SHARING STORIES:HAWAIIHow The Pacific Tsunami
Museum Keeps Tsunami
Memories
ries Alive

MIDDLEOF THERING OFFIRE

Executive Director  Marlene MurrayYearSource

1837 Chile
1868 Hawaii
1877 Chile
1923 Kamchatka
1946 Aleutians

1960 Chile
1975 Hawaii

Area Hit

HiloKau
Hilo
Hilo
Hilo
Laupahoehoe
Rest of Hawaiian
Islands
Hilo
HalapeDeaths

1446
5196
2439

DEADLYTSUNAMIS TOSTRIKE HAWAIIISLAND

612OUR MISSION
Through education and awareness, we believe that no one should die due
to a tsunami.
The goals of the Museum are to promote public tsunami education and topreserve history.
The Museum serves as a living memorial to those who lost their lives inpast tsunami events.

How do we learn from the disaster experience?
How do we tell the stories?

KEY
QUESTIONS:How do we honor those who have lost their lives?
How do we remind people of the danger thatexists?
How do we prepare for the next event?

HOW THE PACIFICTSUNAMI MUSEUMACHIEVES ITS MISSION
Museum Displays
Outreach
School Curriculum and Preparedness
Scientific Research
Support Emergency Management Agencies

OVER 5,000 IMAGESOVER 500 TSUNAMI
INTERVIEWSWEWE CREATECREATE POWERFULPOWERFUL EXHIBITSEXHIBITSTHE STORY OF HILO

THE 1960 TSUNAMITHE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI OF 2004

THE GREAT EASTERN JAPANEARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI

The Story of Himeka Suzuki

TSUNAMI STORIES EXHIBITSTSUNAMI STORY VIDEOSTHE DRAMATIC RESCUESCIENCE ROOMTHE STORY OF KAZU AND
DAVID

THE HEARTWARMING REUNION
The museum reunited the two almost 60 years after the event.

INTERACTIVE EXHIBITSSAFETY EXHIBITTHE VALUE OF A DOCENTVIDEO PRESENTATIONA 25-minute video is shown in the vault theater throughout the day.

SCHOOL GROUPSNothing is better than having an actual tsunami survivor talk to visitors.

OUTREACHTSUNAMI AWARENESS MONTH

CHILDRENS DAYTSUNAMI EXPERTS

MEDIA OUTREACHHOST BUSINESS AFTER HOURS EVENTSSCHOOL PRESENTATIONSCONSULT WITH SCHOOL OFFICIALS ON EVACUATION PLANS

EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS:PROJECT HITECHAWAII TSUNAMIEDUCATIONCURRICULUM PROGRAM

The museum received a two million-dollar U.S. Department ofEducation to develop curriculum and train teachers ontsunami education. The three-year project enjoyedcollaboration with the University of Alaska at Fairbanks andthe Pacific American Foundation.

OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITYTSUNAMIMEMORIAL
CEREMONIESTSUNAMI PUBLICATIONS

Hawaii Tsunamis was published in2015 and features more than 200
photos from the museums archives.

INTERNATIONAL OUTREACHCHALLENGES
It is increasingly more difficult to collect tsunami survivor stories
in Hawaii since many are passing on.
Some survivors find that talking about the experience is just toopainful.

ITS NOT A MATTER OF IF,
BUT WHEN THE NEXT TSUNAMIWILL STRIKE...

Some people choose not to come to the museum because theybelieve that tsunamis are depressing.
There is a general feeling of complacency since a major tsunami
has not affected the Hawaiian Islands in 60 years.

MAHALO!

Marlene Murray
Executive Director(808) 935-0926
director@tsunami.org

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2020

The International Forum onTelling Live Lessons from Disasters

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PeriodDate

2 year8 months

Apr. 2017

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3 year8 months

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44%

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Okonomiyaki Canteen

Community rebirthsalon/classroom
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Building a network with the affected areas

Share of the affected areas reconstruction wisdom and skills

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Disaster area guide andexplanation
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Collection and digitalizationof old documents

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research groups and students
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Certificate of completion (card) issued()

Future plans
Using this facility as a base, I would like to link the areas organicallyand make the whole Bailin school district a parkwith the theme of disaster prevention.

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Fornext generation
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this disasterto the next generation

Thank youforyour support.

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