Discover how science, culture, and community action unite to protect the unique biodiversity of ko Hawaiʻi pae ʻāina at the Bishop Museum’s Science & Sustainability Festival. Museum scientists, educators, cultural practitioners, and community partners assemble to highlight their ongoing work to ensure a sustainable future for our keiki and for generations to come. …

In pre-European times, Hawaiian farmers created impressive agricultural landscapes, especially irrigated lo‘i for taro cultivation. Were these agroecosystems sustainable over centuries of continuous use? Returning to Hālawa Valley, Moloka‘i, where he began his career more than fifty years ago, Professor Patrick Kirch and his joint University of Hawaiʻi-Bishop Museum research team set out to answer this question in 2020 – 2022. Combining archaeological excavations with sophisticated soil and microbotanical analyses, the team unraveled the complex history of how intensive agriculture developed in the valley over seven centuries. In the process, they also learned how the valley’s ritual landscape of heiau developed and found a previously unknown major stone adze quarry. Join Prof. Kirch as he recounts these recent discoveries and their significance. …

Join us at Museum After Hours for a special outdoor screening of He Moʻolelo Wahi Pana A Storied Landscape. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to engage with the filmmakers through haʻi moʻolelo, story mapping and more. …

Bishop Museum’s newest exhibition Ea Mai ʻEiwa: Patterns of Practice features works by Nālani Kanakaʻole (1946–2026), Sig Zane, and Kūhaʻoʻīmaikalani Zane, a family of artists from Hilo, Hawaiʻi. …