Bishop Museum
The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, designated the Hawaiʻi State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a museum of history and science in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu.
A museum inside Urban Honolulu
Places to stay about a mile away
Best Western Meats is 0.8 miles away; Afl Hotel & Restaurant Workers Health & Welfare Plan (1.3 mi) and IHG Army Hotels Building 719 (1.3 mi) are close too. 54 places to stay are within 4 miles. Hotels nearby ↓
Best months: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov and Dec
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December are the mild months, with highs of 76–81°. When to go ↓
Established in 1889
Bishop Museum dates from 1889. About ↓
An airport 4 miles away
Daniel K. Inouye (HNL) has airline service, about 4 miles from Bishop Museum.
Written from NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Overture places to stay, Census town figures, Wikidata and Wikipedia.
Weather, month by month
Typical highs and lows in Urban Honolulu. Green months are the mild ones.
Bishop Museum
The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, designated the Hawaiʻi State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a museum of history and science in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. Founded in 1889, it is the largest museum in Hawaiʻi and has the world's largest collection of Polynesian cultural artifacts and natural history specimens. Besides the comprehensive exhibits of Hawaiian cultural material, the museum's total holding of natural history specimens exceeds 24 million, of which the entomological collection alone represents more than 13.5 million specimens (making it the third-largest insect collection in the United States). The Index Herbariorum code assigned to Herbarium Pacificum of this museum is BISH and this abbreviation is used when citing housed herbarium specimens.
- Type
- Museum
- Established
- 1889
- Listed
- National Register of Historic Places (1982)
- Wikipedia readers
- 15K a year
Hotels near Bishop Museum
54 hotels, motels and campgrounds within 4 miles. The closest is Best Western Meats, 0.8 miles away.
Closest places to stay
- 1Best Western Meatshotel · 0.8 mi south
- 2Afl Hotel & Restaurant Workers Health & Welfare Planhotel · 1.3 mi south
- 3IHG Army Hotels Building 719hotel · 1.3 mi northwest
- 4The Wo Fathotel · 1.5 mi south
- 5Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beachhotel · 1.7 mi west
- 6Ko Olina Resort & Marinahotel · 1.7 mi south
Places to eat nearby
370 restaurants, cafés and bars within 1½ miles
Compare 8 towns to stay in
| Town | From Bishop Museum | Drive | Places to stay | People | Typical home | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Honolulu | in town | — | 183 170 hotels · 1 motel · 3 inns & B&Bs · 2 lodges & cabins · 7 hostels | 345,482 | $843K | C+ |
| Kailua | 10 mi northeast | 15 min | 17 4 hotels · 9 inns & B&Bs · 2 lodges & cabins · 2 campgrounds | 39,640 | $1,354K | — |
| Ko Olina 41% vacation homes | 16 mi west | 25 min | 14 14 hotels | 1,670 | $932K | — |
| Kaneohe Base | 11 mi northeast | 15 min | 6 3 hotels · 2 lodges & cabins · 1 campground | 10,919 | $352K | — |
| Hickam Housing | 5 mi west | 10 min | 3 2 hotels · 1 lodge or cabins | 9,425 | — | — |
| Waimalu | 6 mi northwest | 10 min | 3 1 hotel · 1 inn or B&B · 1 lodge or cabins | 13,061 | $598K | — |
| Kaneohe | 7 mi northeast | 10 min | 3 3 hotels | 37,355 | $1,030K | — |
| Kapolei | 13 mi west | 20 min | 5 5 hotels | 22,232 | $744K | — |
Getting there
Nearest airports with airline service
Also near Bishop Museum
Other well-known places within 60 miles.
6 mi⛰ MountainDiamond Head
5 mi🏛 National MemorialPearl Harbor National Memorial1.5M visitors a year
2 mi👀 LookoutAloha Tower🌲12 mi🌲 Park & preserveHanauma Bay Nature Preserve
7 mi📍 LandmarkByodo-in Temple
15 mi🏺 Ancient siteFalls of Clyde
13 mi🏛 National Historic SiteHonouliuli National Historic Site
60 mi🏞 National Historical ParkKalaupapa National Historical Park15K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Diamond Head: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pearl Harbor National Memorial: Ash Carter, CC BY 2.0 · Aloha Tower: Unknown, Public domain · Byodo-in Temple: Puneet Abbott, CC BY 2.0 · Falls of Clyde: cliff1066 (Flickr user account name), CC BY 2.0 · Honouliuli National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Kalaupapa National Historical Park: Jack Boucher, Public domain
Visiting Bishop Museum
Is Bishop Museum in Urban Honolulu?
Yes. It’s inside Urban Honolulu, HI.
When is the best time to visit Bishop Museum?
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December, with highs of 76–81°.
What is the closest airport to Bishop Museum?
Daniel K. Inouye (HNL), about 4 miles away.
What hotels are near Bishop Museum?
Best Western Meats (0.8 mi), Afl Hotel & Restaurant Workers Health & Welfare Plan (1.3 mi) and IHG Army Hotels Building 719 (1.3 mi). 54 places to stay are within 4 miles.
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