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Pacific Tsunami Museum

Pacific Tsunami Museum - 130 Kamehameha Avenue

Pacific Tsunami Museum - 130 Kamehameha Avenue

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The Pacific Tsunami Museum provides residents and visitors with much needed tsunami education programs. It is a living monument to those who lost their lives in past tsunamis. By combining scientific information with actual testimony taken from oral histories of tsunami survivors, the museum keeps history alive in its exhibits and public programs.

The museum features a series of in-house permanent exhibits that interpret the tsunami phenomena, the Pacific Tsunami Warning system, the history of tsunamis in the Pacific Basin, tsunamis of the future, myths and legends about tsunamis, and public safety measures for tsunami disasters.

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