Events
Bishop Museum Announces the Return of its Signature Event, the Science and Sustainability Festival
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum announces the return of a signature event to its 15-acre campus.
The 2024 Science and Sustainability Festival will be held on Saturday, April 20 and will bring together Museum scientists, educators, cultural practitioners, and dozens of community partners to highlight the ongoing work needed to protect our island's biodiversity and build a sustainable future for Hawaiʻi.
The Festival will feature keiki activities, workshops, special presentations, and exhibition highlights, plus live music, interactive performances, and food and drink vendors on its Great Lawn. Reduced admission will be available for kamaʻāina and military with ID, and will provide access to all Festival events and programs as well as Bishop Museum's galleries and exhibitions.
Additional information on the 2024 Science and Sustainability Festival will be provided on the Museum's website, BishopMuseum.org and across its social channels @BishopMuseum.
Pre-event coverage opportunities for news media will be available starting the week prior to the event, with interview and demonstration options with Bishop Museum scientists and educators, cultural practitioners, and community partners. For information, please contact Lance Aquino with Stryker Weiner & Yokota.
About Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, the State of Hawaiʻi Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Bishop Museum’s mission is to inspire our community and visitors through the exploration, celebration, and perpetuation of the extraordinary history, culture, and environment of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. The Museum was founded in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop in memory of his wife Bernice Pauahi Bishop, a royal descendant of King Kamehameha I. Today, the Museum thrives as an educational center for the community and is widely regarded as the world’s premier institution for Hawaiian and Pacific content.
Bishop Museum’s vast collections of more than 25 million objects and specimens represent nine disciplines and include more than 22 million biological specimens, over 2 million cultural objects, 115,000 historical publications, and 1 million photographs, films, works of art, audio recordings, and manuscripts. These collections tell the stories of the cultures and biodiversity of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific as well as the proud legacy of scholarly research spanning 130 years.
Bishop Museum proudly serves more than 200,000 visitors each year, including 20,000 children on school visits. Guests are encouraged to pre-plan their trip to #HawaiisMuseum with its free digital guide, available through Bloomberg Connects.
To learn more about the Museum’s research, collections, exhibits, and programs, visit BishopMuseum.org, follow @BishopMuseum on Facebook and Instagram, visit Bishop Museum’s YouTube channel, or call (808) 847-3511. Bishop Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Bishop Museum is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and welcomes applicants from the military, veterans, and those with disabilities. Learn about careers at Bishop Museum at BishopMuseum.org/Careers and on its LinkedIn page.
Bishop Museum Press is Hawaiʻi’s oldest book publisher and one of the first scholarly publishers in the Western Hemisphere, and has published over 1,200 titles and distributed over 1 million books in 72 countries worldwide. Bishop Museum hosts a restaurant and gift shop on campus, Tūtū’s Place by Highway Inn and Shop Pacifica by Nā Mea Hawaiʻi.