A Tropical Garden Flora: Plants Cultivated in the Hawaiian Islands and Other Tropical Places describes more that 2,100 species of tropical and sub-tropical plants, provides brief descriptions and keys for identification, and weaves together the origin, uses, biology, landscape properties, and practi [...]
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This new and completely revised edition of Dr. Tomlich's classic 1969 volume is a considerably expanded and comprehensive study of all the mammal species found in our island state. Ecological, behavioral, and historical information is presented in a lucid and readable style, making this book as much [...]
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This convenient field guide, lavishly illustrated with color photographs, is the first modern book on butteflies of Papua New Guinea. It describes and illustrates all 373 butterfly species in the Bulolu-Wau Valley, home to about two-thirds of mainland Papua New Guinea's butterflies. $24.95 isbn 978- [...]
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Fred Astaire. Ginger Rogers. 1935. The movie is Top Hat. Early in the film Fred and Ginger dance in a pavilion during a rain storm. I was about to say that the scene is [...]
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This book presents the results of the first major archaeological survey of Hawaiian heiau, carried out by John F.G. Stokes in 1906-1907 with the guidance of William Brigham, Bishop Museum's first director. Stokes work has long been valued by scholars for its descriptions, and these are augmented her [...]
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This book covers intertidal and deep subtidal habitats of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and the main Hawaiian Islands. Many new species and records of distribution in the Hawaiian Islands are described, with 61 species of brown algae and 105 species of green algae. This book provides a comprehen [...]
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Restoring Bishop Museum's Hawaiian Hall: Ho‘i Hou Ka Wena Kaiwi‘ula (Dawn's golden glow returns to Kawai‘ula) gives a sneak peek into the newly renovated Hawaiian Hall at Bishop Museum. It consists of a collection of essays from various people within the community who had a hand in the hall's [...]
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Bishop Museum furthers its commitment to educating the children of Hawai‘i with its first coloring and activity book! Full of fun activities such as coloring 16 full pages of pictures; connecting the dots and deciphering codes; and solving mazes, crossword puzzles, and word searches, kids will spe [...]
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Originally published in 1972, Native Planters in Old Hawaii remains one of the most important ethnographic works on traditional Hawaiian culture. It has been reprinted with an index to subjects and chants, making  this edition invaluable for scholars and laymen alike. This pioneering study of culti [...]
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This volume features a selection of the ancient Hawaiian mele (songs and chants) collected and recorded in 1923 by anthropologist and musician Helen H. Roberts. The  Roberts Mele Collection, housed at the Bishop Museum Archives, is the most extensive compilation of Hawaiian mele from the early part [...]
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