Bishop Museum

Wednesday, 17 Aug 2005 | Travel

Today we visited the Bishop Museum. It was interesting to see the many Hawaiian artifacts at the museum. Hawaiian Hall is a beautiful building with multiple levels of displays with a whale and Hawaiian canoe hanging from the ceiling. We watched a neat Hula demonstration there. All of us were amazed by the beauty of the Koa wood stairs and railings in Hawaiian Hall. A tour guide explained that the wood was shipped to the mainland to be milled and shipped back because there were no facilities to mill such large pieces of wood in Hawaii when the building was built.

We went to the Planetarium to view a film about comet impacted by a spaceship and visited the telescope dome to learn about solar flares. We got to see actual flares on the sun using special viewing devices.

At the gift shop, I was enthralled by the beauty of colorful bird feather leis they had for sale. There was a yellow and red one and a purple one that were so beautiful. The craftsmanship was extraordinary. I wanted to buy one badly, but they were pretty expensive due to the work involved, so I reconsidered. I had never seen a lei made from feathers before. There was also a colorful Hawaiian shirt I admired but didn't purchase either.

At the end of our time at the museum, we stopped at the snack bar for some ice cream treats and drinks before leaving.

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