| Name |
Location |
Island |
Subject |
Summary |
|---|
| Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum | Kahului | Maui | Industry | website, Hawaiian sugar plantation history and heritage |
| Anna Ranch | Kamuela | Big Island | Historic house | Historic ranch |
| ARTS at Marks Garage | Honolulu | Oahu | Art | website |
| Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center | North Kona | Big Island | Science | Located at Kona International Airport, space science and artifacts of astronaut Ellison Onizuka |
| Bailey House Museum | Wailuku | Maui | Multiple | Historic 19th century house museum with Hawaiian history and art, collection of land snails |
| Baldwin Home Museum | Lahaina | Maui | Historic house | website, operated by Lahaina Restoration Foundation, mid-19th century missionary home |
| Bernice P. Bishop Museum | Honolulu | Oahu | Multiple | Art, Hawaiian history and culture, Pacific cultures, science, Hawaii Maritime Center |
| Damien Museum | Honolulu | Oahu | Biographical | Life and works of Father Damien |
| East Hawaii Cultural Center | Hilo | Big Island | Art | In historic building that served as District Courthouse and Police Station |
| East-West Center Gallery | Honolulu | Oahu | Art | Performances and changing exhibits of traditional and contemporary arts of the Pacific region |
| Gallery ‘Iolani | Kaneohe | Oahu | Art | website, part of Windward Community College |
| Greenwell Store | South Kona | Big Island | Living | Operated by the Kona Historical Society, site of Henry Nicholas Greenwell (1826–1891) store |
| Grove Farm | Lihuʻe | Kauaʻi | Historic house | 1860s sugar plantation |
| Hale Pa’ahao | Lahaina | Maui | Prison | website, operated by Lahaina Restoration Foundation, former Lahaina Prison |
| Hale Pa'i | Lahaina | Maui | Media | Operated by Lahaina Restoration Foundation, antique printing press equipment |
| Hana Cultural Center & Museum | Hana | Maui | Open air | website, includes local history museum, historic courthouse, jail, and four authentic Hawaiian hale (houses) |
| Hawaii Children's Discovery Center | Honolulu | Oahu | Children's | website |
| Hawaii Nature Center | Iao Valley | Maui | Natural history | website, facility in Maui features museum exhibits; also an education center in Makiki Valley in Honolulu |
| Hawaii Plantation Village | Waipahu | Oahu | Living | website, story of life on Hawaii’s sugar plantations (c. 1900) |
| Hawaii State Art Museum | Honolulu | Oahu | Art | Permanent and temporary exhibitions of Hawaiian art |
| Honolulu Museum of Art | Honolulu | Oahu | Art | Also includes Spalding House with contemporary art |
| Honolulu Police Department Law Enforcement Museum | Honolulu | Oahu | Law enforcement | website, evolution of law enforcement in Hawaii |
| Hoʻopulapula Haraguchi Rice Mill | Hanalei | Kauaʻi | Mill | website |
| Hui No`eau Visual Arts Center | Makawao | Maui | Art | website, includes fine art gallery |
| Huliheʻe Palace | Kailua-Kona | Big Island | Historic house | Former vacation home of Hawaiian royalty |
| Kauai Children's Discovery Museum | Lihuʻe | Kauaʻi | Children's | website |
| Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii | Hilo | Big Island | Astronomy | Hawaiian culture and history, astronomy (particularly at the Mauna Kea Observatories), and the overlap between the two |
| Iolani Palace | Honolulu | Oahu | Historic house | Royal palace of King David Kalākaua and Queen Liliʻuokalani |
| Isaacs Art Center | Waimea | Big Island | Art | Art museum of early and mid twentieth century Hawaii artists, also retail gallery, operated by the Hawaii Preparatory Academy |
| Jaggar Museum | Kilauea | Big Island | Science | Geological museum dedicated to seismology & volcanology, at Kīlauea in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park |
| Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii | Honolulu | Oahu | Ethnic | website, history, heritage and culture of the Japanese American experience in Hawaii |
| John Young Museum of Art | Honolulu | Oahu | Art | Part of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Asian and tribal art |
| Judiciary History Center | Honolulu | Oahu | | Hawaii's legal history; located in Ali'iolani Hale |
| Kauaʻi Museum | Lihuʻe | Kauaʻi | Multiple | Includes art and artifacts of Native Hawaiians, local and natural history artifacts, and art exhibits |
| Koa Gallery | Honolulu | Oahu | Art | website, part of Kapiolani Community College |
