Demolition began this month at the Thomas A. Jaggar Museum, ending a six-year period of disuse after the facility was critically damaged during the 2018 Kilauea eruption.

The historic Jaggar Museum will not be rebuilt. A new Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field station is being built near the historic ball field by Kilauea Military Camp.

Sunrise is reflected in the windows of the Jaggar Museum and USGS building that will be removed at Uekahuna bluff at the summit of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in the weeks ahead.

The park’s historic Jaggar Museum and two buildings used by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory were badly damaged and removed. Deconstruction began in April 2024 and is now complete.

Officials said crews will dismantle the former Thomas Jaggar Museum and two buildings used by the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory — the Okamura Building and Geochemistry ...

JANICE WEI / NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE / 2019 Top, park visitors enjoy the views of Kilauea Volcano’s summit eruption from the Jaggar Museum Overlook. 1 /3 JANICE WEI / NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE ...

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has been expanding its facilities to accommodate more visitors since the 2018 Summit collapse, which closed the Jaggar Museum.

Ongoing renovations at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park will shut down the Kilauea Visitor Center for the next two years.