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Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
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Visitors browse through the exhibits on the patio outside the visitor center.

NPS photo by Dave Boyle, Aug 2006

Visitors look at the large relief maps on the patio, outside the Kilauea Visitor Center.

Kilauea Visitor Center

Make Kilauea Visitor Center your first stop when entering the Park. Rangers are on duty in the visitor center from 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily and will provide visitors with the latest information on the current eruption, hiking information and permits, and the daily schedule of ranger-led activities.

The featured film, "Born of Fire, Born of the Sea", is shown on-the-hour in the visitor center auditorium, starting at 9:00 a.m. with the last showing at 4:00 p.m.

 
Look into the main crater from the overlook outside the Jaggar Museum

NPS photo by Norrie Judd

Look into Halema`uma`u Crater and the new vent from the overlook outside the Jaggar Museum (click on photo for larger version)

Jaggar Museum

The Thomas A. Jaggar Museum is located along Crater Rim Drive, 3 miles from the Kilauea Visitor Center. It is open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. daily. Built on the edge of Kilauea Caldera, visitors may enjoy spectacular views of the caldera and the main crater Halema`uma`u from this view point.

Prior to its opening as a museum on volcanology (the study of volcanoes and volcanic activity), the building housed offices for the US Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, the scientists who monitor the volcanoes in Hawai`i. Working seismographs and displays on equipment used by the scientists are exhibits in the center.

Jaggar Museum's overlook is the best place to view the current eruption that began March 11, 2008. An ash-laden fume cloud is issuing out of a new crater within Halema`uma`u crater.

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`Ohi`a tree with lehua blossoms.

Did You Know?
The `ohi`a lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) is a pioneer plant on new lava and a dominant tree in most mature Hawaiian forests. Honeycreepers, like the `apapane and `amakihi, are often seen sipping sweet nectar from its flowers.
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