| Koke’e Museum | Kekaha | Kaua'i | Natural history | website, information, natural and cultural history of Waimea Canyon State Park and Koke'e State Park |
| Kona Coffee Living History Farm | South Kona | Big Island | Living | Operated by the Kona Historical Society, depicts coffee pioneer's story with daily lives of early Japanese immigrants during the period of 1920-1945 |
| Lahaina Heritage Museum | Lahaina | Maui | Local history | website, operated by Lahaina Restoration Foundation |
| Laupahoehoe Train Museum | Laupahoehoe | Big Island | Railroad | website |
| Lucoral Museum | Honolulu | Oahu | Natural history | website, corals, pearls, gemstones and fossils from around the world |
| Lyman House Memorial Museum | Hilo | Big Island | Natural history | Features Hawaiian culture, shells and minerals |
| Maui Arts & Cultural Center | Kahului | Maui | Art | website, includes fine art gallery |
| Mission Houses Museum | Honolulu | Oahu | Historic house | Three houses that interpret the "missionary period" of Hawaiian history, 1820–1863 |
| Mokupāpapa Discovery Center | Hilo | Big Island | Natural history | Exhibits on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, now a National Monument, including fish and coral life |
| Nani Mau Gardens | Hilo | Big Island | Natural history | Botanical garden with museum about tropical plants and their role in Hawaiian culture |
| North Shore Surf and Cultural Museum | Waialua | Oahu | Sports | information |
| Onizuka Center for International Astronomy | Saddle Road | Big Island | Astronomy | On the slopes of Mauna Kea, stargazing programs, information about the telescopes and astronomical work done there |
| Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor | Ford Island, Hawaii | Oahu | Aviation | Located on Ford Island, includes historic aircraft, three historic hangars and an air traffic control tower |
| Pacific Tsunami Museum | Hilo | Big Island | Science | History of the April 1, 1946 Pacific tsunami and the May 23, 1960 Chilean tsunami which affected Hilo |
| Parker Ranch | Waimea | Big Island | Historic house | Working ranch with tours of two historic houses |
| Polynesian Cultural Center | Lā'ie | Oahu | Ethnic | Polynesian-themed living museum with displays of culture and craft, operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park | Hōnaunau | Big Island | Archaeology | Park with complex of archeological sites and reconstructed temple and thatched structures |
| Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site | Kohala | Big Island | Archaeology | Temple ruins and exhibits |
| R. W. Meyer Sugar Mill Museum | Kalae | Molokai | Industry | information, information, also known as Molokai Museum and Cultural Center, historic sugar mill owned by Rudolph Wilhelm Meyer and museum |
| Queen Emma Summer Palace | Honolulu | Oahu | Historic house | Victorian retreat for Queen Emma of Hawaii |
| Queen's Medical Center Historical Room | Honolulu | Oahu | Medical | website, exhibits about the founding of the hospital and the early days of medicine in Hawaii |
| Shangri La | Honolulu | Oahu | Art | Historic Doris Duke mansion with Islamic art, furnishings and decorative art; tours by reservation only |
| Tropic Lightning Museum | Schofield Barracks | Oahu | Military | website, history of the 25th Infantry Division and Wheeler Army Airfield |
| University of Hawaii Art Gallery | Honolulu | Oahu | Art | website |
| U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii | Waikiki | Oahu | Military | Located at Fort DeRussy |
| USS Arizona Memorial | Pearl Harbor | Oahu | Military | Memorial and museum about the sunken USS Arizona |
| U.S.S. Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park | Pearl Harbor | Oahu | Maritime | World War II submarine and museum about submarines |
| USS Missouri | Pearl Harbor | Oahu | Maritime | Museum battleship |
| Waimea Sugar Mill Camp Museum | Waimea | Kauaʻi | Local history | information, history and culture of Hawaii's old sugar plantation communities and plantation tour |
| Waiʻoli Mission House | Hanalei | Kauaʻi | Historic house | 1837 mission house |
| Washington Place | Honolulu | Oahu | Historic house | House where Queen Liliʻuokalani was arrested during the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, later Executive Mansion for twelve governors of Hawaiʻi |
| Whaler's Village Museum | Lahaina | Maui | Industry | website, information, whaling industry exhibits and whale information |
| Wo Hing Museum | Lahaina | Maui | Ethnic | Operated by Lahaina Restoration Foundation, Chinese cultural history in Maui |
