Re Eduardo Moreia's comment about the shell collection at Bishop Museum.
 There are only two very small areas open to the public.  One is on a
staircase crossover area and the other is in a small room leading to a
courtyard, well hidden from most.

The scientific collection is on the third floor of the main building,
and is not open to the public, but you can arrange in advance to see it
for a special reason.  The museum is staffed with very few people, and
aren't set up for casual tours of the shells.  However, it houses the
largest collection of Pacific Landsnails in the world, and Robert Cowie,
the Dept. Head is expert in that area.  Of course, is is very good on
Hawaiian Landsnails.  The collection of Pacific marine shells is quite
extensive and well housed in new steel cabinets.  The type specimen
collection is quite good.  In general the dry and wet collections have a
good part of marine molluscs available in the Pacific.
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