If you missed the first night of our fun and festive Halloween 🎃 celebration, it is not too late! Join us for some skele-fun 🩻 tonight from 3-8 p.m. at our final Family Night At The Museum. Enjoy activities and crafts about our native species, explore our glow forest, and blastoff to distant worlds in our Planetarium 🪐. Mahalo to @lehua_at_imiloa (stay tuned for opening date) for providing ʻono food and treats and to everyone who made our first night spooktacular! Admission: Members Adult, $8; Keiki, $6* General Public Adult, $16; Keiki, $12* *Keiki ages 4 and under enter for FREE! . . . . . #halloween #imiloa #familynightatthemuseum

Our Family Night At The Museum decorations are absolutley boo-tiful! 👻 Bring the whole ʻohana and celebrate Halloween from 3-8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Enjoy our walk-through glow forest, toddler town, fun activities and crafts, special Planetarium program, and more! Bring a carved or decorated pumpkin on Wednesday between 9 a.m.-2 p.m. to enter our contest and win prizes! 🎃 Admission: Members Adult, $8; Keiki, $6* General Public Adult, $16; Keiki, $12* *Keiki ages 4 and under enter for FREE! To purchase tickets ahead of time, call 808-932-8901 or visit ʻImiloa’s front desk. . . . . . #halloween #imiloa #familynightatthemuseum

Bring the whole ʻohana and celebrate Halloween this week at ʻImiloa! 🎃 Our X-citing Family Night At The Museum events are this Wednesday and Thursday from 3-8 p.m. We will have fun thematic activities and crafts about the structures that make up the framework of an organism's body — their skeletons!…and for some organisms — their exoskeletons🩻! Plus, the event features a special live Planetarium program about exoplanets 🪐, a walk-through glow forest, toddler town, and more! Bring a carved or decorated pumpkin on Wednesday between 9 a.m.-2 p.m. to enter our contest and win prizes! Admission: Members Adult, $8; Keiki, $6* General Public Adult, $16; Keiki, $12* *Keiki ages 4 and under enter for FREE! To purchase tickets ahead of time, call 808-932-8901 or visit ʻImiloa’s front desk. . . . . . #halloween #imiloa #familynightatthemuseum

Be immersed in the world of Hawaiian birds, their diversity, and the beauty of their songs 🐦 at ʻIkuwā Festival on Sunday, Nov. 5 ! Join Noah Gomes and Lisa Mason at 11:15 a.m. in our Planetarium as they introduce “O Ka Lele a Nei Auna,” a brand new Hawaiian bird creation oli, composed by Kekuhi Kealiʻikanakaʻoleohaililani and members of ʻAhuimanu, a recently hatched group of bird-people from Hawaiʻi. This oli pairs our threatened native birds with fish kiaʻi (guardians) from the sea and plant kiaʻi from the land to help guide our birds back into abundance. . . . . . @lonoahonua @amaolukai @nakalaiwaa_mokuokeawe #ikuwa #ikuwafestival #nativebirds #conservation #imiloa

Win prizes by joining our Pumpkin Carving Contest! Enter by bringing your carved pumpkins (or decorated pumpkins for keiki ages 5 and under) to 'Imiloa from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Wednesday. Prizes awarded to First Place winners: - Rainbow Reactions Preschool Science Lab (ages 5 and under) - National Geographic Glow-In-The-Dark Science Kit (ages 6-10 & 11-15) - Professional Pumpkin Carving Set (ages 16 and over) Voting to take place at Family Night At The Museum from 3-8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Night At The Museum Admission: Members ($8 Adults, $6 Keiki), General Public ($16 Adults, $12 Keiki) Keiki ages 4 and under enter for FREE! . . . . . #halloween #pumpkincarving #nightatthemuseum #imiloa

Our Spooktacular Halloween celebration — Family Night At The Museum — is right around the corner! Join us for X-citing, fun and festive events featuring thematic activities for the whole family, including crafts, balloon pets, a live Planetarium program, walk-through “glow” forest, and Toddler Town with special activities dedicated to our littlest guests. Come in costume! Time and Dates: 3-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25 and Thursday, Oct. 26 Admission: Members Adult, $8; Keiki, $6* General Public Adult, $16; Keiki, $12* *Keiki ages 4 and under enter for FREE! To purchase tickets ahead of time, call 808-932-8901 or visit ʻImiloa’s front desk.

