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A LEGO model of a traditional Polynesian double-hulled sailing canoe, featuring Hawaiian and U.S. flags, displayed on a blue base.
Dec. 12, 2025
Bishop Museum Shares a Preview of Its 2026 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events

Bishop Museum, the State of Hawaiʻi Museum of Natural and Cultural History, expresses its appreciation to members of the news media, Museum guests, and its global ʻohana for their support in 2025, and invites all back to #HawaiisMuseum in the coming New Year.

Vintage postcard featuring the Hawaiian flag, the date Nov. 28, 1843, and Hawaiian text: “Hae nani o Hawaii E mau kona welo ana.”.
Nov. 26, 2025
Bishop Museum Invites Local ʻOhana and Visitors to Enjoy the Holidays at #HawaiisMuseum

Bishop Museum, the State of Hawaiʻi Museum of Natural and Cultural History, presents its 2025 Holiday Guide, inviting local ʻohana and visitors to enjoy the holidays at #HawaiisMuseum.

Bright orange tube sponge coral with textured surface growing on a reef in clear blue ocean water.
Oct. 30, 2025
Bishop Museum November 2025 Exhibitions, Public Programs, and Events

November sees Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole’s storied 40-foot racing canoe, the Aʻa, return to the ocean for the first time in more than a decade. All are welcome to Hoʻi i ke Kai: Launch of the Aʻa which will take place at Keʻehi Lagoon at sunrise on Nov. 8, 2025. Also in November, Bishop Museum celebrates Lā Kūʻokoʻa, the Independence Day of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

A wooden outrigger canoe is displayed in a museum with a mural of a Hawaiian landscape and a sign reading "Hō‘ā Lamakū!ʻŌlelo Series Showcase" on the wall.
Oct. 23, 2025
Bishop Museum Invites Community to Hoʻi i ke Kai: Launch of the Aʻa

Bishop Museum, the State of Hawai‘i Museum of Natural and Cultural History, invites the community to a free event celebrating Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole’s storied 40-foot racing canoe, and its return to water for the first time in more than a decade.

A small brown snail with a spiral shell crawling on a light-colored wooden stick.
Oct. 16, 2025
Endangered Snails Transferred to Bishop Museum’s Pūpū Ola: Kāhuli Captive Rearing Research Center

Bishop Museum, the State of Hawai‘i Museum of Natural and Cultural History, recently welcomed Hawaiian land snails believed to be the last known surviving representatives of its genus.

A man in a lab coat and blue glove holds a metal apparatus with red components in a laboratory setting.
Oct. 14, 2025
Bishop Museum and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Partner to Safeguard Hawaiʻi’s Endangered Species Through Global Biobanking Network

Bishop Museum, the State of Hawai‘i Museum of Natural and Cultural History, in collaboration with San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDZWA), announces a landmark partnership to expand biobanking capacity in Hawai’i and across the Pacific to protect the islands’ unique biodiversity and cultural heritage.

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