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Two floors of the museum are devoted to Pacific cultures other than Hawai’i’s. The artifacts give an insight into rituals and religion, daily life, warfare, clothing, music, and dance, and include carved figures .

The koa -paneled Hawaiian Hall is the heart of the Bishop Museum, a glowing Victorian period piece in three scalloped and colonnaded tiers. It is dedicated to the display of objects given to the museum by Hawaiian royalty, and to the study of Hawai’i’s immigrant groups.

Here, the scientists of the Bishop Museum have amassed objects relating to the evolution of plant and animal life in the Pacific. Learn about the many forms of life found only in Hawai’i, such as happy-face spiders.

Beloved by the Hawaiian people, this collection honors Hawaiian royalty through portraiture and displays of royal belongings, including the fragile feather standards called kāhili .

An unusual installation for a cultural museum, but islanders are just crazy about sports, which have always been a primary form of community-building.

This extensive library includes a database of published diaries, narratives, and memoirs, all with an emphasis on Hawai’i and Pacific culture.

The museum’s academic work, collected in the archives, takes the form of manuscripts, photographs, recordings, and unique oral histories.

Dinosaurs, robots, chocolate, Mars, spiders, and volcanoes have been the subjects of visiting exhibitions. Most are interactive and designed to pull in youngsters.

This garden reproduces in miniature the unique land division employed by Hawaiians: triangular territories that ran from the peaks of mountains right down into the sea. These ahupua’a afforded each village access to fresh water, sea water, and lumber.

The exceptionally active planetarium stages interactive shows, night-viewing sessions, and daily solar observances from 2:30 to 3:15pm.