Jaggar Museum, Volcano NP

Jaggar Museum, Volcano NP - darkometer rating : 3 - ------------------------------------- UPDATE 2018: the museum has been closed since the eruptions that began in May 2018, and the National Park website now says "indefinitely". Apparently this is because the collapse of Halema'uma'u crater that the museum overlooked has made the location unstable. However, the exhibits have been saved, so there is a good chance a new museum in some other incarnation may open in the future, but when (and where) that could be is unclear. For now I'll let the text below stand - but remember it's now history and may eventually have to be moved into the lost places section. -------------------------------------- A small museum adjacent to the main volcanologists' Kilauea observatory and overlook above Halema'uma'u crater in 's . It has some very informative exhibits, and also some dark elements underscoring the hazards involved in getting close to volcanoes … > More background info > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos More background info: The Thomas A. Jaggar Museum – National Park Service, to give it its full official designation, is named after the pioneering scientist Thomas Augustus Jaggar who founded the volcano observatory and was instrumental in the creation of the National Park too. Jaggar, of the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), first travelled to Hawaii in 1909, and soon after, with the help and financial backing of businessman Lorrin A. Thurston set up the first incarnation of the Hawai'i Volcano Observatory (HVO) in 1912, and the National Park was founded in 1916.