Largest Shark Departs After the New Year - Shark Events Lead Up To Megalodon Departure
Honolulu – The popular Megalodon: Largest Shark That Ever Lived exhibit will end its run at Bishop Museum on January 11, 2009. The exhibit is based on the largest shark that ever lived and features a 60-foot-long walk-through sculpture of the massive shark that vanished nearly two million years ago.
Before the Megalodon leaves, Bishop Museum’s Traditions of the Pacific program will offer two exciting shark events: a lecture entitled “Shark Stories” and a marine excursion through Kaneohe Bay.
SHARK STORIES
On January 8, 2009 at 6:00 p.m., join Richard Paglinawan and Keith Kruger inside the Megalodon exhibit for a fascinating evening of shark stories. Learn about the value of fossilized shark teeth and the stories they tell us about what sharks looked like, how they lived, what they ate, and how they died. Kruger will share his personal collection of fossilized Megalodon teeth. The evening will also highlight the cultural significance of sharks to Native Hawaiians. Guests are invited to share their own shark stories with the group. Cost for this event is $5 and free for Bishop Museum Members.
Paglinawan is a cultural practitioner and Bishop Museum Association Council member. Kruger is a fossil expert and collector. Reservations are required. To reserve a space, please call (808) 847-8296 or email membership@bishopmuseum.org.
GLASS BOTTOM BOAT TOUR OF KANEOHE BAY
The public is invited on a journey outside of Bishop Museum for a Glass Bottom Boat tour through Kaneohe Bay. This excursion takes place on Saturday, January 10, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Participants will board the Coral Queen, a glass bottom boat, to tour Kaneohe Bay and learn about the area including legends, marine life and ecology, and local fishponds. This is a family friendly adventure. Marine Specialist Rhonda Stewart and Writer/Historian, Nanette Napoleon will lead the tour. Napoleon is also a member of the Bishop Museum Association Council.
Advance registration and payment are required. Cost is $20 for adults, $15 for children under 12-years-old. Bishop Museum Members pay a discounted rate of $15 for adults and $10 for children under 12-years-old. To make a reservation, please call (808) 847-8296 or email membership@bishopmuseum.org.
Traditions of the Pacific is an ongoing educational series which highlights the cultural heritage and natural science of Hawai‘i, Asia, and the Pacific through lectures and workshops. The program began in 1991 and is coordinated by the Bishop Museum Association Council Cultural Initiatives Committee.
Bishop Museum is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information about Megalodon: Largest Shark That Ever Lived and other ongoing exhibits, please visit www.bishopmuseum.org or call (808) 847-3511.
Megalodon’s Honolulu debut is sponsored in part by Horizon Lines, Inc., Honolulu Advertiser, and Island Air.
Following Megalodon’s departure on January 11th, Bishop Museum will begin preparations for its next Castle Building exhibit, Animation, which explores the amazing art of animation through storyboarding, character design, drawing techniques, movement, filming, sound, and more! This interactive exhibit features favorite characters from Cartoon Network, and an “Animation Museum.” Animation will be on exhibit February 14th through May 10, 2009.
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