Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii

Since its opening in 2006, ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii, on the University of Hawaii at Hilo Science and Technology Park campus in Hilo on Hawaii Island (the Big Island) has become one of the island's major destinations for visitors. Derived from the Hawaiian world `imiloa which means to explore or to seek knowledge or profound truth, visitors can explore exhibits and programs that examine the connections between the early Polynesian star navigators, our earliest astronomers and observers of the skies, and today's astronomers, who look at stars for answers to questions about how life began.