Pacific Tsunami Museum - Hilo Museum

  • Address: 130 Kamehameha Avenue, Hilo, HI 96720-2833
  • Phone: +1 808 935 0926
  • Email:
  • Website:www.tsunami.org
Average Rating
3.5
 2+ reviews
from 2 sources
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2.0
 1+ reviews
Yahoo! Travel
4.5
 1+ reviews
Pacific Tsunami Museum
130 Kamehameha Avenue
Hilo, HI 96720-2833

Pacific Tsunami Museum Details

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  • Dedicated to promoting public tsunami education, this museum contains exhibits on survivor stories, the history of tsunamis in the Pacific Basin, artifacts from the ocean bottom, an ocean science ... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • The goal of the Pacific Tsunami Museum is to promote public tsunami education for the people of Hawaii and the Pacific Region. The museum also preserves the social and cultural history of Hawaii and promote ... more on MuseumStuff.com
  • Learn about the cataclysmic natural events that struck Hilo, here in the historic First Hawaiian Bank Building on Kamehameha Avenue. Hilo twice survived tsunamis and as a result, the town was built further inland with a park as a buffer. See photographs of the 1946 and 1960 disasters. Listen t... more on Gohawaii.com
  • A memorial to all those who lost their lives in the tragedies that have struck this side of the island, this small museum offers a poignant history of tsunamis. In a 1931 C. W. Dickey-designed building—the former home of the First Hawaiian Bank—you'll find an interactive computer cent... more on Fodor's

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4.0
A good place for a rainy afternoon

We visited the museum in early February and found it to be very interesting. The staff will discuss how a tsunami is created and what happens when it reaches land. The lady who was there the day we went actually had the experience of living there when a tsunami came in. There is an informative fi... Hawaii04, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

2.0
Jenna R. 's review

The unique nature of this museum gave the founders so much room for creativity that the result is incredibly disappointing. Even the exhibits that ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

Tripadvisorlogo-11383-0
4.0
good for a rainy day

Pretty interesting place. The museum is located in an old bank downtown and is set up nicely. The main goal of the museum is to spread knowledge of tsunamis and how to protect yourself should you be involved with one. There are a few cool interactive displays and lots of interesting pictures/narr... TC1, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

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