Welcome to the Bishop Museum

Exhibition Schedule 2008-2009

The following exhibitions and events are scheduled for galleries at the Bishop Museum and Hawai’i Maritime Center in Honolulu, and Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens in Captain Cook, HI beginning February 2008 through December 2009. More detailed information will be available at www.bishopmuseum.org or in Ka’Elele, the journal of Bishop Museum. Visit the press room online at http://www.bishopmuseum.org/media/press_releases.html for more information. This information is subject to change.

CONTINUING & PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS

HAWAIIAN HALL RESTORATION PROJECT

Grand Opening Phase I: Summer 2009

Hawaiian Hall

For more than a century, some of the most precious and beloved treasures of the Hawaiian people have been housed in Hawaiian Hall. Completed in 1903, this building complex, with its volcanic stone exterior and extensive use of native koa, is considered a masterwork of the late Victorian museum design. Over time, however, the building’s historic interior had deteriorated, and its exhibits, which reflected a different style of museum technology and intellectual and interpretive approaches, had become outmoded.

In July 2006, Bishop Museum launched a $21 million restoration project aimed at restoring the Hall to its architectural glory, while at the same time installing elevators and air conditioning to ensure modern comforts. The project will also modernize the Hall’s methods of interpretation, bringing multiple voices and a Native Hawaiian perspective to bear on Bishop Museum’s treasures. Hawaiian Hall will convey the essential values, beliefs, complexity, and achievements of Hawaiian culture, and examine Hawaiian history objectively. New ways of exhibiting fragile objects will enhance their exquisite beauty and creativity revealing the skill of master craftsmanship in featherwork, tapa, fiberarts, woodwork, use of hardwood tools, and fine cordage unknown to other cultures that lacked metal tools.

The museum has brought a diverse group of organizations and individuals together to assist with the Hawaiian Hall Restoration effort. Hawaiian artisans, artists, scholars, and leaders have advised and given freely of their time. A new Hale pili is being built by a Hawaiian group following closely upon the nearly 100-year-old structure it is replacing. Project manager Fray Heath of Heath Construction Services, and Architect Glenn Mason of Mason Architects, Inc., bring their extensive experience in the renovation of historic structures in Hawaii, while world-renowned museum planning and design firm Ralph Appelbaum Associates guides the effort on the exhibits design.

Financial support has been provided by the J. M. Long, Vera M. Long, Geist, Cooke, Strong, and Atherton Foundations, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Kamehameha Schools, the State of Hawaii, Bank of Hawaii Foundation, A&B Foundation, Frear Eleemosynary Trust, Hawaii Community Foundation, as well as many private donors.

Once completed the Hawaiian Hall restoration project will give Hawaii something that has never existed before—access to a record number of the Museum’s deep and rich collections, together with native and western interpretation. Watch for the grand opening of the first phase in Summer 2009.

NOAA’s SCIENCE ON A SPHERE (SOS)

Ongoing permanent exhibit

Cooke Rotunda, Jhamandas Watumull Planetarium

Bishop Museum’s newest permanent exhibit allows you to see our planet as the astronauts do—as a great blue marble in space. Created using technology and data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and funded through NOAA, this exhibit will change the way you see the world—literally. Science on a Sphere (SOS) achieves its extraordinary effects by projecting satellite imagery onto a 6-foot diameter sphere suspended from the ceiling. The results are startlingly realistic. While remaining motionless, the sphere appears to rotate slowly. Onto this virtual spinning sphere, a variety of views are projected throughout the day.

During the live demonstration Too Hot to Handle visitors can explore the causes and impacts of Global Warming. Science on a Sphere is used to run the earth forward to 2200 AD to show possible methods of global warming if we continue to emit greenhouse gases at our current levels. The show also talks about steps that we can take now to reduce future impacts. The live demonstration, The Science of Paradise uses the sphere to explore the reasons for Hawai‘i’s wonderful climate—from the islands’ tropical location to the reasons for the trade winds.

In between live programs, automated programs about the earth and planets in our solar system play continuously on the sphere. During these automated programs, visitors will see the cratered surface of Mars, a global view of the moon, where even the so-called “dark-side” is visible in rich detail, and the surface of Venus, with the planet’s dense clouds stripped away.

The global view from SOS neatly complements the more local perspective offered at the Richard T. Mamiya Science Adventure Center on the other side of the Museum’s campus.

GLOBAL WARMING

Ongoing and co-located with NOAA’s Science on a Sphere

Cooke Rotunda, Jhamandas Watumull Planetarium

A companion piece to our NOAA Science on a Sphere, this new interactive exhibit explores causes, effects, and possible solutions to global warming, one of the most important issues in science today. Compare your temperature to the planet’s temperature; discover the impact of global warming around the world, from receding glaciers in Alaska to “climate refugees” in Micronesia; learn about steps we can all take to help slow global warming.

RICHARD T. MAMIYA SCIENCE ADVENTURE CENTER (SAC)

Opened Nov. 19, 2005 – Ongoing permanent exhibit

In the Richard T. Mamiya Science Adventure Center (SAC) you can see the mechanics of tsunamis in the wave-making machine, or watch a display of volcanic activity at the model volcano and lava melting demonstrations.

Opened November 19, 2005, the SAC is a 16,500-square-foot facility with more than 30 custom-designed interactive exhibits and unique learning opportunities for children and adults. The dramatic centerpiece is a giant walk-through volcano that really “erupts.” This volcano is loosely modeled after Kilauea’s active vent, Puu Oo on the Big Island of Hawaii. There is also a 30,000-gallon Deep Ocean Tank with remotely operated vehicles you can pilot through a model of Hawaii’s youngest volcano, Loihi.

Other exhibits include the Hawaiian Origins Tunnel where you can learn about the natural and cultural origins of the islands through glowing artwork created by Hawai‘i’s schoolchildren.

