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Bernice P. Bishop Museum

Citation

Pyle R (2016). Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Version 8.1. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/s6ctus accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-03-20.

Description

The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, designated the Hawaiʻi State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a museum of history and science located in the Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu. Founded in 1889, it is the largest museum in Hawai'i and is home to one of the world's largest collections of natural history material from the Pacific region, with approximately 21 million specimens. The main collections include Entomology, Malacology, Botany, Ichthyology, Vertebrate Zoology (Birds, Mammals, Amphibians and Reptiles) and Marine Invertebrates. Bishop Museum is in the process of dramatically improving its digital resources, and is actively involved in the development of biodiversity information standards and associated services (particularly the Global Names Architecture).

Taxonomic Coverages

Recent and fossil plants, algae, fungi and animals.
  1. Plantae
    common name: Plants, Algae rank: kingdom
  2. Fungi
    common name: Fungi rank: kingdom
  3. Animalia
    common name: Animals rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

Primarily focused on the tropical Indo-Pacific region, with an emphasis on Oceania.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Richard Pyle
originator
position: Database Coordinator
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
1525 Bernice Street
Honolulu
96817
Hawaii
US
Telephone: 808-848-4115
email: deepreef@bishopmuseum.org
homepage: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/staff/pylerichard.html
Richard Pyle
metadata author
position: Database Coordinator
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
1525 Bernice Street
Honolulu
96817
Hawaii
US
Telephone: 808-848-4115
email: deepreef@bishopmuseum.org
homepage: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/staff/pylerichard.html
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
US
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
US
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
3101 VLSB
Berkeley
94720
CA
US
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Robert Whitton
programmer
position: Consultant
Technical Innovations, Inc.
Kaaawa
Hawaii
US
email: whittonr@gmail.com
Arnold Suzumoto
curator
position: Collections Manager
Bishop Museum
1525 Bernice Street
Honolulu
96817
Hawaii
US
Telephone: 808-848-4130
email: glassman@bishopmuseum.org
homepage: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/staff/suzumoto.html
Holly Bolick
curator
position: Database Coordinator
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
1525 Bernice Street
Honolulu
96817
Hawaii
US
Telephone: 808-848-4115
email: holly@bishopmuseum.org
homepage: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/staff/pylerichard.html
Richard Pyle
administrative point of contact
position: Database Coordinator
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
1525 Bernice Street
Honolulu
96817
Hawaii
US
Telephone: 808-848-4115
email: deepreef@bishopmuseum.org
homepage: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/staff/pylerichard.html
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