Hawai‘i Maritime Center Now Opens at 9 a.m. New Operating Schedule Announced
Hawai‘i Maritime Center has changed its hours of operation, effective immediately, according to Center Manager Karla Grace. The new operating schedule is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, except Christmas Day, when it is closed.
Located at Pier 7 on historic Honolulu Harbor and owned by Bishop Museum, the Hawai‘i Maritime Center celebrates Hawaii ’s rich maritime history through exhibits, displays, and rare maritime artifacts. As an institution of Bishop Museum, the Hawai‘i Maritime Center offers visitors a look back at Hawaii ’s extensive maritime history – from its discovery by Polynesian navigators 1500 years ago, to contact with western culture and the effects of whaling.
Since its opening in 1988, the Hawai‘i Maritime Center has become a vital community resource for educational, cultural, and social programs by preserving and perpetuating Hawai‘ i’s maritime heritage.
The artifacts on display at Hawai‘i Maritime Center encompass Hawai‘i’s long and vibrant maritime history. Visitors will find objects from the first Polynesian voyagers to reach Hawaii , the world’s only surviving four-masted, fully-rigged ship, and one of only a few humpback whale skeleton exhibits in the world.
The Canoe: An Alaskan and Hawaiian Tradition is a special exhibit currently on view, which was produced in cooperation with the Alaskan Native Heritage Center . It presents a comparison and contrast of Hawaiian and Alaskan canoe voyaging traditions. The exhibit is an initiative under the Office of Innovation and Improvement of the U.S. Department of Education. Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations, also known as ECHO, provides educational enrichment to Native and non-Native children and lifelong learners. The project is funded by the U. S. Department of Education.
Among the featured items in this exhibit are Hawaiian and Alaskan canoe-building materials including adze, lashing materials, dye, seal skin, bearded seal thong, birch bark and cedar bark, kapa, coconut husk cordage, and basalt rock. In addition to Hawaiian voyaging artifacts, there are Alaskan items and information about the Athabascan, Yup’ik and Cup’ik, Aleut, Inupiat, and Alutiiq peoples, among others.
For more information about Hawai‘i Maritime Center’s new operating schedule, call 808.521.2829 or email Manager Karla Grace at karla@bishopmuseum.org.
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