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An Apollonaut travel guide
A campus of stone in Kalihi.
An introduction to the museum’s campus in Kalihi and the city around it, a short drive from downtown Honolulu.
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A museum in Kalihi
Bishop Museum stands on Bernice Street in the Kalihi district of Honolulu, on the campus that was once the boys’ school of Kamehameha Schools.
A city guide can give context without turning a neighbourhood into a backdrop. Notice how the older halls and the newer buildings sit together on the campus.
Stone, wood and glass
Hawaiian Hall and Polynesian Hall were built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, an American style known for heavy masonry and round arches.
Begin with a detail and ask how it was made, repaired and maintained. A photograph alone cannot tell you who cut a stone or carved a rail, or the conditions in which they worked.
A Bishop Museum chapter
Bishop Museum shows a distinctive side of Honolulu: a museum founded in memory of a Hawaiian princess, which became the state museum of Hawaiʻi.
Look at the meeting of the two: the halls of the 19th century, and the science centre and planetarium that have grown up beside them.
Make room for context
Pair this reading with the museum’s history and the Journal. This is an introduction for visitors, not a claim that our team manages these places, commissions their restoration or represents their makers.
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Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
