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 the 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 int he 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).
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Geographic Coverage
Primarily focused on the tropical Indo-Pacific region, with an emphasis on Oceania.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Recent and fossil plants, algae, fungi and animals.
| Kingdom | Plantae (Plants, Algae), Fungi (Fungi), Animalia (Animals) |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | b929f23d-290f-4e85-8f17-764c55b3b284 |
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