Bishop Museum

The Bishop Museum (formerly the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and designated the Hawaiʻi State Museum of Natural and Cultural History), is a museum of history and science in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu. Founded in 1889, it is the largest museum in Hawai'i and is home to the world's largest collection of Polynesian cultural and scientific artifacts. Besides the comprehensive exhibits of Hawaiiana, the Bishop Museum has an extensive entomological collection of over 13.5 million specimens, the third largest collection in the United States. The museum is accessible on public transit: TheBus Routes A, B, 1, 2, 7, 10.

Read more about Bishop Museum:  Establishment, Later Development, Library and Archives, Institutions, Falls of Clyde, Gallery

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