Mālama Honua Mauka to Makai

Museum After Hours
Mālama Honua Mauka to Makai
Friday, June 13, 2025
5 – 9 pm
Location: Great Lawn | Gallery Lawns
$10 pre-sale, $15 at the door for General Admission.
Free for Bishop Museum Members

In partnership with Mālama Honua Public Charter School (MHPCS), Bishop Museum invites you to celebrate ten years of collaboration, learning, and mālama ʻāina shared between MHPCS educators, students and their community partners. This special Museum After Hours also welcomes the wider community to discover the history of Waimānalo through the launch of the Waimānalo Mau a Mau collection of children’s books from Kamehameha Schools Publishing.

Mālama Honua Mauka to Makai celebrates and promotes the movement of mālama ʻāina, from mauka to makai honoring a decade of meaningful partnerships and inspiring action toward a sustainable future. Set against the backdrop of Bishop Museum’s cultural and scientific exhibits, this event highlights the MHPCS’s commitment to cultivating a generation of learners grounded in Native Hawaiian values and committed to a sustainable future.

Gallery Lawn Stage
Hosted by Emcee Mele Apana
5:00 pm Wehena
5:30 pm Live music with Hui Pū
6:30 pm Hula, nā haumāna o Mālama Honua Public Charter School with Kumu Charlani Kalama
7:00 pm Live music with Walt Keale & Chris Lau
7:30 pm Remarks by Denise Espania Mālama Honua Public Charter School Director
8:00 pm Live music with Isaiah Tavares

Aunteh Anu’s Moʻolelo Time: Waimānalo Mau a Mau
Atherton Hālau
5:00 pm, 5:30 pm, 6:30 pm & 7:30 pm

Mauka to Makai Mākeke
Great Lawn
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Planetarium Shows
J. Watumull Planetarium
Each show is 25 minutes. Tickets required; reserve at Shop Pacifica upon check in. Free for members and children under 4, $3 per person general admission. Limited seating.

Wayfinders: Waves, Winds, and Stars
6:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Explore the nearly lost art and science of non-instrument navigation in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific through this film and simulated stargazing experience. Produced together with 1001 Stories and Polynesian Voyaging Society.

The Hawaiian Sky Tonight
6:45 pm & 8:15 pm
Learn what stars, constellations, planets, and more can be seen in the skies above Hawaiʻi the night of the show. Fully live-presented program.

Science on a Sphere
Planetarium Lobby
6:15 pm, 7:00 pm, 7:45 pm, and 8:30 pm
Earth’s beautiful blue oceans are home to a variety of features and creatures. Take a seat around the sphere for this guided exploration beneath the waves. 10 minutes. Free with general admission.

ʻOhana Offerings

Food and Beverage on the Lawn
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
E Kōnane Pū Kākou
Gallery Lawn Ma Kai
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Much more than just a game, kōnane hones strategic and analytical skills applicable in times of both war and peace. Join kōnane enthusiasts to challenge your established strategies or learn the rules and techniques for the first time. Open to all levels of experience. Fun for the whole ʻohana!

Lauhala Weaving w/ Keoua Nelsen
Flanders Lawn
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Weave the dried leaves of the Pūhala (Pandanus) into a stunning bracelet (one per attendee). Courtesy of Helumoa, Royal Hawaiian Center.

Lei Making w/ Maxeen Shea
Flanders Lawn
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Use the kui (sewing) style to string an assortment of blossoms into a beautiful lei (one per attendee). Courtesy of Helumoa, Royal Hawaiian Center.

ʻUkulele Lesson w/ Puʻuhonua Jumawan
Flanders Lawn
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Learn basic chords and sing a song as you strum Hawaiʻi’s best-known string instrument, introduced to the islands in the 1870s from Portugal. ʻUkulele provided. Courtesy of Helumoa, Royal Hawaiian Center.

Keiki Activities w/ Ulu Aʻe Learning Center
Flanders Lawn
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Activities include ʻohe kāpala (create a greeting card using stamps), kōnane (out play your opponent in a two-player strategy board game) and kiʻi pōhaku (collect the most matching petroglyphs). For ages 5-10. A parent/guardian must be present.

Waimānalo Mau a Mau Wahipana Project is an initiative dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich cultural heritage of Waimānalo. This project is a collaborative effort that brings together community voices, cultural practitioners, and researchers to document and uplift the unique stories, traditions, and landscapes of our beloved Waimānalo.

Mālama Honua Public Charter School (MHPCS) is a free public charter school in Waimānalo, Hawaiʻi located on the windward side of the island of Oʻahu. This dynamic, Hawaiian-focused community public charter school currently serves 167 students, grades K-8. It is dedicated to serving the families of Waimānalo and surrounding communities by providing a rigorous learning environment guided by Hawaiian cultural values. These Core Values are evidenced through student work learning with and from the ʻāina and the sea as an overarching curricular foundation. Inspired by Polynesian voyaging and founded by Nainoa Thompson and Robert Witt in 2014, Mālama Honua Public Charter School was envisioned as a school whose mission was to create leaders who embodied the attributes of the Mind of the Navigator and the values embodied by the Worldwide Voyage. The voyage and the school aim to share with the world the values of mālama honua, to care for the earth.