Honolulu
Honolulu Museum of Art
A museum built around a series of open courtyards, with a serious Asian and Pacific collection.
Why go
The building is the argument: galleries opening onto planted courtyards, which is what a museum in this climate should be.
The catch
Closed at the start of the week, so check the day before you build an afternoon around it.
- How long
- 2-3 hours
- With children
- With care
- Effort
- Easy
- Cost
- Paid
- Parking
- Limited
Before you go
- Opening hours: We-Su 10:00-18:00; Fr 10:00-21:00; Jan 01 off; Jul 04 off; Nov Th[4] off, Dec 25 off
- Closed Monday and Tuesday
Getting there
Driving times on real roads, from the same data the trip planner routes on — not straight-line distance.
| From Waikīkī | 9 min | 3.3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| From HNL airport | 30 min | 13.3 miles |
| From Downtown Honolulu | 4 min | 1.1 miles |
| From Ala Moana | 5 min | 1.5 miles |
Add traffic. These are free-flowing times, and the H1 through town at eight in the morning is not free-flowing.
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What else is close
Nearest by road, which is not the same as nearest on a map — and not the same as sharing a region either.
- Capitol Modern3 min awayThe state art museum, in a 1920s building beside the capitol, free to walk into.
- Hawaiian Mission Houses3 min awayThe oldest standing Western houses in Hawaii, with the print shop that produced the first Hawaiian-language type.
- Kaka‘ako3 min awayA warehouse district between downtown and Ala Moana, now covered in large-scale murals.
- Kawaiahao Church3 min awayThe coral-block church at the centre of downtown, built from reef quarried by hand.
- Punchbowl, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific3 min awayA cemetery inside an extinct crater above downtown, for the Pacific war dead.
- Washington Place3 min awayThe house where Queen Liliuokalani lived after the overthrow, and afterwards the governor residence.