AMY GREENWELL GARDEN FREE GARDEN TOUR

Second Saturday of every month; 10 a.m. – to 11:30 a.m.; Free ongoing event

Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI

Learn about various aspects of the Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden on the free monthly tour. For more information call (808) 323-3318. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is Bishop Museum’s native plant arboretum located in Captain Cook on Hawaii Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.

THE CANOE: AN ALASKAN AND HAWAIIAN TRADITION

Ongoing through 2008

Hawai‘i Maritime Center, Pier 7, Honolulu Harbor

Indigenous cultures around the world share many similar practices—among them canoeing. This exhibit, produced in cooperation with the Alaskan Native Heritage Center (Anchorage, Alaska) and North-Slope Borough (Barrow, Alaska), presents a comparison and contrast of Hawaiian and Alaskan canoe voyaging traditions. Among the featured items include Alaskan and Hawaiian canoe-building materials including adze, lashing materials, dye, seal skin, birch and cedar bark, kapa, coconut husk cordage, and basalt rock. This exhibit celebrates the January—March 2007 voyage of Hokulea to the Western Pacific and the island nations of Micronesia and Japan.

PAUAHI: A LEGACY FOR HAWAII

February 3, 2007 through Spring, 2009

Castle Memorial Building, Second Floor

The founding of Bishop Museum was the result of an unconventional love story between a haole man and a Hawaiian princess. Pauahi: A Legacy for Hawaii opened on February 3, 2007 on the second floor of Castle Memorial Building. The exhibition features personal legacies and bequests from the collection of Princess Bernice Pauahi Paki Bishop, and includes treasures from others that may not have survived without the founding of Bishop Museum.

Charles Reed Bishop fell in love with Bernice Pauahi Paki when she was only 16. In 1847, he met her for the first time and began calling on her nearly every night thereafter. They fell deeply in love. But, Pauahi’s parents heatedly opposed the match. They had already betrothed her as a child to, Lot, who later became Kamehameha V. She was in line to be Queen and yet, she rejected it all for love. Despite the objections by family and friends, they were married in a small private ceremony in 1850.

Their relationship stood the test of time and eventually won the respect and admiration of Pauahi’s parents and that of the greater Hawaiian community. They were married for nearly 35 years until Pauahi’s untimely death separated them. Bishop was at her side when she died October 16, 1884. He was devastated, mourning Pauahi’s loss deeply and profoundly. The founding of Bishop Museum in 1889 was an act of love by Charles Reed Bishop in honor of his beloved deceased wife. From 1898 to 1903, he built the Hawaiian Hall Complex to house Pauahi’s personal collections. It was Charles Reed Bishop’s intention that Bishop Museum study, preserve, and tell the stories of Hawaii and the Pacific, a mission that is still being carried into the next century.

Today its collections encompass more than 24 million catalogued objects and specimens from across the Pacific, placing Bishop Museum among the top five natural history museums in the United States and among the top ten in the world. For more than 100 years, Bishop Museum has served as the keeper of extraordinary Hawaiian cultural treasures, including those of Princess Pauahi, Princess Ruth Keelikolani, and Queen Emma. Hawaiian Hall, currently undergoing a massive $20 million renovation, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Opened in February 2007, Pauahi: A Legacy for Hawai‘i is an ongoing exhibition of objects with several rotations planned while the Hawaiian Hall Complex undergoes renovation and reopens in December of 2008. Among the first treasures will be Princess Bernice Pauahi’s feather cape, a feather cloak of Kamehameha the Great, Princess Ruth’s buggy, an early holua sled associated with Lonoikamakahiki, journals and letters by the alii, makaloa mats, umeke (bowls), ipu (gourds), and the personal journals and objects of adornment from Princess Pauahi such as jewelry and hats. Weapons, poi pounders, kapa beaters and stamps will also be featured.

Among the rare objects in the first rotation will be an 19th century Makaloa mat woven with a tax protest made by an elderly Hawaiian woman named Kala‘i and intended for King Lunalilo. With the introduction of written language to the Islands, Hawaiians incorporated letters of the alphabet taught by the missionaries in tattooing and mat decorating. Short affectionate greetings were woven into mats, but lengthy messages, such as the one found in the “Protest Mat” were rare. Only one other mat with such a long text is thought to have existed, one proclaiming the Lord’s Prayer. Because of his unexpected death, the mat never made it into the hands of Lunalilo, but the subsequent king, Kalakaua, received and displayed it. At least two newspapers printed Kalai’s message in its entirety. This makaloa mat can be seen as an exquisite poetic expression of protest, one not easy to ignore.

Other highlights include alii ornaments such as kahili (feathered standard bearers) and lei niho palaoa (necklaces of braided human hair holding precious ivory pendants).

The most famous fishhook in the Pacific, the Manaiakalani (Hook from the Heavens) will also be on display. The Manaiakalani was acquired from the Hawaiian National Museum in 1891.

This legendary hook is said to be the one demi-god Maui used to lure the great ulua, Pimoe, from the depths of the sea. For two days and nights the giant fish pulled on the line while Maui’s brothers struggled to keep the canoe afloat and paddled for shore. They were careful not to look at Pimoe, lest he turn himself into an island to avoid capture. But closing into shore, they turned and gazed at Pimoe. As they did so, the line broke and the magical ulua became a solid island that would no longer move. Mauifreed Manaiakalani and threw it into the sky, where it formed a constellation now known as Scorpio.

Mai Ka PIKO Mai: FESTIVAL OF INDIGENOUS ARTISTS

October 27, 2007 through April 6, 2008

Joseph M. Long Gallery

Bishop Museum presents Mai Ka PIKO Mai: Festival of Indigenous Artists October 26, 2007, through April 6, 2008, in the Joseph M. Long Gallery. The exhibition features contemporary art by indigenous artists of Hawai‘i, Polynesia, the Pacific Northwest, and the American Southwest.

In June 2007, over 100 international indigenous artists gathered in Kohala, Hawaii to individually and collectively create works of art. Entitled PIKO, the gathering included artists from American Indian tribes from Alaska, the Yukon, the Pacific Northwest, Canada, and the American Southwest as well as native artists from Hawaii, Samoa, Guam, Micronesia, Society Islands, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Tonga, Australia, and the Cooks Islands.

