IN HAWAII WE VISITED THE BISHOP MUSEUM FOUNDED IN 1889. THEIR EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REACHES AN AVERAGE OF 35,000 STUDENTS PER YEAR. THIS MUSEUM HAS OVER 25 MILLION ITEMS IN THEIR COLLECTION. THEY EVEN HAVE AN EXTENSIVE NATURAL SCIENCE COLLECTION OF PLANT AND ANIMALS. I REMEMBER SEEING TONS OF TAPA CLOTH AND VIEWING THE STAGES OF HOW THEY MADE IT. I REMEMBER ALSO LOOKING AT VARIOUS BASKETS MADE FROM THE VARIOUS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. IT WAS A VERY SMALL MUSEUM BACK THEN.
THEIR ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT IS CONCERNED WITH INVESTIGATING AND PRESERVING THE HERITAGE OF THE PACIFIC RIM. THEIR ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTION. CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE MILLION ARTIFACTS FROM CULTURES ACROSS THE PACIFIC AND NEW GUINEA AS WELL AS OTHER SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS.
THEY ALSO PUBLISH SOME OF THEIR RESEARCH IN THEIR ARCHIVES. OUR FAMILY HAS NOT TRAVELED ANYWHERE ELSE ON THIS ISLAND.
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