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People from Hawai'i Inspired the World.

Inspiring the world!

Iam Tongi

Born - 2004 in Kahuku, Hawaii

American Idol  Winner 2023

Carissa Moore

Born  1992 in Honolulu

Olympic Gold Medal Surfing - 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Honolulu Little League

World Series Champions 2022

Inclusion

Reverend Abraham Akaka

Hawai‘i Leis at Selma

Hawai‘i Leis at Selma

Reverend Akaka insisted that the Aloha State had moral and spiritual contributions to make to the nation and the world. 

Hawai‘i Leis at Selma

Hawai‘i Leis at Selma

Hawai‘i Leis at Selma

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to the Hawaii State Legislature in 1959.    "As I think of the struggle that we are engaged in in the South land, we look to you for inspiration and as a noble example, where you have already accomplished in the area of racial harmony and racial justice, what we are struggling to accomplish in other sections of the country, and you can never know what it means to those of us caught for the moment in the tragic and often dark midnight of man’s inhumanity to man, to come to a place where we see the glowing daybreak of freedom and dignity and racial justice.”


JFK used Hawai‘i as example

Multiethnic and Multiracial

Multiethnic and Multiracial

President Kennedy selected the 1963 US Conference of Mayors meeting 

in Honolulu to announce his new Civil Rights Bill for America. The racial harmony found in Hawaii was held as an example that the rest of the country should follow.  


"This island (state) represents all that we are and all that we hope to become." -- President John F. Kennedy, Honolulu, June 1963.

JFK video

Multiethnic and Multiracial

Multiethnic and Multiracial

Multiethnic and Multiracial

Brook Mahealani Lee, Miss USA and Miss Universe 1977


(Being Miss Universe) "is about being open to a lot of different cultures. I've been to thirteen different countries in a year, and wherever I go, they think I'm that ethnicity. So it's about being able to accept people for whatever they are. In Hawaii, we're like that by nature. I'm Hawaiian, Korean, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, Portuguese. So they all had to 

get along for me to be born!"  -- Brook Mahealani Lee, Miss Universe, on The Oprah Winfrey Show  1998.

Democracy Hall

Barack Obama

Daniel K. Inouye

Barack Obama

President USA

Punahou 1979

Sun Yat Sen

Daniel K. Inouye

Barack Obama

President China 

Iolani 1882

Patsy Mink

Daniel K. Inouye

Daniel K. Inouye

U.S. Representative

 Maui H.S. 1944 

Daniel K. Inouye

Daniel K. Inouye

Daniel K. Inouye

U.S. Senator

 McKinley 1942

EXPLORERS HALL

Ellison Onizuka

Ellison Onizuka

Ellison Onizuka

Space Shuttle Astronaut

Konawaena H.S. 1964

Charles Veach

Ellison Onizuka

Ellison Onizuka

Space Shuttle Astronaut

Punahou 1962

Nainoa Thompson

Ellison Onizuka

Nainoa Thompson

Hōkūléa World Voyage

 Punahou 1972

Military Hall

Samuel Armstrong General

Tammy Duckworth Lt. Colonel

Samuel Armstrong General

Punahou 1859

442 Infantry Regiment

Tammy Duckworth Lt. Colonel

Samuel Armstrong General

World War II

Eric Shinskei General

Tammy Duckworth Lt. Colonel

Tammy Duckworth Lt. Colonel

Kauai H.S. 1960

Tammy Duckworth Lt. Colonel

Tammy Duckworth Lt. Colonel

Tammy Duckworth Lt. Colonel

McKinley 1985

Young Talent

Evan Nagao

Big Island's Matty

Child prodigy

National 2022 Yo Yo Champion


Punahou 2014

Child prodigy

Big Island's Matty

Child prodigy

At age 4, Evan shows Jay Leno on the Tonight Show how to Yo Yo. 

Matty Hiroto Inaba

Big Island's Matty

Big Island's Matty

16 year-old teen from Waimea, Hawaii is the 2022 Rubik Cube North American Champion.


Big Island's Matty

Big Island's Matty

Big Island's Matty

Hawaii Preparatory Academy

2025

The METAVERSE

VIRTUAL GALLERY

VIRTUAL GALLERY

VIRTUAL GALLERY

Ho‘oulu means"Inspire" in Hawaiian

Explore

VIRTUAL GALLERY

VIRTUAL GALLERY

VIRTUAL GALLERY

Virtual Reality  Gallery 

Obama Gallery

Hawai‘I trailblazer

1850

The Hawaiian Kingdom boasted the highest literacy rate in the world. 

1852

The Hawaiian Kingdom outlawed slavery in its constitution. Any slave that arrived in Hawai‘i  would be emancipated.

1867

At the Worlds' Fair in Paris, Hawai‘i was one of 30 countries with an exhibit. The Hawaiian Kingdom was the only Pacific government to be represented at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. 

1881

World Tour of Hawaiian King David Kalākaua.  The 281-day trip gave Kalākaua the distinction of being the first monarch to circumnavigate the globe. He visited the Emperor Meiji in Japan, had an audience in Rome with Pope Leo, was a guest of Britain's Queen Victoria, visited President Chester Arthur at the White House and spent time with Thomas Edison in his laboratory in New Jersey. 

1967

Hawai‘i became the first state in the nation to adopt  the "Percent for Art" law. This visionary legislation sets aside one percent of all state building constructions costs for the acquisition of works of art.  This law gave art in public places and has been followed by other states. 

