Press Re-Packaging
Press Re-Packaging Home Page Bishop Museum’s new drive toward being single-use-plastic-free has inspired staff to implement more sustainable practices both inside and outside of museum workplaces. This is also true for the small team of the historic Bishop Museum Press, which has now made steps to reduce plastic waste in their packing and shipping practices. […]
HBS
The Hawaiʻi Biological Survey: A Bishop Museum Strategic Initiative to Document and Preserve Biodiversity By Kenneth A. Hayes, Director of the Pacific Center for Molecular Biodiversity at Bishop Museum Home Page This year marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, first proposed as a celebration to honor the Earth and peace. Later, it was recognized […]
Mary Kawena Pukui
[Photo: Mary Kawena Pukui making a kīkī basket of ʻilima twigs; Waimānalo, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. May 1939; SP_19704_5.] Mary Kawena Pukui “It is hoped that the chants obtained without music may also eventually be studied, translated, and published.” —Helen Roberts, Ancient Hawaiian Music When Helen Heffron Roberts (1888–1985) began her one-year survey of mele as appointed […]
Kaula Piko: The Source of Strings – The Story Behind the Exhibit
Kaula Piko: The Source of Strings – The Story Behind the Exhibit Home Page By DeSoto Brown, Bishop Museum Historian and Exhibit Co-Curator Bishop Museum’s upcoming exhibit, Kaula Piko: The Source of Strings, will tell the little-known story of the development of Hawaiian music from the 19th century and on, and how this genre of […]
What is Earth Day?
What is Earth Day? Home Page What is Earth Day? Wednesday, April 22, 2020, is Earth Day! Earth Day is a day set aside to recognize the importance of taking care of our planet, or as we call it in Hawaiʻi, mālama hōnua (taking care of the earth). The theme for this year’s Earth Day […]
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Lei
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Lei Home Page Lei are necklaces or garlands intended to be worn on the body or hung in significant ways. Many types of lei are made in Hawaiʻi, and across the Pacific, garlands and necklaces are seen in everyday life and on special occasions. Some of the more common types of lei […]
Lahilahi ē, Lahilahi ē
[Photo: Lahilahi Webb; Honolulu, Hawai‘i; SP 216335.] Lahilahi ē, Lahilahi ē Happy Mele Monday! Elizabeth Kealiioiwikinolahilahi Napuaikaumakani Webb was born in Honolulu on April 12, 1862, the daughter of Charles Vincent and Halauai Kekahupuu Rogers. She attended Fort Street School and St. Andrew’s Priory. In 1891, Lahilahi married Harry Hogson Webb of Bangor, Maine. They […]
Honeycreepers & Adaptive Radiation
Explore resources about the Hawaiian Honeycreepers and other unique forest birds found only in Hawaii.
Aia i Waiehu Pua Loke Lani
[Photo: View of Lahaina waterfront; Lahaina, Maui, Hawaiʻi. ca. 1930.; SP 120999.] Aia i Waiehu Pua Loke Lani Happy Mele Monday! Today’s featured mele dates back to 1884 and is performed as a hula pūʻili. Composed during his time on Maui, J.P. Hale draws poetic inspiration from his surrounding environment as he alludes to expressions […]
Hōkūleʻa
Hōkūleʻa Home Page Hōkū meaning star in Hawaiian, and le‘a meaning gladness: Hōkūle‘a is our star of joy or gladness. Also called Arcturus, our star of joy is an important tool for navigation, along with Hikianalia or Spica. Before the use of modern instruments, our ancestors needed to rely on tools like the stars, currents, […]
