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ʻImiloa Astronomy Center is an astronomy and culture education center located in Hilo, Hawaii.Conceived by founding Director George Jacob in 2001, it features exhibits and shows dealing with Hawaiian culture and history, astronomy (particularly at the Mauna Kea Observatories), and the overlap between the two.
Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor: Ford Island, Hawaii: Oahu: Aviation: Located on Ford Island, includes historic aircraft, three historic hangars and an air traffic control tower Pacific Tsunami Museum: Hilo: Big Island: Science: History of the April 1, 1946 Pacific tsunami and the May 23, 1960 Chilean tsunami which affected Hilo Parker ...
This site was even closer to the main vent of Kīlauea. In 1985 a larger building was built for the observatory adjacent to the old lecture hall, which was turned back into a museum and public viewing site. In the mid-1980s, HVO launched the Big Island Map Project (BIMP) to update the geologic map of the island of Hawai'i.
The Pacific Tsunami Museum (originally, the Hilo Tsunami Museum) is a museum in Hilo, Hawaii dedicated to the history of the April 1, 1946 Pacific tsunami and the May 23, 1960 Chilean tsunami [2] which devastated much of the east coast of the Big Island, especially Hilo. The museum also has a mission to educate people in general about tsunamis ...
Hawaiʻi island (the Big Island) is the biggest and youngest island in the chain, built from five volcanoes. Mauna Loa, taking up over half of the Big Island, is the largest shield volcano on the Earth. The measurement from sea level to summit is more than 2.5 miles (4 km), from sea level to sea floor about 3.1 miles (5 km). [16]
The Lyman House Memorial Museum, also known as the Lyman Museum and Lyman House, is a Hilo, Hawaii-based natural history museum founded in 1931 in the Lyman family mission house, originally built in 1838. The main collections were moved to an adjacent modern building in the 1960s, while the house is open for tours as the island's oldest ...
Hilo Bay is sometimes called "the tsunami capital of the United States". [7] The bay's topography steers tsunamis to Hilo from earthquakes in active areas such as Chile and the Aleutian Islands. [8] The April 1, 1946, tsunami from the 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake killed by between 165 and 173 people in Hilo Bay. [9]
Rochester Museum & Science Center: Rochester: New York: Yes Yes Yes Yes Roper Mountain Science Center: Greenville: South Carolina: No No Yes Yes Roseville Utility Exploration Center [5] [6] Roseville: California: No Yes Yes No Saint Louis Science Center: Saint Louis: Missouri: Yes Yes Yes Yes San Antonio Museum of Science & Technology (SAMSAT ...