From June 15th to the 23rd, The Hawaii Preparatory Academy was the temporary home and work place to more than 100 indigenous artists, who assembled to make art together. They represented various media: painting, drawing, printmaking, wood carving, jewelry making, kapa making, feather work, stone carving, weaving, and mixed media. In the process, artists seized opportunities to dialogue about common issues, strengths, and challenges they all face as indigenous artists and as indigenous peoples. During the week-long event, participants expressed the importance of gatherings such as PIKO.

The products, which resulted from the PIKO event, reflected excellence in the application of art elements. They also reflected the achievements, hopes, dreams, and struggles of peoples connected by similar histories and culture.

The Keomailani Hanapi Foundation coordinated the gathering and with generous financial sponsorship from the Ford Foundation, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii County Product Enrichment Program (Hawaii Tourism Authority), the Pua Foundation, Te Atinga and Squaxin Tribal council, with public showings of art work by the artists at the Isaacs Art Center, Keauhou Beach Hotel, and the East Hawaii Cultural Center.

The exhibition represents the best works from these established and emerging artists as well as works created during the weeklong gathering. Coordinated by the Keomailani Hanapi Foundation, this exhibition addresses PIKO (navel or umbilical cord), in both the literal sense, as the source of the artwork, and in the figurative sense, as the source of inspiration that connects us to our ancestors, our landscape, and each other.

Marques Marzan is coordinating the Bishop Museum presentation. For more information about Mai Ka PIKO Mai, call (808) 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org.

PICTURE GALLERY

Ongoing

Hawaiian Hall Complex

Bishop Museum’s premiere collection of art about Hawaii has finally received a new home when renovations for the new Picture Gallery were completed and the Gallery was reopened January 19, 2008. For more than 60 years, the collection has been unseen and unknown to the greater Hawaii community because the Museum lacked appropriate gallery spaces for displaying the unrivaled collection.

Bishop Museum’s extraordinary collection of visual art of Hawaii and the Pacific focuses on art from the 18th and early 19th centuries. This collection represents a remarkable window into the past—a visual documentation of Pacific cultures at the time of western contact and beyond. The earliest pieces are those of artists associated with voyaging expeditions of the 18th and 19th centuries, including John Webber—the artist for Captain Cook—and Louis Choris, the artist for explorer Louis Von Kotzebue.

The Museum’s art collection spans a broad array of cultural and natural history subjects, including significant images of early Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders and their lifestyles. Illustrations of flora and fauna of the Pacific region, incredible early views of volcanoes, and striking portraits of prominent individuals all provide us with important glimpses into the historical times this art represents.

Bishop Museum’s art collection includes approximately 250 oil paintings and 4,000 works of art on paper. Notable artists represented in the collection include: British painter George Carter (1737-1794); Titian Ramsay Peale (1799-1885); international portrait painter Enoch Wood Perry (1831-1915); maritime artist William A. Coulter (1849-1936), Joseph Dwight Strong (1852-1899), and volcano artist David Howard Hitchcock (1861-1943), among many others.

Bishop Museum’s first building, part of today’s Hawaiian Hall complex, was constructed in 1889. It contained just three exhibit rooms, one of which was the Picture Gallery. At the public opening in 1891, the Picture Gallery presented portraits of Hawaiian monarchs, photographs documenting many Pacific cultures, and books. Later, display cases, koa furniture, and busts of Princess Pauahi and Charles Reed Bishop were added.

The Picture Gallery was closed in 1940, to be used first for storage and later for other types of exhibits. At the time of the closure, the art from the gallery was either relocated within the Museum or placed in storage. Since then, the majority of this collection has not been available for public viewing. And many additional pieces have been added to the Museum’s holdings. With the re-opening of the Picture Gallery in 2008, the Museum will present the first showing of selected pieces from this outstanding art collection in more than sixty years.

Oil paintings from the 18th and 19th century will form the foundation of the Picture Gallery's new permanent displays. More delicate watercolors, such as the first views of the Hawaiian Islands created by the artists that accompanied Captain James Cook, will be periodically rotated together with rare books and manuscripts from the Museum’s library and archives. The renewed Picture Gallery is a place to experience the stories of Hawaii and the Pacific; to appreciate fine art; and to visually experience the Hawaii and the Pacific of earlier times.

For more information about Bishop Museum’s Picture Gallery, call (808) 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org. For more information about Hawaiian Hall Renovation Project, call Amy Miller, Vice President for Institutional Advancement at (808) 848-4169.

FEBRUARY 2008

ANIMAL GROSSOLOGY
February 9 through April 20, 2008

Castle Memorial Building, First Floor

When was the last time you were really en-GROSS-ed, or totally GROSSED OUT? Welcome to Animal Grossology, the interactive exhibition coming to Bishop Museum February 9 through April 20, 2008, that takes a slightly different view of Fluffy, Fido, and the rest of the animal kingdom.

Created and produced by Advanced Exhibits, a division of Advanced Animations L.L.C., Animal Grossology takes solid scientific information and incorporates it into a fun and entertaining learning opportunity for kids and adults. Prepare to meet frogs that give birth by belching. You may think leeches are pretty disgusting, but did you know that they’re used after some surgeries to assist in the healing process?

Museum visitors will experience some of the slimiest, stinkiest, and downright yuckiest creatures on earth. For instance, learn why the dung beetle is considered nature’s original pooper scooper, and why cows chew cud, and why snail and slug slime might provide scientists with more insight into treating cystic fibrosis. Inquiring young minds want to know these peculiar and fascinating things!

Kids can play Tranfusion Confusion and discover which animals have what color blood. Animal Grossology follows in the footsteps of the highly acclaimed and very kid-popular exhibition, Grossology, which focused on the impolite science of the human body. Bugs belch, too! Did you know honey is bee barf?

