E Ulu A Paʻa Fundraiser & Online Auction 2025
Please join us at Bishop Museum’s premier fundraising event, E Ulu A Pa‘a, on August 23, 2025. This year, we recognize Mary Kawena Pukui, the prolific author, composer, teacher, and historian whose legacy shapes our understanding of Hawaiian culture to this day.
Mary Kawena Pukui spent over 50 years documenting, translating, and compiling Hawaiian knowledge systems during a time when Hawaiian culture and traditions were being lost. She produced and translated over 50 seminal publications like the “Hawaiian-English Dictionary,” “‘Ōlelo Noʻeau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings,” and “Place Names of Hawaiʻi.”
Pukui worked at Bishop Museum while recording and documenting the largest library of oral histories of her time. In one of her recordings (translated by her daughter, Pat Namaka Bacon), she says, “I have only one favor to ask of people: to take care of their stories, let them be kept in a permanent place … so that their grandchildren and great-grandchildren can come and hear our voices. Go directly to the house of the Princess, listen to the voice of their ancestors speaking. When we are gone, should your grandchildren want to hear your voice, my voice, go to the house of Pauahi.”
Attend This Special Event
E Ulu a Pa‘a will bring us together to celebrate this institution, named for Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, and founded for the exploration and perpetuation of the history, culture, and environment of Hawai‘i. Please consider a generous table sponsorship in support of the Museum.
To reserve your table or make a donation, please contact Jasmine Lee at jasmine.lee@bishopmuseum.org or 808-848-4106. Mahalo for your consideration, and we hope to see you there!
Contribute to our Online Auction
In addition to the fun-filled evening, we will be hosting an online auction featuring exclusive Bishop Museum experiences, travel packages, fine dining, art, and more. This auction will be open to the public and attendees at 3 p.m. on Thursday, August 14, and will conclude at 9 p.m. on Sunday, August 24. To donate an item, experience, or service to be included in the online auction, please complete the form via the link below by Monday, June 30.
Other questions? Email the Development Office at development@bishopmuseum.org or call 808.847.8281.
Be the First to Explore EXCORE
We are opening a brand-new exhibition, Explore EXCORE, in the J. M. Long Gallery just in time for E Ulu A Paʻa. EXCORE is the Center for the Exploration of Coral Reef Ecosystems, an entity within Bishop Museum focused on innovating the latest technologies to explore coral-reef environments to discover and document biodiversity in ways previously not possible. Be the first to see amazing underwater imagery captured by the global pioneers who work at Bishop Museum and learn why biodiversity is so important to the future of humanity.
Our Committee
EVENT CHAIR
Robert Harrison
HONOREE
Mary Kawena Pukui
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ann Botticelli, Chairwoman
Todd K. Apo, 1st Chairman
Patrick V. Kirch, 2nd Chairman
Andy Touma, Controller & Treasurer
Valerie Shintaku, Secretary
Dee Jay Mailer, President
Nicole Sakai Assistant Secretary
Landon Beers
Maenette Benham
Michael Bruno
Eric Co
Sam ‘Ohu Gon III
Elizabeth Rice Grossman
Keith Hayashi
Sharon Hurd
Manu Kaiama
Anton C. Krucky
Nancy Lueck
Jacqueline Maly
John Morgan
Wayne M. Pitluck
William (Billy) K. Richards, Jr.
Michael Takayama
Kelsi Tanaka
Chipper Wichman
Mahalo to Our 2024 Sponsors
