“Sen. Inouye made great contributions to our community and his loss is mourned by the museum.”—Honolulu Museum of Art director...
Permanent Collection
Makeover update: The reinstallation is almost done!+
We’re almost done! The last phase of the reinstallation of the galleries of European and American art will begin tomorrow...
Mile-high ‘Wheatfield’+
Our van Gogh painting, Wheatfield, has covered a lot of ground this year. First, as part of Van Gogh Up...
Two more reinstalled galleries to see!: 20th-century art+
People who attend Two Museums and a Royal Palace tonight will be the first to see the two latest galleries...
New in the galleries: Dazzling porcelain display+
Back in November, Amber Ludwig, curatorial assistant in the European and American Art department, wrote about her project creating an...
Makeover update: Gallery 6+
A lot of visitors make a beeline to our impressive collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist works. Up until a couple...
Makeover update: Gallery 5+
Phase II of the reinstallation of galleries 1 to 10 is done! Now you can see the museum’s 18th-century European...
The Museum’s rare Lumia+
Last spring, boy was I excited to get a call from a New Yorker fact checker. She wanted to know...
Dec 7: A Hawai‘i artist’s connection to Japan+
Last month, BBC journalist and presenter Peter Snow interviewed Curator of European and American Art Theresa Papanikolas via Skype for...
Curator’s Notes: The New Ceramics Cabinet+
Many museums are re-installing their ceramics collections in a manner that reflects the high point of innovation in Western ceramics—the...