Where is the Duke Kahanamoku Gallery?

Inside the Moana Surfrider at 2365 Kalākaua Avenue in Waikīkī, Honolulu, on the ground floor. Look for the courtyard and the banyan tree and you are close.

Does it cost anything to go in?

No. The gallery is free to enter, the film is free to sit through, and you do not have to buy anything.

No. It is a gallery. It is not accredited as a museum and does not claim to be. There is an exhibition about Duke Kahanamoku’s life, a ten minute film with chairs in front of it, and goods carrying his name which are the gallery’s own.

Why is the gallery in this particular hotel?

Because Hui Nalu, the surf club Duke Kahanamoku co-founded around 1908 (the club says 1908, other accounts say 1905 or 1911), was named on this hotel’s lawn. Its clubroom was the Moana bathhouse, dues were a dollar a year, and the club later held the hotel’s beach concession. The connection is a matter of record rather than sentiment.

How far is the Duke Kahanamoku statue?

The bronze on Kūhiō Beach is a few hundred steps southeast along Kalākaua Avenue, four or five minutes on foot. It was dedicated on 24 August 1990, his hundredth birthday.

Is the gallery run by the Kahanamoku family?

No. It uses his name, signature and creed under licence from his rights holders. It is not run by the family and it does not speak for them. It is a tenant of the Moana Surfrider rather than part of the hotel.

How long is the gallery there?

It is a pop-up, open for about six months rather than permanently. The exact run dates are not published here yet.

Visit

Come in. You do not have to buy anything.

The room is open. This is how to find it.

The window bay seen from inside the gallery, with wooden boards either side of a set of open arched doors. — Inside, looking back at the bay and the doors onto the courtyard. Find the banyan and you are close.

Where

Moana Surfrider 2365 Kalākaua Avenue Honolulu, HI 96815

Inside the hotel, on the ground floor. Look for the courtyard and the banyan tree and you are close.

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When

The gallery is open. We have not published the hours here yet, so ask at the hotel desk before you make a trip for it.

The gallery is a pop-up at the Moana Surfrider, about 6 months, not a permanent room. The run dates are not published here yet.

On foot

The bronze of Duke stands on Kūhiō Beach, a few hundred steps southeast along Kalākaua, four or five minutes. The beach and the avenue are named for Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole.
Kalia, where he grew up, is at the far end of the same beach, about twenty minutes the other way, past the Hilton Hawaiian Village. That is the ground his grandfather claimed as a kuleana in the Māhele of 1848.
The Waikīkī Historic Trail runs past both. Marker five is the statue.

Getting here

TheBus and the Waikīkī trolley both run along Kalākaua Avenue.
Valet and self parking are the hotel’s, not ours, and are charged at the hotel’s rates. Confirm at the door.
From Daniel K. Inouye International Airport it is about twenty five minutes by car without traffic, and considerably more with it.

Parking rates and validation are not confirmed. Ask us before you assume.

Access

The gallery is on the ground floor and is reached step-free from Kalākaua Avenue through the hotel lobby.
There are chairs in the film alcove and the film runs about ten minutes.
If you need something we have not thought of, ask us, and we would rather you asked before you came than found out at the door.

Door widths, restroom access and the accessible route through the hotel will be measured and published here, rather than described in general terms.

Ask us anything

mahalo@dukekahanamokugallery.com

Neither of these works yet. The room is open and has no telephone number and no live mailbox on the site, which means a visitor cannot reach us before they arrive. That is the gap we are closing first.

Questions about the exhibition, a piece, or whether something is in the room this week.

Who we are

The gallery uses Duke Kahanamoku’s name, signature and creed under license from his rights holders. It is not run by the family, and it does not speak for them.
It is a commercial space. It sells work, and it is a tenant of the Moana Surfrider rather than part of the hotel.

The operating company and the licensor will be named here in full. A commercial space using a Hawaiian man’s name should say plainly who is behind it, and this paragraph is not finished until it does.

Where is the Duke Kahanamoku Gallery?: Inside the Moana Surfrider at 2365 Kalākaua Avenue in Waikīkī, Honolulu, on the ground floor. Look for the courtyard and the banyan tree and you are close.
Does it cost anything to go in?: No. The gallery is free to enter, the film is free to sit through, and you do not have to buy anything.
Is it a museum?: No. It is a gallery. It is not accredited as a museum and does not claim to be. There is an exhibition about Duke Kahanamoku’s life, a ten minute film with chairs in front of it, and goods carrying his name which are the gallery’s own.
Why is the gallery in this particular hotel?: Because Hui Nalu, the surf club Duke Kahanamoku co-founded around 1908 (the club says 1908, other accounts say 1905 or 1911), was named on this hotel’s lawn. Its clubroom was the Moana bathhouse, dues were a dollar a year, and the club later held the hotel’s beach concession. The connection is a matter of record rather than sentiment.
How far is the Duke Kahanamoku statue?: The bronze on Kūhiō Beach is a few hundred steps southeast along Kalākaua Avenue, four or five minutes on foot. It was dedicated on 24 August 1990, his hundredth birthday.
Is the gallery run by the Kahanamoku family?: No. It uses his name, signature and creed under licence from his rights holders. It is not run by the family and it does not speak for them. It is a tenant of the Moana Surfrider rather than part of the hotel.
How long is the gallery there?: It is a pop-up, open for about six months rather than permanently. The exact run dates are not published here yet.

The other two

alohatoyou.com His life in full, the creed in his own words, the film and the foundation.
dukekahanamoku.shop The collection, to buy, shipped from Honolulu.

Read why the gallery is at the Moana