Corporate Giving
Become a Corporate Partner
Collections & Research
Bishop Museum’s collections of cultural treasures and biological research serves as a unique resource to better understand the history of Hawai‘i and the Pacific. Your support helps us address the opportunities and challenges to improve the health of the communities we serve.
Education & Access
We’re committed to sharing the history, culture, and natural sciences of Hawai‘i and the Pacific with learners of all ages and backgrounds. Your support will help us provide the next generation of artists, explorers, and innovators with the resources and tools they need to build a more sustainable future.
Corporate Partner Highlights
September 2021, Hawaiian Airlines presented the proceeds of their POW! WOW! Hawai’i 10th anniversary collection to support Bishop Museum arts education for Hawaii’s keiki. Mahalo to everyone who supported this cause! Pictured (left to right): Debbie Nakanelua-Richards, Hawaiian Airlines Director of Community and Cultural Relations; Brandon Bunag, Bishop Museum Vice President of Public Programs and Interim Director of Education; and Jasper Wong, Founder and Lead Director of POW! WOW! Hawai‘i.
POW! WOW! The First Decade: From Hawai’i to the World was on view at Bishop Museum from May 15-Sept 19, 2021. Exclusive collections by Founder and Lead Director of POW! WOW! Hawai‘i, Jasper Wong, and Directors, Kamea Hadar and Jeff Gress still available here.
November 2020, Bishop Museum Press partnered with DTL Hawaii and Actions of Aloha to release a new deck of Actions of Aloha cards with 100% of the profits benefiting Bishop Museum. The deck featured 53 ʻŌlelo Noʻeau from Mary Kawena Pukui’s book, “ʻŌlelo Noʻeau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings,” collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui. Pictured (left to right): Kaiani Kīaha, Actions of Aloha ambassador and Teora Morris, Bishop Museum press operations manager. Photo courtesy of Actions of Aloha.
With the support of the community and Actions of Aloha Bishop Museum received $10,000 to support Bishop Museum Press the mission of the Museum. It’s amazing what can be done when we work together!
March 2021, Bishop Museum presented a day of programming exploring one of the most urgent topics of today – sustainability, more specifically ocean conservation and preservation. As hospitality sponsor of this event Outrigger Resorts & Hotels shared their OZONE initiative and brought together partners such as All Good and visiting artist Ethan Estess to feature safe and socially distanced activities across our campus wide event. Pictured (left to right): Kathy Foley, Corporate Communications Specialist, Outrigger Hospitality Group: Monica Salter, VP Global Communications & Social Responsibility, Outrigger Hospitality Group; Keely Bruns, Partner, GoodSwell.
Science and Sustainability Festival is an annual Bishop Museum event featuring the Museum’s research, natural science collections and community partners. In 2021 partner organizations included those who are actively engaged in and hard at work with initiatives that promote awareness in the areas of ocean sustainability.
Pictured: Ethan Estess, Artist and Marine scientist, Countercurrent
Science and Sustainability Festival is an annual Bishop Museum event featuring the Museum’s research, natural science collections and community partners. In 2021 partner organizations included those who are actively engaged in and hard at work with initiatives that promote awareness in the areas of ocean sustainability.
November 2021, Hawaiian Airlines Team Kōkua volunteered to refresh the sweet potato patch adjacent to Muriel Flanders Lawn, near Bishop Hall. Led by Bishop Museum Botany Specialist, Clyde Imada, Team Kōkua completely dug up the existing sweet potatoes that were overgrown and overdue to harvest (due to the pandemic), removed the invading lawn grass, re-mulched the soil, and re-planted with new ‘uala slips. Bishop Museum is grateful for our ongoing partnership with Hawaiian Airlines and to Team Kōkua for taking the time to mālama our Museum. Pictured (left to right): Debbie Nakanelua-Richards, Director, Community and Cultural Relations, Hawaiian Airlines; Clyde Imada, Botany Specialist, Bishop Museum; Mathew “Manakō” Tanaka, Sr. Specialist, Community and Cultural Relations, Hawaiian Airlines.
Partnership Opportunity
Sponsorship
Bishop Museum provides customized sponsor recognition and benefits, including mentions on exhibit gallery wall, exhibit-related collateral, on-site activation, advertising, and social media promotion. In addition, the Museum offers year-round corporate partner benefits and recognition, including VIP access, museum passes and executive membership.
– Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
- The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu June 18 – Oct. 16, 2022
- Taxonomy: Our Lives Depend On It July 23, 2022 – Feb. 19, 2023
- Backyard Adventures Nov. 19, 2022 – March 19, 2023
- Keiki Garden: An Urban Ahupuaʻa – March 2023
- MAMo: Maoli Arts Movement – March 2023
– Signature Events
- Museum After Hours (monthly)
- Saturdays of Play at the Museum (quarterly)
- Moonlight Mele on the Lawn, Concert Series (Summer)
- Science & Sustainability Festival (Spring)
- E Ulu A Paʻa Annual Fundraiser (Summer)
In-kind
In-kind donations allow the Museum to direct our resources toward annual operating initiatives. By donating your company’s product or service you can help us accomplish more while achieving your philanthropic objectives. Current needs include:
– Supplies to support buildings and grounds
– Equipment to bolster communications
– Materials for exhibit production and installation
Become a Corporate Partner
Through collaborative partnership and employee engagement, corporations of all sizes can contribute to the growth of the Museum. Our Corporate Partnership Program offers your employees, clients and executives behind-the-scenes, complimentary Museum admission, and more.
Mahalo to our Corporate Partners!
In-kind donations allow the Museum to direct our resources toward annual operating initiatives. By donating your company’s product or service you can help us accomplish more, while achieving your philanthropic objectives.
Current in-kind needs include supplies to support buildings and grounds, equipment to bolster communications, materials for exhibit production and installation, pro bono support, and more.
Questions about Corporate Engagement?
Corporate Relations and Partnerships Office
About Us
Bishop Museum was founded in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop in honor of his late wife, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the last descendant of the royal Kamehameha family.
Ways To Give
Through your kind kōkua, Bishop Museum has been able to continue doing our work in culture, history, and the natural sciences, during this unprecedented year.
Be a Part of Our Story
Celebrate the extraordinary history, culture, and environment of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific with a gift to Bishop Museum. As a partner in the Museum’s work, you can help to sustain vital collections, research, and knowledge, and inspire exploration and discovery with a tax-deductible donation.
