Exhibitions
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.
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi — Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, the State of Hawai'i Museum of Natural and Cultural History, invites members of the news media to an exclusive, pre-opening, closed-door preview of its exhibition, Ka ʻUla Wena: Oceanic Red.
Opening to the public in the Museum's Castle Memorial Building on May 25, this new, original exhibition is the first of its kind to gather material culture of Oceania to articulate the multiple uses and understandings of a single color: RED. It is presented simultaneously in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and English. Detailed information on Ka ʻUla Wena: Oceanic Red can be found in its full news release.
Media Preview Opportunity:
- Thursday, May 23, 2024
- 1-4 p.m. HST
- Bishop Museum, Castle Memorial Building
- Please RSVP with Lance Aquino via the contact information above
Interview opportunities include three of the exhibition's curators, Marques Hanalei Marzan, Kamalu du Preez, and Kapalikūokalani Maile, along with Exhibition Designer DeAnne Kennedy and the project's Hawaiian language specialists.
For more information on Ka ʻUla Wena: Oceanic Red, please visit BishopMuseum.org/KUW.
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.
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