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Bishop Museum Admission: Discover Hawaiian History & Pacific Culture
4.5
198 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!
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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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 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
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.
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 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.
Customer Ratings
4.5
(198 Ratings)
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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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Smcfo
Apr 22, 2024
Any visitor to the Islands should visit this wonderful place, adults and children alike. - We joined the free 'tour’ that goes over one room and the main gallery at the historical brick building. The guide told us how to best enjoy the museum and to use our time.
It was wonderful.
It is such a treasurer that helps you to understand the vast history of the Hawaiian people.
Go do this for your family.
Other building there that we didn’t have time to see but we did find the Planetarium educational on how the First People got to the Islands. Not for little ones they get bored.
You pay for the parking from a vending machine out front. There are many discounts offered for military and other qualified persons. You buy your Planetarium $3.00 ticket there. Lovely gift shop with fair prices on Hawaiian Made items.
We spent about 4 hours but took our time and throughly enjoyed.
Go!!
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Karina
Apr 21, 2024
Wonderful Wonderful Place llikr Heaven! - It was a fantastic place. Had to cut short and I had to leave early. Worth every penny. It is a wonderful insight to hawisn culture. I would recommend for everyone.
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Joseph_p
Apr 14, 2024
Great for us... and future generations - Loved it all. Especially the feathered Kahili room, and the sweet story of stone Kaneikokokala now 'staying warm'. He seems very happy.
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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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985terriw
Apr 21, 2024
A LOT to see - This museum has a LOT to see about Hawaii's history through artifacts, but also some art and natural history exhibits too. There's something for everybody here. Be sure to allot 2-3 hours of your day to see everything. The ticket price is a little steep so you want to get your money's worth.
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Sftraveler1996
May 18, 2024
Decent Museum - The Bishop Museum is dedicated to Hawaiian culture and history. The main building is three stories and although there are a number of things to see, I found the museum a bit underwhelming for the cost of admission. I'm not sure if it's the presentation, but it's a bit dark in the building and the presentation of the exhibits was not that interesting. I learned new things about the Hawaiian culture, but in hindsight, I would not pay $30+ to visit the museum; I left after about an hour. I've been to many museums in the past 8 months, including the Louvre. The latter costs $24 (less than the Bishop Museum) and you can easily spend 5 to 8 hours in that museum.
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Marilyn_h
May 6, 2024
Not worth the time or money. - There really wasn’t anything memorable about this experience. Some of the exhibits were closed and the others weren’t very interesting.
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Climber42549146381
Apr 28, 2024
Go to Polynesian Cultural Center instead if you have kids. - If you have kids go to the Poly nesian Cultural Center instead. My 10 and 13 year old boys did not last long at Bishops museum.. The history is great for adults who want to walk around and read a lot. We spent 3 days at the polynesian cultural center and my boys never got tired of it. Its a more interactive, immersive experience.
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