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I'm back from Hawaii (as of yesterday) and looking forward to posting photos from the past 2 months.
Hurray!
Founded in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop (1822–1915) as a memorial to his late wife Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop (1831–1884), the Bishop Museum houses the largest collection of Polynesian cultural and historical artifacts in the world, as well as holding the status of being the largest museum in Hawaii. The initial building, Pauahi Hall, was begun in 1889, was completed in 1891, with an addition onto the rear of the original structure, known as Polynesian Hall, being completed in 1894, and an addition known as Hawaiian Hall added to the west of the original building in 1902-03. Adjacent to Hawaiian Hall, Bishop Hall was constructed in 1891 as the home of the Kamehameha School for Boys, which educated Native Hawaiian children until a new school campus was constructed on a nearby mountainside in the 1930s. This building has since been converted into employee-only space housing artifacts and parts of the collection not on display, as well as service areas. The initial buildings of the complex were constructed in the Richardsonian Romanesque Revival style with heavy use of rusticated stone, roman arches, hipped roofs, gables, and Victorian interior elements in the Eastlake and Queen Anne styles. The interiors of Pauahi Hall and Polynesian Hall feature grand Eastlake-style staircases with ornate railings and beautiful tile floors, with the upper levels of Polynesian Hall being home to a cavernous space with a beautiful wood frame roof and column structure, as well as a wooden inlay in the floor that displays a map of Polynesia. The interior of Hawaiian Hall is a massive three-story space ringed with balconies, columns, and arches, with exhibits on every level and large displays hanging from the ceiling. To the rear, linking the three buildings, is a modern atrium added in 2007. Behind the museum exhibit buildings are a series of Classical Revival and Modern buildings that house additional service areas, artifact storage areas, and collection storage areas for the museum. Between the original museum buildings and Bishop Hall stands the Castle Memorial Building, home to rotating special exhibits, built in the Postmodern style between 1988 and 1990. To the west of the museum stands the Jhamandas Watumull Planetarium, which opened in 1961 and was later expanded with the addition of a restaurant and gift shop. The south side of the museum complex is the site of the Richard T. Mamiya Science Adventure Center, a contemporary museum which was completed in 2005, and features exhibits meant to teach visitors about various scientific studies underway or carried out in Hawaii. The museum complex serves as a major cultural institution in Hawaii and Polynesia as a whole, and serves to curate and preserve important artifacts and records of the unique cultural and geographic region’s history and people.
Hawaiian Airlines hosted a special media event at the Garden Terrace of the Halekulani to showcase recent upgrades to its in-flight meals and hospitality initiatives, as well as to discuss its history, current growth, and long-term strategy.
For more information read: Hawaiian Airlines upgrades in-flight meals, hospitality
From a window in the back, I could see the Hawaii State Capitol building directly behind the palace. It was built between 1965 and 1969.
A Hawaii National Guard Airman observes three lava fissures May 15, 2018, at Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens subdivisions, Pahoa, Hawaii. In response to the ongoing outbreak, more than 100 members of the Hawaii National Guard have been assisting Hawaii County agencies as part of an operation called Task Force Hawaii. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman John Linzmeier)
Another Yellow Billed Cardinal. On the Hilo side, in between rain storms. Native to South America, first seen in Hawaii in 1973
The first IconLocal, hosted in Honolulu, brought together designers, developers, civic hackers, activists and community service providers to assist the homeless and the people who help them. An IconLocal supports The Noun Project, a movement to develop simple, universal, public domain symbols and icons to inform and guide the public across a variety of issues. The event was organized by Hawaii Open Data, in partnership with the Institute for Human Services, the governor's Interagency Council for the Homeless, and the Hawaii Community Development Authority.
A Hawaiian monk seal playing and eating it's food, which was chopped mackerel in a floating ice block. This mammal species is considered endangered.
The Hawaiian Volcanic Park on the big Island of Hawaii has some magnificent Lava flow old enough that you can walk on it, but new enough that you see the red-hot lava below it.