Bishop Museum - Honolulu Museum

  • Address: 1525 Bernice St, Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Phone: 8088473511
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  • Website:www.bishopmuseum.org
Average Rating
4.5
 19+ reviews
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4.5
 15+ reviews
Yahoo! Travel
4.0
 4+ reviews
Bishop Museum
1525 Bernice St
Honolulu, Hawaii

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  • Bishop Museum was founded in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop in honor of his late wife, Princess ... more on Museum Stuff
  • Bishop Museum was founded in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop in honor of his late wife, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the last descendant of the royal Kamehameha family. The Museum was established to house the extensive collection of Hawaiian artifacts and royal family ... more on bishopmuseum.org
  • Bishop Museum was founded in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop as a memorial to his wife, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the last direct descendant of King Kamehameha I.  The original collections were based largely on the royal family heirlooms.  Today, the Museum is recognized as the principal museum of the Pacific, housing the world's largest collection of Hawaiian and Pacific artifacts and natural history specimens.  The collections consist of over 2.4 million Pacific and Hawaiian artifacts; 14 million insect specimens; 6 million marine and lands shells; 490,000 plant specimens; 500,000 marine invertebrates; 130,000 fish specimens; 85,000 bird and mammal specimens; and over 1 million historic photographs, documentary art and films; and a library of 115,000 bound volumes. Rich and comprehensive, Bishop Museum's anthropological and historical collections feature ethnographic materials collected from the time of discovery to the present, in Hawai‘i and throughout the Pacific; personal and state memorabilia of Hawaiian royalty; 19th century household items, manuscripts and documents; works of art, photographic images; and sound recordings ... more on tripadvisor.com
  • As the largest natural history museum in the Pacific, visitors can experience ... more on entertainment.com
  • The Bishop Museum, founded in the 1880s by the husband of Princess Bernice Pauahi, has the ... more on weather.com

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5.0
Best Pacific Island Museum

Largest collection of historic material of the islands, both pre-western influence and post western. It shows ... By just_annette from Chicago, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

Bishop Museum

...extension collection of interesting hawaiian artifacts, hands-on activities for children ... Zagat, a user of Zagat. Read full review on Amazon.com

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1.0
Grim, overpriced, embarrassment

i sure wish I had read these reviews before my trip! This museum charges world-class prices ($15 for adults) to view a museum where 80% of the exhibits were closed on the day we visited. Right now (Feb. 2007) the Hawaiian pavilion is closed and there is *no* warning ... fireballhill, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on tripadvisor

4.0
jacqui w. 's review

One star off because this museum has been known to keep collections they've been ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

5.0
A MUST if you like Museums

This was a terrific place. You can spend most of the day ... By A Yahoo! User from Sacramento, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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