Pacific Tsunami Museum
A small museum in a former bank building on the Hilo Bayfront about the 1946 and 1960 tsunamis that destroyed this exact neighbourhood. Survivor accounts, photographs and a wave tank explain how tsunamis form and why Hilo was hit so hard twice. Kids can see the high water marks and understand that the empty park across the street used to be a downtown. It is genuinely sobering, so it suits school-age kids and teens more than little ones. Under an hour and a short walk from the Mokupapapa center.