Take a scientific look at nature’s blood sucking, vomit munching, slime making, and dookie loving creatures and come away with a whole new appreciation for the animal kingdom! Visitors will even learn a few safety tips about avoiding West Nile Virus, Lyme’s Disease, and what to do if a jellyfish stings!

The popular exhibit series is based on the GROSSOLOGY series of books by author Sylvia Branzei, published through Price Stern Sloan, a member of Penguin (USA) Inc. In Honolulu, the exhibit is sponsored by Horizon Airlines. For more information about Animal Grossology, call (808) 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org.

MARY KAWENA PUKUI PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL
February 24, 2008; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

General Admission $15.95; Seniors 65+ $12.95; Children 4-12 $12.95; $3 admission for Hawai‘i residents and active/retired military and their families with ID; Bishop Museum members free

Great Lawn

Native storytellers from Hawaii, Alaska, and Massachusetts will gather on the Great Lawn at Bishop Museum to “talk story” and join in a celebration of native cultures through the ancient art of storytelling and dance. The 8th annual Mary Kawena Pukui Performing Arts Festival will be held at Bishop Museum on Sunday, February 24, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $3 per person for Hawai‘i residents and military with ID. Members and children 3 and under are free. Regular admission is charged for all others.

Among the participants in this year’s Mary Kawena Pukui Performing Arts Festival are performers from the Bishop Museum; the Peabody Essex Museum and New Bedford Whaling Museum of Massachusetts; the North Slope Borough in Barrow, Alaska, and the Alaska Heritage Center in Anchorage, Alaska; and known local storytellers from Hawaii.

The centerpiece of the festival is a collaborative piece entitled, “Keeping the Fire in Dark Moon Times.” Created in 2007 under the direction of Tau Dance Theatre of Honolulu, it is infused with the oral tradition, dance, and music of natives from Hawaii, Alaska, and Massachusetts. It honors ancestral stories and the diverse symbolism of the moon, its cycles, and the many meanings of harvest.

In the past, the storytellers have traveled to rural and Native Hawaiian charter schools on Oahu. This year, the plan is to take the storytellers to Hawaii Island as well. The group will also travel to the new National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. and New York to share the stories of Hawaii, Alaska, and New England.

Says education Project Manager, Noelle Kahanu, “What better way to learn about culture and its people than through their stories and songs? Thousands of Hawaii’s children have learned of the Raven and how he brought light to the Inupiat people, or stomped in time to a Wampanoag dance, or heard the rhythmic beat of Cape Verde drumming. It connects us all at a very fundamental level.”

At the Pukui Festival, there will be several stages featuring a variety of storytellers and programs for adults and children, hula halau and music performances. Food and native craft booths will also be among the attractions of the event. The festival is held each year in honor of Mary Kawena Pukui, a revered Hawaiian scholar and linguist who knew the importance of storytelling to the host Hawaiian culture. Pukui published the first Native Hawaiian language dictionary and worked tirelessly to preserve and perpetuate Hawaiian traditions of hula and storytelling.

Pukui was born in 1895 to a Hawaiian mother and a Caucasian father who was from Salem, Massachusetts. Until she was 6, she lived with her maternal grandmother who taught her the Hawaiian language and numerous chants, dances, and legends. As she grew into young adulthood, Pukui collected Hawaiian lore and legends that eventually became the background for more than 50 books and 150 songs she would later write.

Pukui worked at Bishop Museum for more than 50 years helping to preserve chant texts, oral histories and ethnographic data collected in her research and fieldwork. According to her adopted daughter, Patience Namakauahoaokawena Wiggin Bacon, Pukui was meticulous when she retold and recorded stories.

The Mary Kawena Pukui Performing Arts Festival provides an opportunity to perpetuate the storytelling traditions and to introduce new generations of Hawaii’s children to this important cultural legacy.

The festival is funded through a federally sponsored program, Education through Cultural and Historic Organizations (ECHO). ECHO is a major, federally-funded educational and cultural enrichment initiative, established by Congress as part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. ECHO brings to culturally diverse audiences innovative programs collaboratively produced by regional cultural entities. Alaska Native Heritage Center and North Slope Borough ECHO Project in Alaska, Bishop museum in Hawaii; and the New Bedford Whaling Museum and Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts.

For more information about the Mary Kawena Pukui Performing Arts Festival, or school outreach programs, call (808) 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org.

MARCH 2008

BISHOP MUSEUM FAMILY SUNDAY – Animal Grossology

March 16, 2007; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sponsored by Bank of Hawaii

General Admission $15.95; Seniors 65+ $12.95; Children 4-12 $12.95; $3 admission for Hawai‘i residents and active/retired military and their families with ID; Bishop Museum members free

Great Lawn and exhibit buildings

Bishop Museum’s Family Sundays provide a day of fun on the Great Lawn with special reduced rates of only $3 per person for Hawaii residents and Active/Retired Military and their families with ID. Entertainment, games and activities for the children, and food booths are featured. Enjoy gallery tours and access to daily programs in the Planetarium, Science on a Sphere, and the Richard T. Mamiya Science Adventure Center.

APRIL 2008

4th ANNUAL MAD ABOUT SCIENCE FESTIVAL at Bishop Museum
April 5, 2008; Great Lawn; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

General Admission $15.95; Seniors 65+ $12.95; Children 4-12 $12.95; $3 admission for Hawaii residents and active/retired military and their families with ID; Bishop Museum members free

Everyone is invited to be a scientist at the 4th annual Mad About Science Festivsal, sponsored in part by BAE Systems. From earth sciences and medical sciences to out-of-this-world space sciences, kids and their parents will enjoy dozens of activities to explore and discover. Learn about archaeology, marine biology, entomology, and other scientific areas of research.

Mad About Science Day offers a chance to experience science at the Bishop Museum in a vast array of ways: from special tours of the Museum’s natural science collections to telescopes on the lawn for solar viewing during the day. Astronomy presentations will be offered throughout the day in the Watumull Planetarium and in the inflatable Starlab Planetarium. Ongoing demonstrations at NOAA’s Science on a Sphere will be featured and visitors are encouraged to explore the Museum’s permanent exhibit, Global Warming. Many other hands-on activities from the Bishop Museum’s own Holoholo science outreach program will be available for children to experience and explore.

