Bishop Museum
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Hawaii's state history and natural history museum, with the world's richest collection of Hawaiian and Pacific artifacts. Highlights include royal feather cloaks and a sperm whale skeleton.
Bishop Museum was founded in 1889 by Charles Bishop in memory of his wife, Princess Bernice Pauahi, the last direct descendant of the Kamehameha family. The main Hawaiian Hall is a three-story Victorian exhibition hall with wooden galleries, displaying royal feather cloaks, deity figures, canoes and a sperm whale skeleton suspended overhead, telling the story of Hawaii from mythology to the kingdom. There is also a Pacific Hall, a science center and a planetarium. Admission is about US$35, open daily, and a visit takes about 2–3 hours. Located northwest of downtown, about 25 minutes by bus from Waikiki.
Opening hours
09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Chinatown, Honolulu
- ʻIolani Palace
- King Kamehameha Statue
- National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl)
- Kakaʻako Murals (POW! WOW! Hawaii)
- Honolulu Museum of Art
- Ala Moana Center
- Waikiki Beach