Bishop Museum Presents Two Cultural Programs, Free to the Public With In-person Attendance and Virtually via YouTube Live

Preserving Kalani'ōpu'u's Chiefly Adornments With Māori Textile Conservator Rangi Te Kanawa

Kapaemahu Speaker Series "Pacific Connections: Gender Diversity Across Moana Nui"

*Honolulu, Hawaiʻi* — Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum is pleased to present two cultural programs that are free to the general public. While both provide limited in-person attendance, they are also accessible via the Museum's YouTube Channel.

Preserving Kalaniʻōpuʻu's Chiefly Adornments With Māori Textile Conservator Rangi Te Kanawa

Wednesday, July 27, 2022 6 p.m. HST Hawaiian Hall

YouTube live link: youtu.be/mOPh0y_IaTI

In March of 2016, the National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa returned, in a profound act of Pacific generosity, the ʻahu ʻula and mahiole of high chief Kalaniʻōpuʻu to Hawaiʻi. These chiefly adornments were gifted to Captain James Cook in 1779 and found their way home more than two centuries later. In preparation for their historic homecoming, Te Papa's Rangi Te Kanawa, the world's only Māori textile conservator, spent months carefully cleaning these feathered treasures. Six years later, she returns to Bishop Museum to share her experiences, perspectives, and reflections on Indigenous notions of preservation and how we care for the things we love.

The live broadcast from Bishop Museum's Hawaiian Hall will feature a conversation with Rangi Te Kanawa about the process and the relationship-building required to preserve the ʻahu ʻula and mahiole of high chief Kalaniʻōpuʻu.

This program is presented in partnership with the Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Museum Institute (NHPIMI).

Kapaemahu Speaker Series | "Pacific Connections: Gender Diversity Across Moana Nui"

Friday, July 29, 2022 6 — 7 p.m. HST Atherton Hālau

YouTube live link: youtu.be/V0pwiGDTmNw

Bishop Museum presents the second in a speaker series based on the themes of its original exhibition, The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu.

In Hawaiʻi, the creation chant, the Kumulipo, traces the origins of life to the combining of paired opposites: light and dark, earth and sky, wet and dry, male and female. In conversation with co-curator Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Professor Tēvita O. Kaʻili will share stories of gender duality from his native Tonga and other regions of Oceania, and Hawaiian historian Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp will discuss his research and storytelling initiatives to help revive Hawaiian understandings and histories of gender fluidity and same-sex relationships, including among revered rulers and nobles.

Speakers include:

— Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp, Hawaiian cultural historian, President of Indigenous Pasifika

— Tēvita O. Kaʻili, Anthropologist and Dean of Pacific Studies at Brigham Young University — Hawaiʻi

— Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, co-curator of "The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu," Kanaka Maoli teacher, cultural practitioner, and community leader

The Kapaemahu Program Series is generously supported by McInerny Foundation, Bank of Hawaii, Trustee.

Members of the media are invited to cover both events; please RSVP with Lance Aquino via the contact information above.

Upon arrival at the Museum, please check in at the Security Desk to exchange a form of identification for a Bishop Museum Media Badge.

Please note that due to its high sensitivity to light, no external lighting is permitted on the ʻahu ʻula and mahiole. Mahalo nui loa.

Bishop Museum Admission, Parking, and Hours

Timed General Admissions can be booked on the hour from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at BishopMuseum.org/Tickets. Tickets for Bishop Museum After Hours events can be purchased via this same webpage.

The safety and health of our visitors and employees remain our highest priorities. Face masks are optional but strongly encouraged. Learn more on our Health & Safety page.

General Admission

| | Weekdays | Weekends | |--------------------------|----------|----------| | Adults: | $26.95 | $28.95 | | Seniors (65+): | $23.95 | $25.95 | | Youth (4–17): | $18.95 | $20.95 | | Children (3 and under): | Free | Free |

Hawaiʻi Residents, Hawaiʻi College Students, and 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.

Bishop Museum Annual Membership levels include free general admission and parking for 12 months. Learn more at BishopMuseum.org/Membership.

J. Watumull Planetarium tickets can be purchased at the Box Office after admission to the Museum; shows are free for Bishop Museum Members, but must be obtained at the Box Office in person on a first-come, first-served basis.

Parking Rates

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 and on Christmas Day.

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