Admission to the Mad About Science Festival is offered at a reduced rate of $3 per person for Hawaii residents and Military with ID; Regular admission applies to all others except Museum members and children 3 and under, which are free. Admission to the event includes access to all of Bishop Museum’s exhibit halls and galleries featuring all special exhibitions and the interactive Science Adventure Center.

Solar views on the Great Lawn with volunteers from the Institute of Astronomy will be offered from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., weather permitting. For more information about Mad About Science Festival, call (808) 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org.

MAMo AWARDS 2008: CELEBRATING OUR MASTERS

April 19 through September 7, 2008

Joseph M. Long Gallery

Bishop Museum will begin the third annual Maoli Arts Month (MAMo) by honoring a select number of Native Hawaiian master artists with the exhibition, MAMo Awards 2008: Celebrating our Masters in the Joseph M. Long Gallery.

Coordinated by Bishop Museum’s Noelle Kahanu, MAMo Awards 2008: Celebrating our Masters honors four Hawaiian master artists who have tirelessly championed the cause of Native Hawaiian arts: revered lauhala weaver Elizabeth Lee; painter David Parker; sculptor Hanale Hopfe; and painter and arts organizer Al Lagunero. The exhibition celebrates these artists through the presentation of artworks that attest to their lifetime achievements.

The art exhibition is part of MAMo, a month-long community-based event in May celebrating Native Hawaiian art, artists, and cultural practitioners with a host of activities and events at a variety of venues throughout Honolulu, including the Hawaii State Art Museum, Chinatown Arts District, The Arts and Marks Garage, as well as Bishop Museum.

MAMo organizers include Bishop Museum, PA‘I Foundation, Hale Ku’ai, Maoli Arts Alliance, as well as other Native Hawaiian artists and organizations, and the City and County of Honolulu, Mayor’s Office for Culture and the Arts.

MAY 2008

MAMo AWARDS 2008: CELEBRATING OUR MASTERS

Awards Ceremony open to the Public; May 1, 2008; 6 to 9 p.m.

Bishop Museum Grounds and Joseph M. Long Gallery

This reception honors the Maoli Arts Month Award-winning artists and is free to the public. Come and meet the artists and view their exhibition of artworks in the Joseph M. Long Gallery.

3rd Annual NATIVE HAWAIIAN ARTS MARKET AND FESTIVAL

May 3 & 4, 2008; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

General Admission $15.95; Seniors 65+ $12.95; Children 4-12 $12.95; $3 admission for Hawai‘i residents and active/retired military and their families with ID; Bishop Museum members free

Great Lawn; Bishop Museum

Bishop Museum will host a two-day Native Hawaiian Arts Market and Festival, which will feature the stellar work of dozens of native artists, on May 3 and 4 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Market, which is being organized by PA’I Foundation, is part of Maoli Arts Month (MAMo).

The Native Hawaiian Arts Market is fashioned after the Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market and the Santa Fe Indian Market, two of the most popular, successful, and longest running Native Indian arts events in America. A wide variety of quality arts and crafts created by Native Hawaiians will be available for sale in addition to Native Hawaiian performing arts and food booths featuring island favorites.

Among the market artists featured in previous years were master woodcarver Solomon Apio; fiber artists Maile Andrade; painters Ipo Nihipali, Joe Dowson, Kau‘i Chun, Sol Enos, Lufi Luteru, and Meala Bishop; feather artists Auntie Mary Lou Kekeuwa, Paulette Kahalepuna, JoAnne Kahanamoku Sterling, and Audrey Wagner; stonework artists Henry Hopfe and Kunane Wooton; and mixed media artists Imaikalani Kalahele, Bob Frietas, and Puni Kukahiko, and many, many others. Many of these same artists will participate again this year.

Demonstrations, workshops, and performances will take place throughout the day. Those interested in learning more about the Native Hawaiian Arts Market and Festival, should visit www.maoliartsmonth.org.

WHALES: WONDERS OF THE OCEAN

May 17, 2008 through September 21, 2008

Castle Memorial Building

Learn all about the gentle giants of the sea in this robotic traveling exhibition from WonderWorks. This exhibit tells their 54-million-year-old story, from early life on land to their journey back to the sea. Life-size robotic whales illustrate the major categories of whale origins, adaptations and behavior from feeding and reproduction to swimming, vocalization, respiration, and diving. The exhibit will feature full-sized robotic versions of a Baby Gray whale, a Humpback whale and an Orca, and animated heads of a Northern Right whale and a Sperm whale.

Whales are the descendants of land living mammals of the Artiodactyl order. Whales are the closest living relatives of hippos! They both evolved from a common ancestor at around 54 million years ago. Whales entered the water roughly 50 million years ago. These cetaceans are divided into two suborders: Baleen whales which have a sieve-like structure in the upper jaw made of keratin that is used to filter plankton; and toothed whales which have teeth and prey on fish and squid.

Like all mammals, whales breathe air into lungs, are warm-blooded, and feed their young milk from mammary glands, and have some hair. Whales breathe through blowholes located on the top of the head so the animal can remain submerged. Baleen whales have two blowholes, while toothed whales only have one. Whales have a unique respiratory system that lets them stay underwater for long periods of time without taking in oxygen. Sperm whales are known to stay underwater for up to two hours holding a single breath!

Whales live from 40 to 200 years, depending on their species, but it is rare to find one that lives over a century. Whale flukes are often used to identify whales and they communicate with each other using lyrical sounds. Being so large and powerful, whales sounds are extremely loud and can be heard for many miles.

