Bishop Museum Receives $100,000 Award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum has been awarded $100,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support its project, Ka Makaiwa: Strengthening Digital Access for Native Hawaiian Futures.
Bishop Museum Celebrates International “Make Music Day” With Free Concert
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum is pleased to partner with Make Music Hawaiʻi and be one of the signature venues for the worldwide musical celebration Make Music Day, which is held annually on the summer solstice, this year on June 21.
Bishop Museum Awarded OHA ʻAhahui Grant for POW! WOW!: Arts Night at Bishop Museum
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to support POW! WOW!: Arts Night at Bishop Museum.
Bishop Museum Launches Endowment Campaign and Announces First Endowed Chair
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum is pleased to announce the launch of its endowment campaign with its first endowed chair, The Wayne Pitluck and Judith Pyle Curator for Cultural Resilience, to be held by Bishop Museum Cultural Advisor, Marques Hanalei Marzan.
Bishop Museum and Parley for the Oceans Present Parley AIR Station Hawaiʻi During the Museum’s Wild Explorers Weekend — A Saturday of Play
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum is pleased to announce the installation of a Parley AIR Station Hawaiʻi on its Great Lawn, with access and related public programming launching Saturday, April 24 during the Museum’s Wild Explorers Weekend — A Saturday of Play event.
Bishop Museum to Invest in Curatorial Practices rooted in Indigenous Frameworks with $1 Million Grant
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Bishop Museum Announces Its New Exhibit, POW! WOW! The First Decade: From Hawaiʻi to the World
Exhibition will provide a contemporary art experience that bridges culture, creative expression, and indigenous perspectives to showcase some of the most notable street artists and sculptors from Hawaiʻi and around the world.
Bishop Museum and Awaiaulu Launch New Project to Preserve and Digitize Hawaiian Language Newspapers
The goal of the multi-year project, He Aupuni Palapala, is to digitize Hawaiian language newspapers, in all repositories, for free online access.
Bishop Museum Announces Its New, Original Exhibit, (Re)Generations: Challenging Scientific Racism in Hawaiʻi
Exhibition explores how the controversial Sullivan Collection has taken on new life as a genealogical source for Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) descendants.
Bishop Museum Launches Online Experiences for Japanese Speakers
“Bishop Museum’s Japanese Online Experiences” consists of 24 scheduled online experiences between January and December 2021 that showcase the history, culture, and environment of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific through the lens of the Museum’s signature galleries, original exhibitions, and livestreamed presentations.