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The Honolulu Academy of Arts was chartered in 1922 by Mrs. Charles Montague Cook (Anna Rice), who desired to share her love for the arts with the children of Hawaii. Since the doors opened April 8, 1927,...
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Honolulu's best kept secret
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The Asian collection is superb. The displays breathtaking....
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DIRECTIONS
Bus: From Waikiki, take the #2 from Kuhio Ave. towards downtown, approximately 20 minutes. Stops directly in front of the Academy.
Trolley: Take the Waikiki Trolley from the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center.
Car: On the H-1 freeway from Waikiki, take the Lunalilo St. exit and make a left at Ward Ave, and another left on Kinau Street. From downtown or the airport, take the Lusitana exit to Kinau Street.
OPEN HOURS
Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 A.M to 4:30 P.M.,
Sunday from 1:00 A.M to 5:00 P.M,
Monday Closed, 10a-4:30p Tu-Sa, 1p-5p Su
MISCELLANEOUS
Admission : $10 Adults
$5 Students, seniors, and military
Free for Academy members and children 12 and under accompanied by an adult
Free on the first Wednesday of the month and Bank of Hawaii Sundays (the third Sunday of the month)
$5Audio tour
Collections: equally divided between Western and Asian art, are encyclopedic in nature and scope. The Western collections encompass ancient to contemporary times as the holdings range from Cycladic, Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works from as early as the third millennium B.C. to American and European arts of the 1990s.