An Inventory of the Ethnographic Collections of Bishop Museum

主教博物馆是来自夏威夷和太平洋地区的超过105,000件人种学文物的储存库。这些独特而不可替代的物品是系统的人类学研究的结果，是一项重要的国家资源，需要为后代和未来的研究用途而保护。1991年，主教博物馆将把它的人类学藏品搬到一个新的存储设施中。为了准备这一举措，博物馆工作人员将对民族学收藏品进行计算机化的清点和状况调查。这将产生一份详细的目录，供研究人员使用，并确保藏品的安全转移。该项目将确保主教博物馆中的人种学收藏品可供查阅，并可供来自全国各地的科学家使用，以促进我们对夏威夷和太平洋人民自然和文化史的了解。

The Bishop Museum is the repository for over 105,000 ethnographic objects from the Hawaiian and Pacific areas. These unique and irreplaceable items, the result of systematic anthropological research, are an important national resource that needs to be protected for posterity and future research use. In 1991 the Bishop Museum will move its anthropology collections into a new storage facility. In order to prepare for this move, the museum staff will conduct a computerized inventory and condition survey of the ethnology collections. This will result in a detailed catalogue which may be used by researchers as well as insure that the collections are moved safely. This project will insure that the ethnographic collections in the Bishop Museum are accessible and can be used in the future by scientists from across the country to advance our knowledge of the natural and cultural history of Hawaii and Pacific peoples.