Exhibits
Location: Hawaiian & Pacific Collection
This exhibit highlights the important work of Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PAMBU) as well as the collaborative partnership between PAMBU and the University of Hawaiʻi Manoa... View "Pacific Manuscripts Bureau: Celebrating 50 Years, 1968-2018" Exhibit
Location: Elevator Gallery
Learn what a scrapbook from the 1930s, a shortie muʻu, a French Medal of Merit (the highest civilian award given by the French government), car... View "Celebrating our Navigators: Generations of Hawaiian and Pacific Librarians" Exhibit
Location: Science & Technology Department
This exhibit brings awareness to "Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death" and teaches how to prevent the spread of the deadly fungus that is destroying thousands of ʻōhiʻa... View "Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death" Exhibit
Location: Bridge Gallery
This exhibit showcases the artistic use of flowers and plant materials. It includes the materials and tools used to create floral works of art... View "#floralfridays- A colorful journey of floral/plant art and design" Exhibit
Location: Moir Reading Room
In January 1943, the U.S. War Department called for the activation of a combat unit composed of Americans of Japanese Ancestry. In March of that... View "Loyalty Honored: The 442nd RCT during WWII and as Remembered Since" Exhibit
Location: Elevator Gallery
The 1950’s marked a time of material consumption in all facets of media including comic books. The violent content in some publications rattled the values... View "How censorship birthed a new generation of comics" Exhibit
Location: Asia Collection
Pram is one of Indonesia’s best known writers and storytellers. He composed more than three dozen novels in his lifetime, which have subsequently been... View "Pramoedya "Pram" Ananta Toer (1925-2006)" Exhibit
Location: Asia Collection
These vintage Golek puppets were cleaned and restored by students in THEA 464 - Theatre of Southeast Asia (Fall 2017). The display is a part... View "Wayang Golek: the Enchanting World of Javanese Puppet Theatre" Exhibit
Location: Asia Collection
This exhibit attempts to provide a broader perspective on the role of dictionaries. Please come to view the dictionaries showcased in the 4th Floor display... View "Dictionaries: Language Connections around Asia & Beyond" Exhibit
Location: Asia Collection
Three Japanese sappers became gunshin (war gods) when they were killed while attacking a Chinese military stronghold during the 1932 Shanghai Incident. Come learn more... View "Japanese Suicide Bombers, 1932" Exhibit
