Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 2, Number 5, 1 Mei 1985 — Bishop Museum's Spring Schedule [ARTICLE]

Bishop Museum's Spring Schedule

The spring schedule of special exhibits at the Bishop Museum has been announced as follows. Centennial Celebration: An Early Record of Government Contract Japanese Immigrants in Hawaii — An exhibition of photographs and artifacts representative of the arrival and subsequent life of the kanyaku imin, or Japanese government contract laborers, who eame to Hawaii during the early years. Hawaii Immigrant Heritage Preservation Center gallery, daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.. through 1985 Admissiqn is free.

Courting Statehood: 1845-1959 — Photographs, memorabilia. documents and newspaper clippings eomhine to create a historical — and often engagingly whimsical — chronicle of the ups and downs of the statehood cause. Jabulka entrance gallery, daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. , through July , 1985. Admission is free. Hawaii: The Royal Isles — A major exhibttion of 300 objects whieh explores the last two centuries of changing Hawaiian traditions. The rich eolleeōon includes paintings

and drawings dating back to earliest Western contact, traditional Hawaiian religious images and missionary materials, calabashes, hula implements, tapa, featherwork, monarchy portraits and accoutrements and contemporary works based on traditional Hawaiian culture. Hawaiian Hall, daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., through 1985. Admission.