U.S. Army Museum Of Hawaii

The Hawaii Army Museum Society was chartered as a non-profit corporation in 1976 to provide support for the development of the U.S. Army Museum at Fort DeRussy.  Today, it continues that tradition by funding continuing exhibit development and improvements at the Museum, and the full operation and staffing of the Museum Gift Shop.  The Society operates as a private organization on government property under a Memorandum of Understanding with the United States Army, and is licensed to use facilities in Battery Randolph at Fort DeRussy.  Net proceeds from the Society’s activities are used for the benefit of the Museum.

The Society was established under the auspices of the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) and leading local businessmen in 1976 for the purpose of saving Battery Randolph and establishing the U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii to preserve this historic location.  The corporation was granted tax-exempt status as a charitable, non-profit organization in 1981.

The Society provides community leadership and financial support for the preservation of military history and the education of the public at large on the honor, valor and sacrifice of America’s fighting men and women in the defense of freedom.  The paramount goal of the Society is to enlighten today’s children as well as adults on the lessons of the role the military has played in the Pacific to ensure the survival of democracy and the American way of life.  The Society views its role as a key to producing future generations of Americans who will embody the values and spirit of those who have paved the way for the freedoms we enjoy today.

Over $500,000 has been raised by the Society in private contributions to develop displays and exhibits.  Additionally, the Society operates a Museum Gift Shop in which it sells military related merchandise.  It conducts a wide variety of community-based fund raising events for the benefit of the Museum.  It also creates public awareness of the importance of military history in the development of Hawaii and the security of our country through the production of video tape vignettes for use on commercial television, schools and veterans organizations

The U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii is open to the general public with free admission and it is collocated with the Hale Koa Hotel on the recently renovated Fort DeRussy Recreation Center in the heart of Waikiki.