O‘ahu
   
Hawai‘i Maritime Center  
   
  Location:
Pier 7, Honolulu Harbor, Honolulu
Web: www.bishopmuseum.org
Office: Monday–Friday 8:30 am–5:00 pm
Mail to: Pier 7, Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 523-6151; Fax: (808) 536-1519

  
  Hours: daily 8:30 am–5:00 pm; closed Christmas Day
Admission: $7.50 for adults; $4.50 for children 6-17; free for children 5 and under and Bishop Museum Association Members
$6.00 for Military, Residence, & Seniors. Military and Kama`aina Rates Available		  
   
 
Hawaii Maritime Center celebrates Hawaii's rich maritime history through exhibits, displays, and rare maritime artifacts. As a sister institution of Bishop Museum, the Hawaii Maritime Center offers visitors a look back at Hawaii's extensive maritime history from its discovery by Polynesian navigators 1500 years ago, to contact with the western culture, to the effects of whaling. Since its opening in 1988, the Hawaii Maritime Center has become a vital community resource for educational, cultural, and social programs by preserving and perpetuating Hawaii's maritime heritage.

The artifacts on display at Hawaii Maritime Center encompass Hawaii's long and vibrant maritime history. Visitors will find objects from the first Polynesian voyagers to reach Hawai'i, a collection of surfboards, the world's only surviving four-masted, full-rigged ship, and one of only two humpback whale skeleton exhibits in the world.



 
  Collections:
Hokulea: A Hawaii State Treasure, the Hokulea is a replica of a Polynesian voyaging canoe. For the past 28 years, the Hokulea has traveled more than 90,000 miles throughout the Polynesian Triangle, using only the stars, winds, waves and wildlife of the Pacific as her guide. Restored in 2002-2003, the Hokulea is again traveling the Hawaiian Islands, including the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Navigating Change: An exhibit developed by Bishop Museum in collaboration with the Polynesian Voyaging Society and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Navigating Change: The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands is an immersive, interactive exhibit and educational program. Navigating Change was designed for teachers, students and the general public to develop an appreciation for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as a precious ecological region in need of protection. Visitors engage in a simulated biological and ecological research project using a replica of a modern Research Vessel, atoll and a canoe vessel docked outside. Through this exhibit, visitors are encouraged to change their attitudes and behaviors, encouraging better care of natural resources, and to embrace the values of conservation of natural resources and protection of endangered species.

Falls of Clyde: Built in 1878, the Falls of Clyde is the world's only surviving four-masted full-rigged ship. As the first and possibly the only vessel of its type to ever fly the Hawaiian flag, she served Hawai'i as the largest ship in the sugar trade. Designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1989, the Falls of Clyde is one of the finest and best-preserved museum ships.
Programs and tours: Audio Tour included in English, Japanese, Korean

Parking: Call for validated ($5) parking information.

Public transportation: Free transportation provided by the Hilo Hattie/Dole Cannery tour bus. The Waikiki Trolley makes frequent scheduled stops at Pier 7. Or take City Bus #19, or #20 Airport.