Bishop Museum
September 10th, 2009 by 
tinakamo
Today we explored the Polynesian Hall and the newly renovated Hawaiian Hall at the Bishop Museum. What did you learn? What artifacts surprised you? Which ones were most interesting to you? Do you have any questions about what you saw? Why do you think this was an important field trip for us?
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September 10th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
I learned how Hawaiian people made clothes back then, using bird feathers. i was surprised that yellow was the rarest color for clothes. The thing that was interesting to me was a necklace made out of hair.the was important for us because if we never went there we wouldn’t have learned how Hawaiians made houses out of leaves. we learned about our Hawaiian people and Bernice Pauahi Bishop.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
When we went to the Bishop Museum,we learned about Hawaiian and Polynesian cultures. When we went to both halls,we saw things that were made from coconuts, bones, teeth, stone, feathers, wood, shells and fibers.I think my favorite part of Hawaiian hall is the play center with all the Hawaiian stuff on the 2nd floor.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
My faverite place at the museum was the kahili because It has all the kings and queens and I got to learn all there knowlage.
I was suprized about the fish god
because It did not want to move.
September 10th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
I did not remember the Fishing god the last time I went to Bishop Museum.
September 10th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I like the Bishop Museum because I liked when the docent said,”the Hawwiians used what they had to invent new things”.I like the Polynesian hall because they have native things from not only Hawaii but from other islands.
September 10th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Today at the Bishop Museum was realy interesting. I thought it was cool what the future was back in the old days. My favorite part was the Polynesian Hall. I especially liked what they used for special things.
September 10th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
When I went to the Hawaiian Hall in fourth grade, I thought that it was cool to see the hawaiian artifacts. I think that the Fishing God was the place that I learned the most. I never knew that there was a Fishing God, so it opened my mind to the different Hawaiian gods whereas, we believe that there is only 1 god. I guess you could call it our Paradigm…
September 10th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
I learned that the Hawaiians had several kings, queens, princess and prince. They wore beautiful clothing. Their clothing were made from natural things like birds, cotton, plants. They did everything by hand. There was no sewing machine, needles and thread. I was surprised to learn that the feathers they made the capes from took so long to make. The most interesting place I went to was the Hawaiian Hall because we got to see how things were back then. I really liked looking at the 2 poi pounders. I never see more then one in my whole life. This field trip was important because it taught to appreciate the past because our Hawaiian people back then knew how to survive without, cell phones, computers, bluetooth, electricity, icebox, tv’s, cars, money,fancy houses and clothes. The made use of everything around them and used them to build things, make thing, hunt for food and most of all they believed in God.
September 10th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
why did the whale have one side made out of bones?
And why was one side made out of whale skin?
September 10th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
I liked the Museum because it had cool stuf in it and my favorite part of the Museum was the Hawaiian hall because it had a whale in it and a shark. The coolist thing was the Godmother that was made from stone.
September 10th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
The money shell was most interesting to me because I never saw a shell that was made out of money.
September 10th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
At the Bishop Musem I learnend that Pele lost to her sister. The best part I liked was the polynesian hall. The part I liked in the polynesian hall was the peopel in the picture of the peopel holding their money$ Why do people hold money on there head?
September 10th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
I thought that too, Dylan.
September 10th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
I thought it was really cool to see about the princess and prince’s and how the Hawai’ian’s lived. I learned that the hawai’ians use what they have to get what they need.
September 10th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Quinn,I agree with you.I thought that the Fishing God was interesting.I like the part where they told us that the boy grew roots.I learned that back in the old days shells were used to pay for things.I also learned that yellow was the special color for the kings capes,hats and leis.
September 10th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
My favorite part of the field trip was when we got to tuch things.
September 10th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
I liked the Bishop musem because
it had cool things made out of sotne. the cool sotne was a fishing god. how do thay make capes out of fethres?
September 10th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
I learned that each level means things that the Hawaiian did. The first level means the ocean. The second level means the land. The third level means the heavens.
September 10th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
The whale and the stone of somebody stayed there from the old Hawaiian Hall.
September 10th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
It was cool to know about fishing god. I never knew there was a fishing god. I learned a lot of things and that was my best part about the field trip.I learned somethings are made out of teeth.It was cool to go there.
September 11th, 2009 at 6:00 am
I like going to the Bishop Museum because I learned that Hawaiians used what they had and they didn’t waste what they had.I liked the Hawaiian hall because they have stuff from Hawaiians.
September 11th, 2009 at 7:43 am
I liked the Bishop Museum because
my favoriet part was when I saw
necklaces made of teeth! in the
Hawaiian Halls and I wonder wich
teeth they came from but I predict
that they are Whale teeth.
September 11th, 2009 at 11:45 am
I liked Quinn’s words.
September 11th, 2009 at 11:55 am
I really liked going.I went there on the opening night.
September 11th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Seeing hawiian artifacts are a privlage to some people.Hawiian things are not everyday sightes.We are special too see these things.The shocking thing I saw was the mask.I wonder why they used it.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
I really liked the polynisian hall because of all the masks and costumes that was on the 1st floor .
September 11th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
I liked seeing the hawaiian hall again.I haven’t
been to the Polynesian hall in a LONG TIME.
I was disapointed that we diddn’t get to see the spit bowl that had little holes that teeth in it.
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:43 am
I love when we went to the bishop museum I love lrning adout new suff
October 3rd, 2009 at 12:08 pm
how was the field trip?
January 6th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Kama it was cool.
January 6th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
It was great, Kama.