Museums in Hawaii, United States

Lyman Museum

Lyman Museum

Hilo, Hawaii

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Everyone comes to the Lyman Museum for a reasonβ€”maybe it's the mission house, or maybe they just need a break from Hilo'...

Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives

Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives

Honolulu, Hawaii

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It's easy to imagine the Hawaiian Mission Houses as just a quaint historic site, but its archives hold the first books e...

Hawaii Army Museum Society

Hawaii Army Museum Society

Honolulu, Hawaii

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Tucked right next to the sands of Fort DeRussy Beach in WaikΔ«kΔ«, this place has one of the most unique backstories on th...

Grove Farm museum

Grove Farm museum

Lihue, Hawaii

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Most museums feel like time capsules, but Grove Farm feels like the family just stepped out for a moment. This isn't a r...

Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum

Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum

Waipahu, Hawaii

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You can literally feel the history here, standing in a hangar that still bears the scars from the attack on Pearl Harbor...

Iolani Palace

Iolani Palace

Honolulu, Hawaii

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Stepping onto the grounds of Iolani Palace feels like entering a different era, one where the Hawaiian flag still flew s...

Bishop Museum

Bishop Museum

Honolulu, Hawaii

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For generations here in Honolulu, the Bishop Museum has been the place to truly understand HawaiΚ»i. It all started back ...

Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA)

Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA)

Honolulu, Hawaii

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People flock to the Honolulu Museum of Art, or HoMA as the locals call it, for a stunningly serene escape from the Waiki...

KauaΚ»i Museum

KauaΚ»i Museum

Lihue, Hawaii

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You might not expect to find a building that looks like it was airlifted from ancient Rome on a lush Hawaiian island, bu...

Queen Emma Summer Palace

Queen Emma Summer Palace

Honolulu, Hawaii

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Tucked away in the cool, lush heights of NuΚ»uanu Valley, the Queen Emma Summer Palace offered a royal retreat from the h...

Hawaii's Plantation Village

Hawaii's Plantation Village

Waipahu, Hawaii

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People come to Hawaii's Plantation Village not just to see history, but to understand the profound story of the people w...

Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design

Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design

East Honolulu, Hawaii

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You'd never guess that tucked away in a lush Honolulu neighborhood is one of the world's most significant collections of...

Kona Coffee Living History Farm

Kona Coffee Living History Farm

Captain Cook, Hawaii

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What makes the Kona Coffee Living History Farm so special is that it's the only living history museum in the United Stat...

Maui Historical Society

Maui Historical Society

Wailuku, Hawaii

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People often wander into our little corner of Wailuku looking for the 'real' Maui, the one that exists beyond the resort...

Imiloa Astronomy Center

Imiloa Astronomy Center

Hilo, Hawaii

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Perched on the slopes of Maunakea, the Imiloa Astronomy Center is far more than a museum; it's a bridge between two prof...

Hulihe'e Palace

Hulihe'e Palace

Kailua, Hawaii

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People come to Hulihe'e Palace not just for the history, but to feel the breezy, relaxed spirit of old Hawaii. You walk ...

Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum

Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum

Kahului, Hawaii

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It might surprise you to know that this charming little plantation house was once the command center for one of the larg...