JAMES NORMAN HALL Home
PK 5,5 Arue, 98701 Tahiti
Tel: (689) 50-01-61
E-mail: jamesnormanhall@mail.pf
Open Tuesday to Sunday 9.00am-4.00pm
Admission Fee

The James Norman Hall home, situated in Arue, a few kilometers from Papeete, looks out northwards to the famous Matavai Bay where Cook first landed in 1769.
The well-loved James Norman Hall, war hero, pilot, adventurer, poet, essayist and writer, worked in Tahiti for over 30 years and lived in the recently built spacious green colonial home with his Tahitian wife Sarah Hall and their two children.
Most successful and famous for the Bounty trilogy, "Mutiny on the Bounty", "Men against the Sea" and "Pitcairn's Island", written and co-authored with fellow American Charles Nordhoff -a writing partnership which lasted for over 29 years.
For the man who loved to read and listen to classical music, his beloved office library contains with his original writing desk and typewriter, over 3000 books containing seven generations of American literature. His precious gramophone, other antique wooden furniture, nostalgic family photos, favorite paintings and personal effects decorate the charming house from the romantic days.
Visitors may walk around Mama Lala's magnificent garden or relax under the terraced mango tree enjoying fresh beverages and local Tahitian pastry from the family kitchen, now a coffee and tea room.
A bilingual guide is available on this cultural visit and conferences can be organized with prior reservation.

MUSEUM OF TAHITI AND HER ISLANDS
PK 14,700 Pointe des Pêcheurs, Punaauia
P.O. Box 380354- 98718 Tamanu, Punaauia- Tahiti
Tel: (689) 583-476
E-mail: secretariat@museetahiti.pf
Open Tuesday to Sunday 9.30am-5.30pm
Admission Fee

A historic area where there was once a "marae", a major religious structure.
An amazing environment. The museum's public, private and donated collections cover archeology and displays of the native Polynesian natural environment, Polynesian material culture, technology and skills, the society and religious life of the Polynesians before the arrival of the Missionaries of the "London Missionary Society".

PAUL GAUGUIN MUSEUM
PK 51.2 Papeari
P.O. Box 16019 - 98727 Papeari- Tahiti
Tel: (689) 57-10-58
E-mail: museegauguin@mail.pf
Open daily 9.00am-5.00pm
Admission Fee

An amazing retrospective on the life and works of Paul Gauguin, the famous French artist who spent the last 12 years of his life in Tahiti and the Marquesas islands. Gauguin's art revealed and had a profound influence on the "primitive and exotic" painters and sculptors of the 20th century.
The museum has in its possession some of this unconventional painter's original works (sculptures, engraving and gouaches).

PEARL MUSEUM
Vaima Center, Rue Jeanne d'Arc, Papeete
P.O. Box 7 - 98713 Papeete- Tahiti
Tel: (689) 45-21-22
E-mail: iweber@tahitiperles.pf
Open Monday to Saturday 8.00am-7.00pm, Sunday and public holidays 9.00am-7.00pm
Admission Fee

The only museum of the world dedicated to pearls will show you this gem of the sea through different aspects: art, history, mythology, philosophy and religion are represented as well as technical explanations.
You will find a collection of pearl producing oysters and shells, the genealogy of the "Pinctada Margaritifera" which produces the Tahitian Black Pearl and many objects made with mother of pearl, a great variety of subjects around one theme. Learn everything about the different criteria determining the quality of a pearl and, last but not least, discover some unique pieces of the private collection of Robert Wan, the king of the Black Pearl.