Hawaii State Art Museum

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  • Address
    Capitol District Bldg, 2nd fl, 250 S Hotel St, Downtown
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  • Phone
    586 0900
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Lonely Planet review

A long-overdue addition to Honolulu's museum scene, Hawai'i State Art Museum showcases the best of traditional and contemporary art from Hawaii's diverse ethnic artistic community. A variety of artistic styles are on display, from fine art and sculpture to contemporary photography and mixed-media. Revolving exhibits reveal how a blending of Western, Asian and traditional Pacific folk-art forms have shaped a unique island aesthetic.

The downtown museum is easy to spot: it's a Spanish Mission-style gem that dates from 1928 when it was home to the Army & Navy YMCA.