The museum has teamed up with the University of Hawai‘i...
Asian art
Newly reinstalled Islamic Art Gallery opens Oct. 6+
For the last month the Islamic Art Gallery has been...
Staff Pick: How a Japanese screen painting makes Kiyoe Minami feel like a shogun+
The Honolulu Museum of Art has one of the most important collections...
Staff Pick: Manny Tagalicud on connecting to his cultural heritage through art+
Operations maintenance assistant Manny Tagalicud came to Hawai‘i from the...
Islamic Gallery closes during September for reinstallation+
In April, curator of Asian art Shawn Eichman announced that...
Last chance: Hiroshige’s City + Art in a Time of Chaos+
If you haven’t seen the museum’s two big summer shows—Hiroshige’s...
Staff Pick: A Buddhist relief spurs childhood memories for accounting clerk Emi Wooden+
Emi Wooden visited the Honolulu Museum of Art for the first...
Curator’s Notes: Shawn Eichman on curating ‘Art in a Time of Chaos,’ part 3+
Artworks from the exhibition Art in a Time of Chaos:...
Staff Pick: Development associate Ching Jen Lum brings history to life through dance+
When she’s not managing the museum’s Fellows membership program, development...
Curator’s Notes: Shawn Eichman on curating ‘Art in a Time of Chaos,’ part 2+
In my last post, I discussed a silver plate from...
Staff Pick: Security officer James Navaja connects with the museum’s katanas+
“When I came in and applied at the museum,” says...
Kress interpretive fellow Christine Park on “Encounters” and the importance of community engagement+
Last month the museum launched the weekly Encounters tour, which...
Curator’s Notes: Shawn Eichman on curating Art in a Time of Chaos, part 1+
The opportunity to bring Art in a Time of Chaos:...
In Memoriam: Philip H. Roach, Jr. (November 16, 1925 – April 28, 2016)+
The Honolulu Museum of Art is saddened to announce the...
Chung research group finds another hidden treasure in the Lane Collection+
The Lane Collection continues to astound researchers. In our last...
Philippine Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia has a HoMA ‘Encounter’+
The Philippine ambassador to Washington Jose L. Cuisia visited the...
Q+A with Mitsutoshi Nakano: Closing the book on a Richard Lane Collection research project+
Since 2010, scholars from Kyūshū University have been regularly visiting...
Curator’s Notes: How Utagawa Hiroshige captured the evolution of a city+
The Honolulu Museum of Art’s current exhibition Hiroshige‘s City: From...
New tour: Encounters connects Philippine and Renaissance art+
What does a 15th-century Renaissance painting have to do with...
‘Scholarly Gathering’ restored, now on view+
Two years ago three of Asia’s top art scholars visited...
Art Spotlight: Portraits of Kabuki Heroes+
Tough Love: Expressions of Confucian Morality in Japanese Woodblock Prints features...
Take a virtual tour of ‘Hiroshige’s City: From Edo to Tokyo’+
The Honolulu Museum of Art is home to the world’s...
Curator’s notes: Shawn Eichman on his talk at Beijing’s Palace Museum+
Recently, Beijing, with a population of nearly 12 million people,...
Students offers solution for increasing the museum’s digital access+
With a pen and yellow legal pad in hand, director...
Remembering—and thanking—Joanna Lau Sullivan and her family+
The Honolulu Museum of Art is saddened to learn of...
Staff Pick: Courtland Cleland on the curves of a god+
As assistant manager and buyer for the museum shop, Courtland...
Staff Pick: Jenny Engle experiences familiarity at first sight+
There’s something about the museum’s wooden Guanyin sculpture that demands reverence, even from...
Scenes from the members’ opening for ‘Splendor and Serenity: Korean Ceramics from the Honolulu Museum of Art’+
Last Wednesday Korean culture was in bloom at the museum...
‘Splendor and Serenity’ through the curators’ eyes: a primer+
Two days before Splendor and Serenity: Korean Ceramics from the...
‘Amidst the Rubble’ is a chilling but necessary reminder of the fragility of life+
On Sept. 1, 1923, an earthquake with a magnitude of...