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Hawaii Museums

Your guide to museums in the State of Hawaii.
Bishop Museum
The State Museum of Natural and Cultural History. Pacific anthropology, botany, entomology and zoology. Includes on-line exhibits. Located at 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96817.
Hana Cultural Center and Museum
Overlooking Hana Bay, this museum is dedicated to aid, assist and encourage in the research, discovery, and preservation of historical and cultural items, places, and information concerning the district of Hana, Maui, Hawaii.
Honolulu Community College Dinosaur Exhibit
For the first time in Hawaii, there is a unique, free, permanent exhibit of dinosaur fossils available for public viewing
Kauai Museum
Explore the early days of life on Kauai at the Kauai Museum in Lihue. You'll enrich your understanding of the island's people and past, its natural history and geology.
Koke'e Natural History Museum
Koke'e Museum provides interpretive programs and exhibitions about Kaua'i' s ecology, geology and climatology. Kokee's Museum also provides basic information on trail conditions in Waimea Canyon and Koke'e State Parks.
Lyon Arboretum
The Harold L. Lyon Arboretum, nestled deep in Manoa Valley is a unit of the University of Hawaii, devoted to research, instruction and public service.
Maui Ocean Center
Just opening this year, this is a wonderful place to visit to get a true appreciation of the impact of the ocean ecology on the life of Hawaii.
Pacific Tsunami Museum
The mission of the Pacific Tsunami Museum is to promote public education about tsunamis for the people of Hawaii and the Pacific Region.
Polynesian Cultural Center
The Polynesian Cultural Center is dedicated to the preservation of the beauty and wonder, not just of the Polynesians in Hawaii, but in all of Polynesia.
The Hana Coast Gallery
The Gallery Exhibition Building,a 3,000 square foot free-standing space is nestled in a corner of the Hotel Hana-Maui grounds. Their Internet site is extremely well done with many exhibitions featured.
U.S. Army Museum at Ft. DeRussy
The museum tells the story of the Army in Hawaii and the Pacific, the military history of Hawaii, and the contributions made by Hawaii's citizens to the nations defense.
USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park
A non-profit organization operated by the Pacific Fleet Submarine Memorial Association
Waikiki Aquarium
The Waikiki Aquarium, founded in 1904, is the third oldest public aquarium in the United States. It is situated next to a living reef on the Waikiki shoreline.
Whalers Village Museum
Combines exhibits and educational displays on Lahaina's whaling history, and houses Hawaii's most extensive collection of scrimshawed artifacts and maritime antiques.
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