Museums open Monday in Honolulu
Nine of Oʻahu’s 18 museums open on Monday. Four of them are at Pearl Harbor, three are free, and the big one — Bishop Museum — is open 9am–5pm. The Honolulu Museum of Art, ʻIolani Palace and Capitol Modern are all closed.
The 9 museums open Monday
Cheapest first, with Monday’s own hours rather than the whole week’s. Prices are the published adult and Hawaiʻi-resident rates.
- ⚓ Pearl Harbor National Memorial
Pearl Harbor
- Monday
- 7am–5pm
- Adult
- Free
- Kamaʻāina
- Free
- Booking
- Book ahead
The USS Arizona Memorial itself, reached by Navy boat, standing over the sunken ship
- ⚖️ King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center
Downtown / Capitol District
- Monday
- 8am–4pm
- Adult
- Free
- Kamaʻāina
- Free
A restored 1913 courtroom with its original territorial-period furnishings
- 🌺 Lyon Arboretum
Mānoa
- Monday
- 9am–3pm
- Adult
- Free ($10 suggested)
- Kamaʻāina
- Free
More than seven miles of trails across nearly 200 acres
- 🌴 Foster Botanical Garden
Chinatown edge
- Monday
- 9am–4pm
- Adult
- $5
- Kamaʻāina
- $3
The Conservatory, Palm Garden and outdoor Butterfly Garden
- 🐠 Waikīkī Aquarium
Waikīkī
- Monday
- 9am–4:30pm
- Adult
- $12
- Kamaʻāina
- Discounted at the door
Founded in 1904 — the second-oldest public aquarium in the United States
- 🔱 USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park
Pearl Harbor
- Monday
- 7am–5pm
- Adult
- $25.99
- Kamaʻāina
- Not published
Going down inside a real WWII submarine — hatches, narrow passageways, torpedo rooms and crew quarters
- ✈️ Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
Ford Island, Pearl Harbor
- Monday
- 9am–5pm
- Adult
- $25.99
- Kamaʻāina
- $19.99
Two historic WWII hangars, still bullet-scarred from 7 December 1941
- 🌋 Bishop Museum
Kalihi
- Monday
- 9am–5pm
- Adult
- $33.95–$38.95
- Kamaʻāina
- $19.95–$24.95
Hawaiian Hall — three floors built as ascending realms: Kai Ākea (gods and pre-contact Hawaiʻi), Wao Kanaka (land and daily life), and Wao Lani (the aliʻi and key moments in Hawaiian history)
- 🚢 Battleship Missouri Memorial
Ford Island, Pearl Harbor
- Monday
- 8am–4pm
- Adult
- $39.99
- Kamaʻāina
- Not published
The Surrender Deck — the exact spot where Japan formally surrendered on 2 September 1945
What’s closed Monday
- Honolulu Museum of ArtNext open Wednesday
- Capitol ModernNext open Wednesday
- ʻIolani PalaceNext open Tuesday
- Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & DesignNext open Thursday
- U.S. Army Museum of HawaiʻiNext open Tuesday
- Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and ArchivesNext open Tuesday
- Queen Emma Summer PalaceNext open Wednesday
- Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiʻiNext open Wednesday
- Hawaiʻi Children’s Discovery CenterNext open Tuesday
HoMA and Capitol Modern both open Wednesday.
Free on Monday
- ⚓ Pearl Harbor National Memorial
7am–5pm · Free
Parking: $7 per day, payable by mobile app
- ⚖️ King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center
8am–4pm · Free
Parking: Green-marked visitor stalls in front of Kekūʻanaōʻa Hale and beside Aliʻiōlani Hale, about $2 an hour, card or exact cash
- 🌺 Lyon Arboretum
9am–3pm · Free ($10 suggested)
If you’re planning around Monday
Monday is the thinnest museum day on Oʻahu after Sunday, and it skews heavily military. Four of the nine open sites are at Pearl Harbor, which means a Monday museum plan is usually a Pearl Harbor plan — and those four need separate tickets, with Battleship Missouri and the Aviation Museum charging roughly $40 and $26 on top of the free Memorial. If you want art rather than history, Monday is the wrong day; the Honolulu Museum of Art and Capitol Modern are both shut, and the nearest open substitute is Foster Botanical Garden at $5.
Other days
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Hours and prices were read from each museum’s own website on 2026-08-12. These are regular Monday hours and exclude public holidays — check the official site before you travel.