Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House

The Honolulu Museum of Art is located in Honolulu, Hawaii. Spalding House, originally The Contemporary Museum of Honolulu, became part of the Honolulu Museum of Art under this name. It was the first museum in Hawaii dedicated only to modern art. The Contemporary Museum has two locations: the historic Spalding House in residential Honolulu and the First Hawaiian Center in downtown Honolulu. All locations remain available to the public.

Since 1940, the museum has preserved art as well as the historic Spalding House and grounds. Anna Rice Cooke, widow of Charles Montague Cooke, erected the Spalding House at Makiki Heights in 1925 as a house. The Honolulu Museum of Art was being erected on the location of her previous home on Beretania Street in Honolulu at the same time. Hart Wood designed the Makiki Heights mansion, which was later expanded by Bertram Goodhue and Associates. The estate was bequeathed to the Honolulu Academy of Arts by Cooke's daughter, Alice Spalding, in 1968, and it was used as an extension for the display of Japanese prints from 1970 to 1978. In the late 1970s, a private developer sold it to a subsidiary of The Honolulu Advertiser. The Thurston Twigg-Smith family transformed it to The Contemporary Museum in 1986. The museum reopened to the public in October after an interior refurbishment and the erection of the Milton Cades Pavilion.

Merged with the Honolulu Museum of Art 

The Honolulu Contemporary Museum ceased to exist as a separate entity on May 2, 2011, when it merged with the Honolulu Museum of Art (at that time it was called the Honolulu Academy of Art). [3] The galleries and venues remain available to the public; personnel of the Contemporary Museum were transferred to the Art Museum; and the director of the Contemporary Museum was appointed associate director of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The Honolulu Museum of Art has also received a donation of nearly 3,000 works of art from the Modern Museum.

The museum reopened to the public in October 1988, following interior renovations and the creation of the Milton Cades Pavilion. The museum also had a store, a cafe, administrative offices, storage and work rooms, and a director's apartment.

Reverend K. H. Inagaki, a Christian clergyman of Japanese heritage, planted the gardens between 1928 and 1941. Honolulu landscape architect James C. Hubbard resurrected the gardens from 1979 to 1980. The gardens were restored in the 1990s by Kahaluu-based landscape architect Leland Miyano. Sculptures by Satoru Abe, Charles Arnoldi, Deborah Butterfield, Jedd Garet, George Rickey, Toshiko Takaezu, DeWain Valentine, and Arnold Zimmerman may be seen on the grounds, as well as a wall painting by Paul Morrison.

Spalding House is available to the public and is situated at 2411 Makiki Heights Drive in Honolulu, Hawaii. The coordinates are 21°18′43′′N 157°49′58′′WC. The coordinates are: 21°18′43′′N 157°49′58′′W.

Collection

Artists included in the permanent collection included Vito Acconci, Josef Albers, Robert Arneson, Jennifer Bartlett, Robert Brady, John Buck, Christopher Bucklow, Deborah Butterfield, Enrique Martinez Celaya, Enrique Chagoya, Dale Chihuly, John Coplans, Joseph Cornell, Gregory Crewdson, Robert Cumming, Stephen De Staebler, Richard DeVore, Jim Dine, Herbert Ferber, Llyn Foulkes, Judy Robert Motherwell, Vik Muniz, Jay Musler, Ron Nagle, Otto and Gertrud Natzler, Sol LeWitt, Ken Little, Tony Marsh, Junko Mori, Yasumasa Morimura, Otto and Gertrud Natzler, Dennis Oppenheim, Otto Piene, Kenneth Price, Lucie Rie, Liza Ryan, Alison Saar, Lucas Samaras, Adrian Saxe, James Seawright, Andres Serrano, David Smith, Kiki Smith, Rudolf Staffel, Pat Steir, Frank Stella, Jason Teraoka, Masami Teraoka, Mark Tobey, Richard Tuttle, Peter Voulkos, Kara Walker, Andy Warhol, William Wegman, Tom Wesselmann, Beatrice Wood, Cindy Wright, and Daisy Youngblood are among the artists included. This collection became the property of the Honolulu Museum of Art with the merging of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu and the Honolulu Museum of Art, and is frequently on display at both Spalding House and the main museum building on Thomas Square.

Admission

During lunch service, admission to the HoMA Café and Coffee Bar is free. During museum hours, admission to the HoMA Shop is free.

Adults$20
Kamaʻāina (Resident)$10
Children (18 and under)Free
MembersFree

Hours

The following holidays will be observed by HoMA: New Year's, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

Monday–WednesdayClosed
Thursday10am–6pm
Friday–Saturday10am–9pm

Sunday10am–6pm

The Honolulu Museum of Art is located at 900 South Beretania Street in Honolulu, Hawaii.

There is free parking behind the Honolulu Museum of Art School, 1111 Victoria Street.

The first 5 hours are $5. Every additional 30 minutes costs $2.

Admission Discounts

Keiki

The museum is free for all youngsters aged 18 and under.

Kamaʻāina (Residents)

On Family Sundays (the third Sunday of each month), and on July 31, 2022, admission is free for Hawai'i residents.

Students in College

Students presently enrolled at any Hawai'i State University or College are admitted for free with a verified school ID.

Active-duty military members stationed in Hawai'i are admitted at the resident rate.

Hotel Affiliates

Upon presentation of their room key, guests at participating O'ahu hotels enjoy one (1) complimentary entrance.

LIST OF HOTEL PARTNERS 

• Alohilani Resort
• Aqua-Aston Hospitality
• Halekulani + Halepuna Waikiki by Halekulani
• Outrigger Hotels & Resorts
• Prince Waikiki
• The Ritz-Carlton

Travel Companions

Visitors who use the following travel partners receive a discount on entry. More information is provided below.

TRAVEL PARTNERS LIST

When you book your tickets with a Waikiki Trolley pass, you will receive half off general entry to the museum.

JTB 'Oli 'Oli Trolley: Show your 'Oli 'Oli trolley card to receive half off entry.

Go City Card: Show your Go City pass to receive free entrance.

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