Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 7, Number 1, 1 Ianuali 1990 — Bishop Museum plans anniversary celebrations [ARTICLE]

Bishop Museum plans anniversary celebrations

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum officially turned 100-years-old on Dec. 19, 1989. To celebrate its centennial the museum is having a Grand Birthday Party on Saturday, Jan. 13, in the new Castle Building starting at 6:30 p.m. The event is open to all friends of the museum inc!uding the general public, Bishop Museum Association members and their guests. The party will be held in the Castle Building's main floor gallery area. The evening will include entertainment, dancing, food and an entomological theme. Members of the museum association will receive invitations in the mail. The general public may eall the membership office (at 848-4215) for tickets. The Grand Birthday Party tickets are $35 per person for BMA members and $50 per person for non-members. Memberships are available for individuals, families and businesses. Family Sunday Jan. 7 The Jan. 7 Family Sunday, funded in part by AT&T, will be the first official centennial event in the 18-month observance of the museum's 100th anniversary. Called "Discover the World at Bishop Museum," it will feature a museum-wide open house and will include the museum's research departments and collections. "Volcanoes" and "Dinosaurs" special centennial exhibits The new Castle building will be the scene of two special exhibits to celebrate the centennial year of Bishop Museum.

"Inside Active Volcanoes: Kilauea and Mount St. Helens" will be the featured event starting Feb. 10 and continuing through April 20. The brand new "Dinosaurs" exhibit will open May 7 and run through Sept. 4. This exhibit is a new edition of the dinosaur exhibit whieh was such a hit with museum visitors in 1988. A special treat Visitors to the Volcanoes exhibit (Feb. 10 to April 20) will receive a bonus surprise, the opportunity to explore the most advanced interactive laser videodisc system available to museum patrons world-wide. As the result of a $35,000 gift from John Poag, the museum was able to join the Interactive Video Science Consortium. Its program "Earth Over Time" will be part of the first exhibit held in the new Castle Building. The program will allow users to touch the television screen and search out information about various stages in earth's development. Other consortium members include Philadelphia's Franklin lnstitute, the National Geographic Society and the St. Louis Science Center. The Poag gift also included a Quesar portable telescope whieh will enhanee the museum's traveling astronomy show "Starlab." OHA Newsline 946-5703