Bishop Museum Expresses Deep Appreciation to Herb Kāne ʻOhana for Gift of Intellectual Property Rights – Bishop Museum

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, the State of Hawai‘i Museum of Natural and Cultural History, expresses its deep appreciation to the Herb Kāne ʻOhana for their generous gift: as facilitated by Mr. Kāne’s widow, Deon Kāne, and supported by his children Susan Kāne and Douglas Kāne, the Museum has received the intellectual property rights to Mr. Kāne’s art.
Bishop Museum Announces New Hawaiian Hall Treasure Case Installation: <em>Faith and Philanthropy: Queen Emma Kaleleonālani’s Visit to England, 1865-1866</em>

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, the State of Hawai‘i Museum of Natural and Cultural History, announces the opening of a new installation in the third floor Treasure Case of its historic Hawaiian Hall: Faith and Philanthropy: Queen Emma Kaleleonālani’s Visit to England, 1865-1866 (“Faith and Philanthropy”), opening Friday, July 19, 2024.
Bishop Museum to Open New Exhibit in Science Adventure Center: <em>Lele o Nā Manu: The Splendor and Loss of Hawaiʻi’s Birds</em>

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, the State of Hawai‘i Museum of Natural and Cultural History, will open a new exhibit in its Richard T. Mamiya Science Adventure Center: Lele o Nā Manu: The Splendor and Loss of Hawaiʻi’s Birds opens during the Museum After Hours event on Friday night, July 12, 2024. The exhibit coincides with Makahiki o Nā Manu Nahele, the Year of the Forest Birds, a campaign to celebrate and raise awareness around Hawaiʻi’s Native forest birds.
Bishop Museum July 2024 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events

In July, Bishop Museum celebrates the reveal of a new exhibit in its Science Adventure Center, Lele o Nā Manu: The Splendor and Loss of Hawaiʻi’s Birds, opening to the public during July’s Museum After Hours on July 12, 2024. Also, on view from July 19 is a new installation in historic Hawaiian Hall, Faith and Philanthropy: Queen Emma Kaleleonālani’s Visit to England, 1865-1866.
Bishop Museum Collaborates With UNIQLO Ala Moana, Local Artist Jared Nagura, and Museum Educators and Scientists to Create New UTme! Designs

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, the State of Hawai‘i Museum of Natural and Cultural History, has collaborated with UNIQLO Ala Moana, local artist Jared Nagura, and Museum educators and scientists to create new designs for UTme!, UNIQLO’s custom printing service. The colorful stamps reflect Bishop Museum’s cultural and natural science collections, as well as its iconic buildings and Planetarium constellations.
Bishop Museum Celebrates the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture With New, Original Events and Special Daily Programs
Bishop Museum Invites Media to Preview New, Original Exhibition, <em>Ka ʻUla Wena: Oceanic Red</em>

Opening to the public in the Museum’s Castle Memorial Building on May 25, this new, original exhibition is the first of its kind to gather material culture of Oceania to articulate the multiple uses and understandings of a single color: RED.
Bishop Museum June 2024 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events

In June, Bishop Museum welcomes the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture (FestPAC) kālai (carving) and kākau uhi (tattoo) villages to its campus, as well as special programming inspired by the Festival. June also sees the return of the Celebrate Micronesia Festival to the Museum, hosted in partnership with the Pacific Islands Development Program (DIDP) and the East-West Center.
Bishop Museum Uplifts the Connections Shared Across Oceania in New, Original Exhibition, <em>Ka ʻUla Wena: Oceanic Red</em>

Opening May 25 in the Museum’s Castle Memorial Building, the exhibition assembles material culture of Oceania and articulates the multiple uses and understandings of a single color: red.
Bishop Museum Invites Keiki and ʻOhana To Take Part in 2024 City Nature Challenge