Museums and Historic Sites of Hawaii

Hawaii has many different museums and historic sitessites of Hawaii are a must, especially for any World
ranging from art museums to old prisons. Hawaii has aWar Two buffs. Pearl Harbor and Ford Island contain
unique history when compared to the rest of themuch of that history, with a military aviation museum,
United States and that is reflected in many of theirthe USS Missouri military museum and the USS
museums and cultural centers. The list of museumsArizona Memorial.
below is a general guide to some of the moreHawaii is known for its sandy beaches, crystal blue
prominent museum locations in Hawaii, but there arewater, and beautiful sunsets. However if you have a
many more museums worth visiting that are notchance to get out of the sun there is a lot of see
contained on this list.under the roofs of these museums.
There are a few historic houses from the Kingdom ofMuseum Name (Subject) City, Island
Hawaii, some of which were owned by the royal• Anna Ranch (Historic House) Kamuela, Hawaii
family, before foreigners overthrew it in 1893. Among• Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center
those palaces is Washington Place known as the site(Science) North Kona, Hawaii
where Queen Lili'uokalani was arrested during the• Bailey House Museum (Multiple Subjects) Wailuku,
revolt. Later this house became the governor's houseMaui
for the State of Hawaii before a new house was built• Bernice P.
on the same land. The military history museums and