Special Exhibit “Hawaii’s Volcanoes: 1880’s to Present” at the Lyman Museum
HILO, Hawai`i (December 21, 2011)— The special exhibit “Hawaii’s Volcanoes: 1880s to Present” offers the chance to view rarely exhibited paintings, photographs, film, curiosities and oddities from the Lyman Museum collections in celebration of Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s 100th Anniversary.
Paintings by Nāwahī, Bailey, and two major Volcano School painters, Hitchcock and Furneaux, will be on display. Photographs ranging from the 1880s Mauna Loa eruption to present-day Kīlauea, as well as recently discovered and digitized film footage from Halema`uma`u (ca. 1930s), Puna (1955), Kīlauea Iki (1959), and Kapoho (1960) eruptions will debut.
Among the curiosities included in the exhibit are eruption specimens (tephra) and the sextant of Thomas Jaggar, founder and first director of the HVO. Excerpts from missionary Sarah Lyman’s Earthquake Journal, an important primary source for geologists as perhaps the earliest record of volcanic activity on Hawai`i Island, are also included.
The nationally accredited and Smithsonian-affiliated Lyman Museum showcases the natural and cultural history of Hawai`i to tell the story of its islands and peoples. Please visit www.lymanmusuem.org or call (808) 935-5021 for additional information on the Museum and admission prices.