1970

First state to decriminalize abortion.

1972

First state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment for Women. 

1974

First in the nation to provide near universal health care.

1993

Hawai‘i State Supreme Court was the first judiciary in the world to rule in favor of same-sex marriage. 

2015

First state in the country to require 100% renewable energy. 

Events 2023

Fridays

Open Mic Appearance

5:00 pm

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10:00 pm

Hangouts Center Stage

Event Details

Fridays

Open Mic Appearance

Check out performances at the best open mic.

5:00 pm

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10:00 pm

Hangouts Center Stage

Saturdays

Workshops. Dinner and Movie

9:00 am

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10:00 pm

The Pacific Studio, Theater

Event Details

Saturdays

Workshops. Dinner and Movie

Workshops during the day. Entertainment at night.

9:00 am

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10:00 pm

The Pacific Studio, Theater

Sundays

The Greatest Show

4:00 pm

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7:00 pm

The Lounge

Event Details

Sundays

The Greatest Show

Our weekly gathering for performers and the people who love them. 

4:00 pm

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7:00 pm

The Lounge

MUSEUM History

The City

In 2015, Gloria Borland was serving on the City's Neighborhood Board for Foster Village, Salt Lake and Moanalua, when she came up with the idea for a new museum near the Arizona Memorial and Aloha Stadium. Gloria grew up in Hawaii and spent decades in Washington DC, a city smaller than Oahu with over 70 museums. This new Inspiration museum would change Hollywood stereotypes about people from Hawaii.  Residents living in neighborhoods surrounding Aloha Stadium supported the vision for a new museum that would inspire residents and visitors. Grassroots support for the new museum spread throughout Oahu in 2016. The museum was included in the City's Final Plan published in July 2017 for Transit-Oriented Development at the Halawa Rail Station near Aloha Stadium. 

City's Plan

The State

In 2018, the State announced redevelopment plans for Aloha Stadium.  In 2019, the State announced plans for a New Entertainment District to surround Aloha Stadium.  Development plans for Aloha Stadium and the New Entertainment District was delayed in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.    


After waiting  five years for the Aloha Stadium entertainment site, the Inspiration Hawaii Museum decided to search for an alternative location.  In 2022, the museum found an amazing building in downtown Honolulu. The Inspiration Hawaii Museum is planning to open in 2023.  Stay tuned for more details.  Subscribe to  our mailing list below.

Economic Impact from Museums

Almost twice as many people visit American museums than attend all major league sporting events and theme parks combined!


  • 67% of all U.S. leisure travelers visit a museum. These travelers spend 60% more on average than other leisure travelers. 


  • The typical museum devotes 75% of its education budget to K-12 students. Museums also receive millions of online visits each year. 


Source: American Alliance of Museums.

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Museum Advisors

Tim Johns

Lance Keawe Wilhelm

Gloria Borland

Former President & CEO of the Bishop Museum. Current President & CEO Zephyr Insurance. Chief Consumer Officer Hawaii Medical Service Association, Chief Operating Officer  Damon Estate, VP & General Counsel AMFAC.              Host Committee IUCN 2016, APEC 2011.

Trustee Parker Ranch Foundation.

- Chair of  State Department of Land and Natural Resources.

- Taught undergraduate business law classes at University of Hawaii. 

-Law Clerk, US Court of Appeals Ninth circuit.

Gloria Borland

Lance Keawe Wilhelm

Gloria Borland

Founder & CEO www.WeTalkStory.me

Founder  www.GlobalVillageNetwork.LIVE

Founder Charter School with Chinese Immersion in Washington DC. 

- Producer Independent television series aired on 150 PBS stations nationwide and sponsored by THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. 

-LEGAL TIMES newspaper for lawyers . 

DC staff  U.S. Senator Inouye. 


www.GloriaCBorland.com

Lance Keawe Wilhelm

Lance Keawe Wilhelm

Lance Keawe Wilhelm

Founder & CEO Wilhelm Group. 

Trustee and former Chair Kamehameha Schools. 

Managing Principal Irongate.

Senior VP Kiewit.

Board Member Hawaii Pacific University. 

Board Member YMCA.

Michael Carroll

Michael Carroll

Lance Keawe Wilhelm

Partner at the Honolulu law firm Lung, Rose, Voss, Wagnild. His practice areas include real estate and construction litigation, complex business and commercial litigation, and land use. 

Former member Manoa Neighborhood Board. 

Pilialoha Lee Loy

Michael Carroll

Dylan Armstrong

Former Trustee and Chair of the State of Hawaii Employee Retirement System (public pension fund) currently with a $20 billion portfolio. 

Board of Directors HSTA. English teacher at Aliamanu Middle school for 45 years.

Dylan Armstrong

Michael Carroll

Dylan Armstrong

Urban Planner in public and private sectors.

Federal planner for natural disasters. Hawaii Emergency Management Agency Operations Deputy Chief COVID-19, Urban Planner at AECOM.  Park Ranger US Forest Service.   Former Chair Manoa Neighborhood Board.


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supporters

There's much to see here. So, take your time, look around, and learn all there is to know about our new museum opening in 2023.  We hope you enjoy our pre-opening site and will make a contribution to help us finish construction. The Inspiration Hawaii Museum, is a non-profit 501 (c ) (3).

Please mail your donation check to: Inspiration Hawaii Museum, Inc.

P.O. Box 235108, Honolulu, HI 96823




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