The exhibit features several participatory stations where visitors can learn to identify whales the way scientists do; by their songs, their markings, their fins and tails, and their behavior. The six large motorized creatures on exhibit operate on air pressure and were constructed in Los Angeles. Andrewsarchus will be the first motorized creature to greet visitors as they enter the show. This hairy, ugly, land-dwelling mammal with a snout is included in the exhibit because it belongs to a group of primitive carnivorous land mammals dating back 50 million years, which scientists believe may have been the predecessors of whales. The subsequent displays feature a tail-waving orca, a lanky basilosaurus, and the gray whale with a calf, among others. Inside each creature is an aluminum and steel robotic skeleton.

The movements of the robotic whales are controlled by a computer mounted in the creature’s base. The computer regulates the flow of compressed air through a series of air lines and valves to various cylinders. As air is forced through the system, it causes the piston inside each cylinder to move in and out. Large cylinders are used for tail and flipper movements, while small cylinders are used for the eye and mouth movements. A sound system, controlled by the same computer, is mounted in the base and is used to create life-like whale sounds. The skin is made from thick foam with a flexible elastimer coating that shows all the bumps and folds of the full-size clay sculpture. The whales’ creators have gone to great lengths to make the exhibit as authentic as possible, including putting lice and barnacles on some of the whales and even the sounds of the thumping whale heartbeat.

JUNE 2008

BISHOP MUSEUM FAMILY SUNDAY – Whales: Wonders of the Ocean

June 22, 2007; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sponsored by Bank of Hawaii

General Admission $15.95; Seniors 65+ $12.95; Children 4-12 $12.95; $3 admission for Hawaii residents and active/retired military and their families with ID; Bishop Museum members free

Great Lawn and exhibit buildings

BANK OF HAWAII PRESENTS: MOONLIGHT MELE

June 19, 2008; $15 General Admission; $10 Bishop Museum Members, Military with ID, Bank of Hawai‘i Customers and Employees with ID; Children 4 and under free

Gates open at 5:30 p.m. for Bishop Museum members; 6 p.m. for general public

Concert begins at 7 p.m.

Great Lawn, Bishop Museum

Bishop Museum presents Moonlight Mele on the Great Lawn. The concert series is a staple of Honolulu’s summertime fun. Pack your low-height sand chairs or bring a blanket or a beach mat and enjoy Hawaiian music under the stars. Local eateries will provide a variety of food and beverages for purchase. (No coolers or outside food and beverages are allowed.) Only sand chairs under 12-inches high are allowed. Hand-held umbrellas are encouraged for the occasional mauka showers.

JULY 2008

BANK OF HAWAII PRESENTS: MOONLIGHT MELE

July 17, 2008; $15 General Admission; $10 Bishop Museum Members, Military with ID, Bank of Hawai‘i Customers and Employees with ID; Children 4 and under free

Gates open at 5:30 p.m. for Bishop Museum members; 6 p.m. for general public

Concert begins at 7 p.m.

Great Lawn, Bishop Museum

AUGUST 2008

BANK OF HAWAII PRESENTS: MOONLIGHT MELE

August 14, 2008; $15 General Admission; $10 Bishop Museum Members, Military with ID, Bank of Hawai‘i Customers and Employees with ID; Children 4 and under free

Gates open at 5:30 p.m. for Bishop Museum members; 6 p.m. for general public

Concert begins at 7 p.m.

Great Lawn, Bishop Museum

SEPTEMBER 2008

‘ILI IHO: THE SURFACE WITHIN

September 20, 2008 – January 11, 2009

J. M. Long Gallery

‘Ili Iho: The Surface Within, an exhibition of exquisite and rare textile treasures from the Bishop Museum paired with contemporary new works by Hawaiian artists, opens in Bishop Museum’s J. M. Long Gallery September 20, 2008 and remains on view through January 11, 2009. Regular admission fees apply.

‘Ili Iho: The Surface Within will explore, from an indigenous perspective, four textile treasures from Bishop Museum: a magnificent feathered cloak, fine makaloa mat, intricate kapa, and moving protest quilt. Guest curated by Hawaiian artist and University of Hawai‘i Associate Professor Maile Andrade, this exhibit will invite eight contemporary Hawaiian artists to explore these ancestral creations, creating their own works that delve into the surfaces within. ‘Ili Iho thus considers how thin the veil between the past and present; the traditional and contemporary – revealing how surface the surface truly is.

‘Ili, the surface, as expansive and textured as the earth and ocean. ‘Ili, our skin, as dark as kou, as fragrant as sandalwood. ‘Ili, our land, as large as a valley, as small as a pebble. For what is on the surface reveals but a fraction of that which is within. The stories of Hawaiian featherworkers, weavers, kapa makers and quilters cannot be found in the study of fibers, but rather in the myriad of reasons why they created, who they revered and who they inspired.

Andrade is a native of Makaha, whose family roots are in Molokai, Hawaii, and Kauai. A multi-media artist, she has a Masters of Fine Arts degree from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, and is an Associate Professor at Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, developing a Native Hawaiian Visual Culture Program. Andrade has received a variety of academic awards and has participated in numerous indigenous symposiums and gatherings. Through the exhibition of her works locally, nationally and internationally, Andrade has raised the prominence and appreciation of Native Hawaiian visual arts.

The exhibit, which runs from September 13, 2008 – January 11, 2009, coincides with the 11th Annual Textile Society of America Biennial Symposium being held September 24 - 27, 2008. This international event, whose theme is Textiles as Cultural Expressions, will draw hundreds of curators, scholars, dealers, experts, and students. There will be a city-wide schedule of exhibitions featuring rare textiles from the collections of Bishop Museum, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Shangri La, University of Hawaii, Mission Houses, Queen Emma Summer Palace, and many others. The exhibitions, which will be on view at venues throughout Honolulu, and the International Textile Marketplace at the Sheraton Waikiki will be open to the public. Attendance at the Textile Symposium is by registration only. To register, visit www.textilesociety.org.

Andrade is a featured speaker at the Symposium. This exhibit will “put into practice” what she discusses in her Symposium presentation. Issues considered will include: native practitioner as scholar and expert and the responsibilities and burdens of the observer and the creator. This exhibit makes imperative the role of the native community in interpreting and understanding their own material culture.

