State funding for the Bishop Museum - Legislative Reference Bureau

STATE FUNDING FOR THE BISHOP MUSEUM
trusts and pursuant to the provisions set forth in thaz certain deed
of trust between Charles R. Bishop and others and Samuel H. Damon
and others, dated the 13th day of October, 1896, and of record in
the Registry of Conveyances in Volume 164, on pages 387-391, with
reference to said museum; provided, that the specimens and objects
so transferred and delivered to the said trustees are made available
at all reasonable times by the said trustees for study and
examination by the officials of said university or any such
department, bureau, or board.
The Bishop Museum's role as the only such official state depository
changed in 1976, when the official role of the Bishop Museum as the holder of
such state specimens and objects was extended to other "qualified" museums
in the State.'
Structure and Organization
Two major changes in the Museum's structure occurred in 1975 and 1986,
primarily for the purpose enlarging the Museum's financial base. In 1975 the
Museum was incorporated under the name of Bishop Museum as a private
nonprofit corporation, separating the board of trustees of the Bishop Museum
entirely from the Bishop Estate. With the establishment of the Bishop Museum
corporation, a board was created of not less than ten persons, having full
control and management of the affairs, business, and property of the
corporation (see Appendix C).
In 1986, museum administrators became nonvoting corporate officers,
making the day-to-day decisions pertaining to the Museum, and the board of
trustees, whose name was changed to the board of directors, setting the
overall policy for the Museum (see Exhibit 11 and Appendix D).
The organization of the Bishop Museum is described in Exhibit 12