Archives Overview

Our archive is a storage and preservation facility for images, oral histories, video, documents, artifacts, maps, and other source materials pertinent to tsunami education and the social and cultural history of Hawai’i.

How did PTM collect all of its treasures? This Museum survives and thrives by the goodwill of its supporters. People have donated photos, books, newspaper articles, family histories, paintings, scientific instruments, tsunami artifacts, and maps. People have shared their survival stories, their memories, and their keepsakes with us. We have received archival donations from as far away as Chile, Colombia, Japan, and Russia. As the archive grows, we are able to preserve the social and cultural history of Hawai’i and to serve as a living memorial to those who lost their lives in past tsunami events.