Other exhibition components will include a multi-media piece featuring interviews with the artists, an exhibition pamphlet, a panel discussion on September 25, 2008, and daily guided tours.

For more information about ‘Ili Iho: The Surface Within, call (808) 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org. For more information about the 11th Annual Textile Society of America Biennial Symposium, visit www.textilesociety.org.

3rd ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNER- Picture Gallery and Art Restoration Fund

September TBA, 2008; 5 to 8 p.m.; (808) 848-4170; or

Email angela.britten@bishopmuseum.org for reservations and price information

Morton’s, The Steakhouse, Honolulu at Ala Moana Center

The 3rd Annual Benefit Dinner supporting Bishop Museum's Picture Gallery and Art Restoration Fund will be held in September from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at Morton’s, The Steakhouse, Honolulu, located at Ala Moana Center. Premium tables and limited strolling buffet tickets are available.

For the third year in a row, Morton's, the Steakhouse, Honolulu and Bishop Museum have teamed up to offer a fabulous evening at Morton's, including a lavish, strolling buffet of Morton’s signature dishes, select wines and classic martinis. In addition, event goers will have the rare opportunity to view selected pieces from Bishop Museum's extraordinary collection of oil paintings of Hawaii from the 19th and early 20th century.

All funds will go to the Museum's Art Restoration and Picture Gallery Fund to restore paintings in need of conservation work and prepare them for eventual display in the Museum's Picture Gallery. The Picture Gallery recently opened in newly renovated spaces on the second floor of the Hawaiian Hall complex.

Event guests will also have the rare opportunity to bid on silent auction items featuring recently deaccessioned archival photographs and other special treasures from Bishop Museum's Library and Archives. For reservations and more information please call (808) 848-4170. Premium tables and seating are also available.

OCTOBER 2008

MEGALODON: LARGEST SHARK THAT EVER LIVED

Fall TBA, 2008 (This is tentative)

Castle Memorial Building

The Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, Florida, has created Megalodon: Largest Shark that Ever Lived, a new traveling exhibition that highlights the evolution, biology and misconceptions regarding giant prehistoric sharks. Related to the modern great white and mako sharks, the 60-foot-long Megalodon lived worldwide until it became extinct 2 million years ago. The Megalodon’s beautiful fossil teeth are prized by collectors. This exhibit conveys current research findings of University of Florida paleontologists and showcases both fossil and modern shark specimens and full-scale models from several collections. Learn about the process of science and shark conservation. Walk through a sculpture of a 60-foot long Megalodon. Find out what they ate, its size and structure, how long it lived, who its neighbors were, how it evolved, and why it became extinct.

21ST ANNUAL TREAT STREET

October 31, 2007; 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Great Lawn; Free Admission

Bishop Museum, in partnership with University of Hawaii School of Architecture, presents its 21st annual Halloween event on Halloween night. This spook-tacular event, TREAT STREET, will return to the Great Lawn on October 31, 2008, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Don your Halloween costumes and bring the kids to trick-or-treat along a make-believe neighborhood street filled with colorful facades and freaky inhabitants. Admission is FREE!

There will be costume contests, coloring contests, a pie-eating contest, a cockroach contest, and a host of other keiki activities at this family-friendly and fun-for-all community event sponsored by the Bishop Museum to promote a safe and family-friendly Halloween. For more information about Treat Street, call (808) 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org.

NOVEMBER 2008

DECEMBER 2008

BISHOP MUSEUM HONORS MUSEUM NAMESAKE

FREE ADMISSION FOR RESIDENTS/MILITARY

Celebrating the Anniversary of the Birth of Bernice Pauahi Bishop

December 19, 2008; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Bishop Museum and Hawai‘i Maritime Center are offering this free admission program in celebration of the birthday of Bishop Museum founder Bernice Pauahi Bishop (1831-1884), who was memorialized by her husband, Charles Reed Bishop (1822-1915), with the opening of Bishop Museum in 1889 in her honor. Free admission is available for Hawai‘i residents with proof of residency and Active/Retired Military and their family members with ID.

The founding of Bishop Museum was the result of an unconventional love story between a häole man and a Hawaiian Princess. Charles Reed Bishop fell in love with Bernice Pauahi Päkï when she was only 16. In 1847, he met her for the first time and began calling on her nearly every night thereafter. They fell deeply in love. But, Pauahi’s parents heatedly opposed the match. They had already betrothed her as a child to Lot, who later became Kamehameha V. She was in line to be Queen and yet, she rejected it all for love. Despite the objections by family and friends, they were married in a small private ceremony in 1850.

Their relationship stood the test of time and eventually won the respect and admiration of Pauahi’s parents and that of the greater Hawaiian community. They were married for nearly 35 years until Pauahi’s untimely death separated them. Bishop was at her side when she died October 16, 1884. He was devastated, mourning Pauahi’s loss deeply and profoundly. The founding of Bishop Museum in 1889 was an act of love by Charles Reed Bishop in honor of his beloved wife. From 1898 to 1903, he built the Hawaiian Hall Complex to house Pauahi’s personal collections. It was Charles Reed Bishop’s intention that Bishop Museum study, preserve, and tell the stories of Hawaii and the Pacific, a mission that is still being carried into the next century.

JANUARY 2009

BISHOP MUSEUM FOUNDER’S DAY

FREE ADMISSION FOR RESIDENTS/MILITARY

Honoring Charles Reed Bishop, Founder, Bishop Museum

January 25, 2009; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Bishop Museum and Hawai‘i Maritime Center are offering this free admission program in celebration of the birthday of Bishop Museum founder Charles Reed Bishop (1822-1915), who memorialized his wife, Bernice Pauahi Bishop (1831-1884) with the opening of Bishop Museum in 1889 in her honor.

