Museum After Hours

Friday, January 12, 2024
5 – 9 pm
Throughout the Museum campus
Special $10 pre-sale, $15 at the door for General Admission.
Bishop Museum Members get in free!

The first After Hours of 2024 invites you to dance like nobody’s listening! Kick off the new year dancing the night away at our Silent Disco Under The Stars, with historic Hawaiian Hall, lit by lighting and laser effects inspired by our featured exhibit, Playing With Light, as your backdrop. Whether you’re wearing your best dancing shoes or kicking them off, join us on the dance floor to bring LIGHT and positive energy into 2024!

Spotlight Programming

Silent Disco Under The Stars
6 – 9pm
Location: Gallery Lawns
Join us for a 3 channel Silent Disco Under The Stars! Guests will be provided with their own set of headphones and will have independent volume control. Dance the night away to 3 custom channels of music that you can change at your leisure, with a dedicated ʻohana-friendly channel. Featuring special guests, DJ Mermaid with musical selections inspired by our current exhibit, Project Banaba, and Aloha Got Soul’s DJ O’Spliff with a custom all-vinyl set blending selections of house, Hawaiian, funk, disco, jazz, electronic music.

Stargazing and Sky Exploration with Hawaiian Astronomical Society
6 – 8pm
Location: Great Lawn
Members of Hawaiian Astronomical Society lead guests through explorations of our starlit sky. All ages, weather permitting.

Ongoing Offerings
5 – 9pm
Enjoy food and drink on the Lawn.

Playing With Light, featured exhibit
5 – 9 pm – Castle Memorial Building
Take a break from dancing under the stars with Bishop Museum’s featured exhibit Playing With Light, an exhibit that combines LIGHT, a fundamental element in our everyday lives, and PLAY, a means to ignite the imagination, in this fun exploration into light technology.

Keiki Activities w/ Ulu Aʻe Learning Center
5 – 7:30 p.m. – Gallery Lawn
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.

Lauhala Weaving w/ Keoua Nelsen
5:30 pm – 6:30 m – Flanders Lawn
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
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Flanders Lawn
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
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Flanders Lawn
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

Hawaiian Hall Tours
6 pm and 8 pm – Hawaiian Hall
Immerse yourself in the beauty and history of Hawaiian Hall. Join one of the daily public tours inside Hawaiian Hall to learn more about Bishop Museum’s history, its collections, and the living cultures of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. Meet at the staircase in Hawaiian Hall’s front entry tower.

Planetarium Shows – The Hawaiian Sky Tonight
6 pm, 6:45 pm, 7:30 pm, 8:15 pm – 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. Learn what stars, constellations, planets, and more can be seen in the skies above Hawaiʻi the night of the show.