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Bishop Museum Admission: Discover Hawaiian History & Pacific Culture
4.5
203 Ratings
Honolulu
Immerse yourself in Hawaiian history and Pacific culture at Bishop Museum. Explore incredible displays, planetarium shows, and live lava demonstrations. Fun for all ages!
Immerse yourself in Hawaiian history and Pacific culture at Bishop Museum. Explore incredible displays, planetarium shows, and live lava demonstrations. Fun for all ages!
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Bishop Museum - Explore the several exhibit spaces for guests of all ages!
• Hawaiian Hall Complex is the world’s premier showcase of Hawaiian history and culture
• Pacific Hall explores the origins, culture, and values of Pacific people and the migrations and settlement of the Pacific Islands.
• Jhamandas Watumull Planetarium where visitors can…
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Bishop Museum - Explore the several exhibit spaces for guests of all ages!
• Hawaiian Hall Complex is the world’s premier showcase of Hawaiian history and culture
• Pacific Hall explores the origins, culture, and values of Pacific people and the migrations and settlement of the Pacific Islands.
• Jhamandas Watumull Planetarium where visitors can explore the skies of Hawai’i and Polynesia in the ways the ancient travelers once did and full astronomy educational experience.
• Richard T. Mamiya Science Adventure Center features interactive and exciting learning opportunities focusing on science as it relates to Hawai’i and Pacific environments. Learn about lava and the formation of the Hawaiian Islands and a live lava melting show.
• Castle Memorial Building showcases changing exhibits for a limited time period a place for new, exciting exhibits and adventures!
Discover the science and culture of Hawai’i at Bishop Museum, a must-see to understand the true Hawaiʻi.
What's Included
- Admission Ticket to Bishop Museum
- Admission Ticket to Bishop Museum
What's Not Included
- Parking Fees per vehicle: $16 Non-residents, $8 Hawai’i residents, Free to Members w/ valid sticker
- Planetarium Show: $3.00 per person, per show
- Special Exhibit Fees: $4.95 per person, only for certain exhibits, when applicable.
- Parking Fees per vehicle: $16 Non-residents, $8 Hawai’i residents, Free to Members w/ valid sticker
- Planetarium Show: $3.00 per person, per show
- Special Exhibit Fees: $4.95 per person, only for certain exhibits, when applicable.
Additional Information
The number one rated museum attraction in Hawaii by Tripadvisor, every vacation to Oahu should begin with a visit to Bishop Museum. Bishop Museum offers incredible displays and stories of Hawaiian & Pacific culture and history, planetarium celestial shows, amazing traveling exhibits as well as unbelievable live lava demonstrations! Experiences for all…
The number one rated museum attraction in Hawaii by Tripadvisor, every vacation to Oahu should begin with a visit to Bishop Museum. Bishop Museum offers incredible displays and stories of Hawaiian & Pacific culture and history, planetarium celestial shows, amazing traveling exhibits as well as unbelievable live lava demonstrations! Experiences for all ages with fun, interactive presentations, Bishop Museum tells the full story of Hawai‘i in relationship to its place in the Pacific and the world!
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
Bishop Museum
1525 Bernice St,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.5
(203 Ratings)
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Soulefultraveler
Sep 23, 2024
Worth a half day visit - You need a car to get here, and the parking isn't cheap. But it is a worthwhile experience. The building was originally a school and is beautifully made. We managed to get on a docent-led short overview tour at 11:30 a.m., which was helpful. Incredible history. I enjoyed the special room laying out the whole Hawaiian Royal family tree.
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Inspire11097059781
Aug 15, 2024
Exploring never ends! - WORTH IT! So many cool things to se and read about. It was one of the best museums I've ever visited. 10/10!! Be sure to make time to visit all 3 buildings. This is not a quick tour.
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Seancervone
Aug 7, 2024
Amazing amount of history here! Must see! - Amazing amount of history here! We really enjoyed this beautiful museum. There are plenty of ancient artifacts in excellent condition. We also enjoyed the planetarium show about navigation and the hokule’a double hulled canoe. The science building was also a nice display, geared to the keiki (although I enjoyed myself). Could spend an enormous amount of time here learning! Highly recommend! *There is a small cafe on site with limited options.
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C988gwmatthewb
Jul 25, 2024
A wealth of Hawaiian culture and history! - The Hawaiian Hall has an amazing displays of Hawaiian culture and artifacts. The east wing of the museum is truly is a wonder to behold!
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Karla_m
May 30, 2024
Beautiful Historical Museum - I would highly recommend this museum because it contains so many artifacts and history about the past Hawaiin leaders and their beautiful culture.
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Daithimax33
May 28, 2024
Very good Polynesian museum. - It was 40 mins bus ride from Waikiki to get to the museum. When we got there the staff were very friendly and we loved our time here. A lot to see and do here.
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Janet
Sep 26, 2024
Good historic perspective. Needs refreshing. - Nice introduction to Hawaii history, and a lovely look at a building being purpose- built for this museum in the early 1900’s. The price of parking, however, was ridiculous. There’s no reason for an additional fee of $17.00 on top of the museum admission fee. No interactive exhibits. The museum has a sort of archaic feel to it regarding presentation.
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Travel186588
Sep 15, 2024
Great place to visit - Very educational and informative. Lots to see and do. I definitely recommend especially for families with kids, plenty to keep the occupied.
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Coolcaesar
Jun 2, 2024
Disorganized and difficult to navigate - I think I would have liked this sprawling, disorganized museum complex more if the collections were better organized and had better wayfinding signage. It was really annoying to repeatedly go from one floor to another and then discover that the reason why the exhibits on the next floor were so confusing was because I was walking through them in the wrong sequence. There needs to be a map or signage showing a recommended path with the correct sequence for walking through the exhibits in chronological or logical order.
To be fair, most of the exhibits on Hawaii's history were quite good, especially the exhibits covering the history of the Hawaiian Kingdom and its subsequent takeover by the United States.
I felt that the relatively small art exhibitions were more annoying than interesting. This place is a textbook example of why many large cities try to establish entirely separate art museums and avoid mixing natural history, human history, science, and art in the same multipurpose museum complex! In theory it sounds nice to be able to see so many different things at once in one place, but in reality such museums tend to be confusing and unfocused.
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Trevor_h
Sep 10, 2024
Refuses your refund requests - The museum was great, viator is a terrible company that refused to let us refund. Buyer beware just get your tickets there instead of going with this borderline scam of a company
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