Their relationship stood the test of time and eventually won the respect and admiration of Pauahi’s parents and that of the greater Hawaiian community. They were married for nearly 35 years until Pauahi’s untimely death separated them. Bishop was at her side when she died October 16, 1884. He was devastated, mourning Pauahi’s loss deeply and profoundly. The founding of Bishop Museum in 1889 was an act of love by Charles Reed Bishop in honor of his beloved wife. From 1898 to 1903, he built the Hawaiian Hall Complex to house Pauahi’s personal collections. It was Charles Reed Bishop’s intention that Bishop Museum study, preserve, and tell the stories of Hawaii and the Pacific, a mission that is still being carried into the next century.

FEBRUARY 2009

ANIMATION

February 14 through May 10, 2009

Castle Memorial Building (This is tentative)

This exhibit is created by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland, Oregon, in collaboration with the Cartoon Network. Animation is everywhere! Every time we turn on a TV set, go to a movie, or surf the Internet, we see animated segments. But how does animation really work? Get ready to explore the science behind the art when you visit Animation!

From concept to finished product, visitors will learn all about the intricacies of the art of animations. From storyboarding to character design and drawing techniques, to movement, timing, filming, and sound—come to Animation and see how it all works. Larger than life graphics of popular Cartoon Network characters provide a colorful backdrop to the exhibit, which also explores the history of Animation and features a screening room and a cartoon museum.

To illustrate convincing movement, animators apply knowledge of the physics of motion, and the science of human perception. Animators plot out a character’s path of action on a grid before producing an animated sequence. The animator creates characters in scale with their environments through the use of basic geometry and spatial sense.

Several of the exhibit areas feature digital slide shows of real animators working in the studios at Cartoon Network. Visitors will learn about the skills and training needed to pursue a career in animation.

Six thematic areas are explored in the Animation exhibit:

History: Learn about early animation and apparent motion. Visitors can try using a praxinoscope, posing a three-dimensional figure and spinning it to see the figures morph into a single animation. At the penny Arcade, you can “crank” out animations with an old-fashioned mutoscope.

Animation Studio: Explore the process of animation, story creation, and animator techniques and tools. You can develop a storyboard from a series of picture cards, design objects with a pantograph, and create scenes using layered cels and moving backgrounds.

Art in Motion: With help from the characters of Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, discover why art and math are important allies when it comes to creating characters, motion, and change. The illusion of movement will come alive as you magically “move” around a room without using your legs.

Animation Laboratory: In Dexter’s Laboratory, you can delve into the science and technology that make animation possible. Create the illusion of a bouncing ball with the technique of ”squash and stretch” and find out how the action slows down or speeds up with time-lapse videos. You can also see yourself hover while exploring visual effects in a full-body interactive experience.

Sound and Stage: Discover the principles of sound and phonetics with the Kids Next Door, while exploring the complexity of matching phrases to different mouth shapes. You can add your own voice to a silent animation, and set the mood of the film by selecting background music from a variety of soundtracks.

Cartoon Museum: Take a seat in an intimate theater setting and view clips of popular animations while learning the secrets behind their production. Examine important artifacts such as cels, models, and storyboard drawings from classic and favorite animations such as Scooby-Doo, The Powderpuff Girls, and The Flintstones.

SUMMER 2009

MAGIC: THE SCIENCE OF ILLUSION

May TBA through August TBA, 2009 (This is tentative)

Castle Memorial Building

Magic is more than a simple trick! Straight from the California Science Center is a blockbuster family-friendly exhibit, Magic: The Science of Illusion, which explores the art and science of entertainment magic in a whole new way. Why magic? On first glance, magic and science seem to be opposites—one seeks to explain, the other to mystify. Yet, they are more alike than you might think. Through magic, we rekindle our childhood fascination with what we see and with what could be—if birds can fly, why can’t we? That same wonder of the world excites many scientists in their pursuits. Come be a Magician’s Apprentice and explore through hands-on exhibits and video, how physical science, psychology, and math are made magical with the art of performance. Visitors see how these concepts work in their lives as well as in the world of magic. Or enjoy the perspective of the Audience and experience the emotional impact of magical performances and learn about an illusion’s cultural history.

Magic focuses on four main illusions--mind-reading, levitation, transformation, and the disembodied head. You’ll see original video presentations by professional magicians Penn & Teller, Goldfinger & Dove, Max Maven, and Jade. Then go backstage to put yourself in the illusion and experiment with hands-on science activities. See real artifacts and photographs as you are captivated by tales of famous magicians from the past. You’ll even learn some close-up magic to take home. Find out how basic science, math, psychology, culture and the art of performance come together in creating successful illusion.

How did Harry Houdini do his tricks? In Magic, you’ll learn about the history of magic and its most famous performers—from Houdini to Henning—in the Magicians and Performances area.

Then learn a few tricks of your own at the Magician’s Training Academy where you practice simple close-up magic, based on math and psychology principles. The same tricks are also on the web where you can download them and try them at home. Using cards, coins, or cups, learn any one of four close-up illusions created by Harry Blackstone, Jr.

HAWAIIAN HALL RESTORATION PROJECT

Grand Opening Phase I: Summer 2009

Hawaiian Hall

The museum has brought a diverse group of organizations and individuals together to assist with the Hawaiian Hall Restoration effort. Hawaiian artisans, artists, scholars, and leaders have advised and given freely of their time. A new Hale pili is being built by a Hawaiian group following closely upon the nearly 100-year-old structure it is replacing. Project manager Fray Heath of Heath Construction Services, and Architect Glenn Mason of Mason Architects, Inc., bring their extensive experience in the renovation of historic structures in Hawai‘i, while world-renowned museum planning and design firm Ralph Appelbaum Associates guides the effort on the exhibits design.

Financial support has been provided by the J. M. Long, Vera M. Long, Geist, Cooke, Strong, and Atherton Foundations, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Kamehameha Schools, the State of Hawai‘i, Bank of Hawaii Foundation, A&B Foundation, Frear Eleemosynary Trust, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, as well as many private donors.

Once completed the Hawaiian Hall restoration project will give Hawai‘i something that has never existed before—access to a record number of the Museum’s deep and rich collections, together with native and western interpretation. Watch for the grand opening of Phase I in Summer 2009.

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