Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Bishop Museum


Destination will be at the Bishop Museum just off kalihi St. or Likelike Hwy.  The Bishop Museum is filled with Hawaiian artifacts and Kamehameha royal family heirlooms from a princess Bernice Pauahi collection which her husband name is Charles Reed Bishop establish it in 1889.  The Bishop Museum is one of the tourist attractions on island.  It is a place where the native Hawaiians store and preserve their culture and other pacific island cultures which now has expand to over a million artifacts since the late 1880’s.  It is one of the world largest natural history of different variety of collections throughout Polynesian cultures.  The museum and its members have served the Hawaiian community for more than a hundred years in the making.  Its representation is primarily ties in with the natives and local interests. The museum itself is pretty much has a yearlong schedule to best served its people.  It has brought and creates business which amounts to new jobs to serve the Hawaiians.  It has a partnership of the department of education for school visits, field trips and educating generations of students in both private and public schools as well.  There is an ongoing research and collections section for any artifacts that comes in the museum for all to see its authenticity.  In addition, the museum does operate a botanical garden which reflects the beauty of the museum when you leave its grounds. 

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