Mokupapapa Discovery Center - Hilo, HI
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N 19° 43.601 W 155° 05.214
5Q E 281287 N 2182581
Since April 2013, the Mokupapapa Discovery Center is housed in Hilo’s historic Koehnen Building on the corner of Kamehameha and Waianuenue Ave in Hilo.
Waymark Code: WMR3Z5
Location: Hawaii, United States
Date Posted: 05/09/2016
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Koehnen historic building was originally built for the Hackfeld Company in 1910, with interior walls of koa and floors of `ohi`a (native woods). The Koehnens bought the building in 1957 and operated a store there for many years selling fine furnishings. Today the building houses the National Oceanographic Institute’s Mokupapapa Discovery Center, created to interpret the natural science, culture, and history of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and surrounding marine environment. It features a 3,500-gallon saltwater aquarium, interactive displays and kiosks, submersible mock-up, immersive theater, life-sized models of wildlife found in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, artwork inspired by those islands and by Hawaiian culture, and many interpretive panels in Hawaiian and English.
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