Honolulu Museum of Art

"The academy is housed in a maze of courtyards, cloistered walkways, and quiet, low-ceilinged spaces... there's an impressive permanent collection." Full review

"Home to a 60,000-piece collection of art, with an emphasis on Asian works, including Buddhist and Shinto sculptures and Korean ceramics." Full review

"Hawaii’s fine arts museum with a collection of 50,000 works." Full review

"This world-class museum... is considered one of the finest in the country. Housed in an award-winning Mediterranean-style building." Full review

"In 2011, the Honolulu Academy of Arts joined forces with the Contemporary Museum to create the Honolulu Museum of Art. Together, this museum and its sister property, Spalding House,..." Full review

"The museum's permanent collection includes more than 50,000 objects representing visual arts of all the major cultures of Hawaii spanning 5,000 years from ancient times to today"

"Finished a reinstallation of the European and American art galleries, bringing to light many new pieces from the archives." Full review

"Featuring fascinating mixed-media exhibits of modern and contemporary works by Hawaii artists. Exhibits cover several floors and the building itself features a four-story-high art-glass wall" Full review

"This exceptional fine-arts museum is among the best of its kind anywhere. The collection is effectively a 'best of' summary of major art movements globally over the last several centuries" Full review

"At the nearby beaux-arts Honolulu Museum of Art, check out the “Fashioning Aloha” show which documents how the Hawaiian shirt came to be, what it symbolizes and how it has been adopted"