Koke‘e Natural History Museum


This two-room museum doubles as the visitor center for Koke‘e State Park. Helpful staff provide detailed current hiking advice, and sell useful, albeit schematic, trail maps; call for real-time weather reports. Museum displays include larger-scale topographical maps, exhibits on flora and fauna, and historic photographs, plus botanical sketches of endemic plants and taxidermic representations of some of the park's wildlife.


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