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Charles Reed Bishop founded the Bishop Museum in 1889 in honour of his late wife, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the last descendant of the royal Kamehameha family. The Museum was originally established to house the large collection of Hawaiian artefacts and royal family heirlooms of the Princess, and has since expanded to include over 2 million artefacts, documents and photographs about Hawaii and other Pacific island cultures. Mr. Bishop built the magnificent Polynesian and Hawaiian Hall you now see on the grounds of the original Kamehameha Schools for Boys. This school was established by Princess Pauahi to educate children of Hawaii. The Museum was meant to augment that education and instil a greater pride in their Hawaiian heritage. In the 1960's the school was relocated to a new campus on the hillside above, leaving room for the Museum to expand on the original site. The only school building that remains is Bishop Hall. All of the other buildings were built as part of the Museum. Today Bishop Museum is the premier natural and cultural history institution in the Pacific and is recognized throughout the world for its cultural collections, research projects, consulting services and public educational programmes. It also has one of the largest natural history specimen collections in the world. As the largest museum in the state Bishop Museum hosts over 500,000 visitors each year who experience over 2,000 years of history and cultural heritage; from early Polynesian migration and settlement to space exploration. For more information contact Hawaiian Holidays. |
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