Bishop Museum Celebrates National Native Plant Month, April 2025
Bishop Museum Announces 2025 Science & Sustainability Festival and Opening of New Signature Gallery

Bishop Museum, the State of Hawai‘i Museum of Natural and Cultural History, announces the 2025 date for its signature public program, the Science & Sustainability Festival.
Bishop Museum Celebrates Mary Kawena Pukui With Special Museum After Hours Event

Bishop Museum, the State of Hawai‘i Museum of Natural and Cultural History, in partnership with the Mary Kawena Pukui Cultural Preservation Society, presents Nānā i ke Kumu: Celebrating the Legacy of Mary Kawena Pukui. The special Museum After Hours event will be held on Friday, April 11 from 5-9 p.m. on the Museum’s 15-acre campus.
Accomplished Museum Administrator Selected to Lead Bishop Museum
Bishop Museum Celebrates Completion of “Growing Capacity” Project With Gathering of Nonprofit Cohorts on Friday, April 4
Bishop Museum April 2025 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events

April sees the celebration of the life, work, and legacy of Mary Kawena Pukui at Museum After Hours on April 11, 2025. Pukui’s unparalleled contributions to Hawaiian cultural revitalization encompass every facet of Hawaiian knowledge, practice, and existence. The evening event will include special tributes, mele, and hula.
Dinosaurs Return to Bishop Museum!

Something’s stalking the grounds of Bishop Museum! The State of Hawaiʻi Museum of Natural and Cultural History is excited to announce the return of dinosaurs to Kaiwiʻula in its new exhibit, Expedition Dinosaur: Into the Deep.
Bishop Museum Celebrates Hōkūleʻa’s 50th Birthday With New Wayfinders Exhibition, Special E Ola Mau Event

In partnership with the Polynesian Voyaging Society, Bishop Museum, the State of Hawai‘i Museum of Natural and Cultural History, celebrates the 50th birthday of Hōkūleʻa, Hawaiʻi’s legendary voyaging canoe that first launched on March 8, 1975.
Bishop Museum March 2025, Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events

March sees the return of the 17th Annual Mālama Hāloa Kalo Festival & Symposium. This year’s programming spans three days, culminating in a campuswide festival on March 2, 2025. Also, explore our new exhibit, Wayfinders: He Waʻa He Moku, He Moku He Waʻa, We Are One and the Same, as Hōkūleʻa, Hawaiʻi’s legendary voyaging canoe, turns 50! Celebrate this milestone with Bishop Museum and the Polynesian Voyaging Society in an evening of special programming at Museum After Hours on March 14.
Bishop Museum Welcomes Hawaiʻi Triennial 2025

The state’s largest thematic exhibition of contemporary art will showcase nine artists in the Museum’s Castle Memorial Building, with discounted admission during Opening Weekend.