We are excited to welcome Penny Martin, a crew member from Hōkūleʻa’s return voyage from Tahiti in 1976, as one of our Planetarium presenters during 'Ikuwā Festival. Join us at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 for "In the Footsteps Of Our Ancestors: Seeing Hawai'i For The First Time." Learn about Aunty Penny's experiences both on and off the canoe and how her life's work caring for ʻāina and Hawaiʻi has elevated the voyaging tradition into the 21st Century. . . . . . @nakalaiwaa_mokuokeawe @lonoahonua @amaolukai #ikuwa #ikuwafestival #imiloa #wayfinding

Come see us at the Hawaiʻi Island Festival of Birds this Saturday at the Grand Naniloa Hotel and get a sneak-peek of our brand-new interactive exhibit — Ke Aouli ʻŌlinolino. We will be there from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (festival lasts from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.) Developed by our A Hua He Inoa interns, Ke Aouli ʻŌlinolino highlights the impact of light pollution on the endangered ʻuaʻu seabird. Meet our staff and help guide the ʻuaʻu to safety. The exhibit will have its grand reveal to the general public at our ʻIkuwā festival held Sunday, Nov. 5 at ʻImiloa. . . . . . #birdfest #conservation #exploration #imiloa

We were excited to join Friends of the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge for the 2nd annual Walk for the Wild this past weekend and help keiki learn about native birds. 🐦 @friends_of_hakalau is a nonprofit organization established in 2006 and devoted to helping the Refuge achieve its mission of conserving the flora and fauna of Hawaiʻi. Learn more 👉 friendsofhakalauforest.org. . . . . . #birds #nativebirds #conservation #exploration

Fly past scorching lava flows, above barren deserts, and across vast alien seas in our Planetarium 🔭 during our back-to-back Family Night At The Museum events next week (Oct. 25 and Oct. 26)! A special live Planetarium program — Exo-Planet Exploration 🪐— will be shown for our guests during this fun and festive Halloween celebration. This program will be shown every half hour from 5-7:30 p.m. and is perfect for all ages. Admission for Family Night At The Museum: Members ($8 Adults, $6 Keiki); General Public ($16 Adults, $12 Keiki) Keiki ages 4 and under enter for FREE! ⏰ 3-8 p.m. Oct. 25 & Oct. 26 To purchase tickets ahead of time, call 808-932-8901 or visit ʻImiloa’s front desk. . . . . . #nightatthemuseum #imiloa #halloween #exoplanets

Our latest A Hua He Inoa cohort recently met with Mary Beth Laychak of Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope to learn more about the work of astronomers on Maunakea. The interns from Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu will be naming a @cfhtelescope instrument in 'ōlelo Hawai'i plus other exciting projects. Stay tuned over the next several months as we showcase more of their stellar work! 🌟 Mahalo nui to Mary Beth Laychak for visiting our interns and Rosalie McGurk of @keckobservatory who spoke to them via Zoom. A Hua He Inoa is a collaborative effort lead by ʻImiloa that creates pathways in which language and culture are at the core of modern scientific practices. Learn more about the program by visiting our website or our Exhibit Hall between 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday. . . . . . #olelohawaii #indigenouslangauge #astronomy #imiloa

Check out these truly magical spell books, wands, and potions created by keiki during our Fall Hālau Lamakū program — The Magic of Science. 🪄 These young explorers showcased their creativity as they ended a week filled with hands-on learning and experiments that showed just how “magical” the real world can be. . . . . . #halaulamaku #themagicofscience #imiloa