekend passport that will be stamped upon the completion of different games and activities. These will help keiki understand what makes our island home and the animals that live here unique, tying each to the various natural science collections at Bishop Museum."

Wild Explorers Weekend — A Saturday of Play will run from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., and is included with Timed General Admission. Admission is free for Bishop Museum Members.

For more information on Wild Explorers Weekend — A Saturday of Play, please visit: BishopMuseum.org/Calendar/Wild-Explorers-Weekend.

For more information on Parley AIR Station programs, please visit: PocketSuite.io/Book/Parley.

Bishop Museum Admission, Parking, and Hours

To control museum capacity, Bishop Museum offers 500 daily tickets. Tickets must be reserved in advance for one of the following, two time periods:

• Morning, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• Afternoon, 1–5 p.m.

If you currently hold a pre-purchased admission ticket that is still valid, those tickets will be honored on a space-available basis on the day of attendance.

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General Admission

Adults: $24.95 Seniors (65+): $21.95 Youth (4–17): $16.95 Children (3 and under): Free

Hawaiʻi Residents, Hawaiʻi College Students & Military with ID

Adults: $14.95 Seniors (65+): $12.95 Youth (4–17): $10.95 Children (3 and under): Free

Children age 16 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.

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Daytime Rate: 6 a.m.–5 p.m. $5.00 Evening Rate: 5 p.m.–10 p.m. $3.00

Hours

Open every day from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

Bishop Museum Café by Highway Inn offers a limited menu of bowls, sandwiches, and snacks from 10:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. daily. Bishop Museum Members receive a 10% discount with their membership card.