HONOLULU – Bishop Museum has announced the election of the following 2005-2006 officers: David C. Hulihe`e, Chairman, W. Allen Doane, Vice Chairman, Michael E. O'Neill, Vice Chairman, and S. Haunani Apoliona, Secretary.

In addition, three new members were elected for a three-year term. They are Charman Akina, M.D., Robert A. Alm, and Gaylord Wilcox.

Bishop Museum is a private, non-profit corporation that is owned and governed by a volunteer board of directors. Operating entities of the corporation are Bernice P. Bishop Museum, The State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, The Hawai‘i Maritime Center, and the Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden.

A treasured resource of Hawaiian history and heritage, Bishop Museum was founded in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop as a tribute to his wife Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the last descendant of the royal Kamehameha dynasty. Located at 1525 Bernice Street, the Museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $14.95 for adults; $11.95 for youth 4-12 years; special rates for kama`āina, seniors and military; children under 4 years and Bishop Museum Association members are free. For information, call 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org.