Welcome to the Bishop Museum's Education Department
More than 30,000 students from around Hawai‘i take part in Bishop Museum Education programs every year. We reach more than 14,000 students with our science and cultural outreach programs, Holoholo Science and Nā Ola Mo‘olelo.
We have a number of resources available for teachers, students, and parents that are available here at the museum and also as outreach programs at schools and other venues.
- Megalodon Education Guide [5MB]
- Bishop Museum education guide [1.6MB]
- Outreach education guide [2 MB]
- Field trip information
- Hawaii Maritime Center education guide [130KB]
- Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden education guide [357KB]
- Sleepover/Museum-After-Dark information [92KB]
- Lending boxes
- Contact information[88KB]
If you have any questions about any of our programs please contact us.
Educator Resources
Our new page offers lesson material related to exhibits at the musuem. Teachers can download them from directly for classroom preperation at our Educator Resources page.
ECHOSpace
The Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations (ECHO) Act is a major, federally funded educational and cultural enrichment initiative, anually serving hundreds of thousands of children, teachers, and adult continuing learners in Alaska, Hawai`i, and Massachusetts.
ECHO brings to culturally diverse audiences innovative programs collaboratively produced by five regional cultural institutions: Alaska Native Heritage Center and Iñupiat Heritage Center in Alaska; Bishop Museum in Hawai`i; and New Bedford Whaling Museum and Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts.
Learn about the unique collarborations of ECHO at ECHOSpace.