Honolulu Academy of Arts

The Honolulu Museum of Art, , is an art museum in Honolulu in the state of Hawaiʻi. Since its founding in 1922 by Anna Rice Cooke and opening April 8, 1927, its collections have grown to over 40,000 works of art. The Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums and registered as a National and State Historical site. In 1990, the Museum Art Center was opened to provide a program of studio art classes and workshops. In 2001, the Henry R. Luce Pavilion Complex opened with the Pavilion Café, Museum Shop, and Henry R. Luce Wing with 8,000 square feet of gallery space. In... 2005, the Asian Painting Conservation Center was opened for conservation efforts for the Museum’s Asian collection. The Honolulu Museum of Art has a large collection of Asian art, especially Japanese and Chinese works. Major collections include the Samuel H. Kress collection of Italian Renaissance paintings, American and European paintings and decorative arts, art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, textiles, contemporary art, and a graphics collection of over 23,000 works on paper. Other collections include the James A.
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