Bishop Museum

Explore Polynesian artifacts in Hawaiian Hall, a planetarium and a hands-on science center on one Honolulu campus.

1525 Bernice St · Honolulu, HI

About Bishop Museum

Bishop Museum was founded in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop in memory of his wife, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop. In Hawaiian Hall, Polynesian artifacts sit in koa wood cases beneath a complete sperm whale skeleton hung over the central gallery. The campus also holds the Jhamandas Watumull Planetarium and the Richard T. Mamiya Science Adventure Center, with interactive exhibits on marine science and volcanoes. Its natural history holdings exceed 24 million specimens.

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