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1 person is interested
Museum Volunteers Needed
ORGANIZATION: Bishop Museum
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1 person is interested
The Bishop Museum seeks Volunteer greeters and docents for a new exhibit "Tradition and Transition, Stories of Hawaii Immigrants" opening November 4 th, 2011. The new exhibit focuses on the history of Japanese in Hawaii and the challenges they faced as immigrants coming to a new homeland. It celebrates the stories of challenge and victory, tales of hardship matched with those of success. It is a story that focuses on the strength of human spirit and the power of change. We welcome and encourage Volunteers with Japanese immigrant and plantation stories to tell. Orientation and training will be provided.
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No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Bishop Museum
Location:
1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI 96817, US
Mission Statement
As "The Museum of Hawai'i," Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum’s mission is to be a gathering place and educational center that actively engages people in the presentation, exploration and preservation of Hawai'i’s cultural heritage and natural history, as well as its ancestral cultures throughout the Pacific. Vision: We envision a future where all people understand and celebrate Hawai'i’s cultural heritage and natural history, and use that knowledge to inspire the future. Mission:
Description
Bishop Museum was founded in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop in honor of his late wife, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the last descendant of the royal Kamehameha family. The Museum was established to house the extensive collection of Hawaiian artifacts and royal family heirlooms of the Princess, and has expanded to include millions of artifacts, documents and photographs about Hawai'i and other Pacific island cultures.
Mr. Bishop built the magnificent Polynesian and Hawaiian Halls on the grounds of the original Kamehameha Schools for Boys. The Museum and School shared the Kapālama campus until 1940 when a new larger school complex was opened nearby on Kapālama Heights.
Today, Bishop Museum is the largest museum in the state and the premier natural and cultural history institution in the Pacific, recognized throughout the world for its cultural collections, research projects, consulting services and public educational programs. It also has one of the largest natural history specimen collections in the world. Serving and representing the interests of Native Hawaiians is a primary purpose of the Museum.
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Bishop Museum1525 Bernice StreetHonolulu, HI 96817
DATE POSTED
November 1, 2011
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
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