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4:00 – 6:00 pm · Doors close 5:45 pm
See it first. A members-only look at the station before the public grand opening. Registration closes Fri Nov 20 at 1 pm.
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Bishop Museum × World Wide Walls

A full-scale subway station is coming to the Castle Memorial Building, with a life-size train you can walk into. It's modeled on the painted trains of 1960s and 70s New York, where modern graffiti and hip hop began.



Nothing you paint is saved. Hold still to build up paint, push it too far and it drips. Leave the page and the buff crew wipes it clean. The real train is waiting at the Castle Memorial Building.
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In 2021, World Wide Walls and Bishop Museum turned the Castle building into a streetscape, with a bodega, a tattoo parlor, a record store, murals and original work. This time the partnership goes further underground.
The gallery becomes a full-scale station, anchored by a life-size subway car that visitors can step inside. New York's trains of the 1960s and 70s were where writers took their names citywide, and where hip hop found its soundtrack. The installation puts you on that platform.
Expect all-new murals, sculpture, immersive installations and original fine art. Together they trace how graffiti, street art and hip hop grew from local acts of storytelling and identity into movements that reshaped global culture.
Bringing these environments inside a museum is the point. It treats street culture as a living tradition with its own innovators, and it invites a new generation to create, speak and be seen.
“The exhibition celebrates the dynamic exchange that occurs when different cultures, ideas, and artistic languages collide.”
Our campus features a rotating series of large-scale outdoor murals created by Hawaiʻi-based and visiting artists. These works reflect indigenous perspectives, natural and cultural histories, and the living stories of our community.
Our outdoor murals bridge traditional culture, creative expression, and indigenous perspectives. They were first painted in 2021 alongside the special exhibit POW! WOW! The First Decade: From Hawaiʻi to the World. Murals are commissioned and refreshed over time, so the works on view may differ from those pictured here.
Allison Torneros, known in the art world as “Hueman,” is a multidisciplinary artist based in Oakland, CA. She calls her gauzy style “etherealism,” a blend of ethereal realism.
The title references a torch or guiding light, and also the light of the mind: the torch of knowledge the Museum hopes to pass to the next generation.
Hands turned downward, life. Based on an ʻōlelo noʻeau and the work to protect kāhuli, Hawaiʻi's endangered tree snails.
Created in 2023, the Year of the Kāhuli.
Apexer, also known as Ricardo Richey, creates colorful abstract patterns with spray paint.
Members only
4:00 – 6:00 pm · Doors close 5:45 pm
See it first. A members-only look at the station before the public grand opening. Registration closes Fri Nov 20 at 1 pm.
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$10 pre-register
6:00 – 9:00 pm · Members preview 4–6 pm
Be the first to see the exhibition, meet the artists, and stay for DJs, breaking and a hip hop puppet show on the Gallery Lawns. $10 pre-registration, $15 at the door, free for members.
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With admission
9:00 am – 5:00 pm · All ages
Doors open to everyone. Walk the station, step into the train, and see the new murals up close.
Plan your visitUNDER/GROUND is included with general admission. No extra token needed.
| Adults | $33.95 – $38.95 |
|---|---|
| Seniors 65 and over | $30.95 – $35.95 |
| Youth Ages 4–17 | $25.95 – $30.95 |
| Children 3 and under | Free |
























Presented in partnership with World Wide Walls.