Museums

10

Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park
9

Mo'okini Heiau
8

Parker Ranch
7

Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site
6

Volcano Art Center
5

Kona Historical Society Museum & Greenwell Store
4

Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center
3

Pacific Tsunami Museum
2

Lyman Mission House and Museum
1

Jaggar Museum at Volcano National Park

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Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center

Type: Museums, Science Museums

10Best Says

This informative facility is located just a few miles north of Kailua-Kona – at Keahole-Kona International Airport, to be exact. What the museum lacks in size, it more than makes up for in quality, and first-rate exhibits feature model rockets, moon orbitals, space shuttles, moon rocks, and a working gravity well. The museum is named after Big Island native Ellison Onizuka, one of the astronauts who perished in the 1986 Challenger accident.