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With over 2 million visitors per year, Pearl Harbor is the most visited site in all of the Hawaiian Islands. The USS Arizona Memorial is one of the most popular memorials at Pearl Harbor, attracting curious visitors who wish the see the sunken ship. The memorial is built...

The USS Bowfin and the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum

One year to the day after the United States was devastated by a Japanese aerial strike force, the US Navy launched a new Balao-class submarine, the USS Bowfin (SS-287). One of the Navy’s most iconic World War II-era submarines, the Bowfin became known as the “Pearl Harbor Avenger.”...

In honor of the men killed when Oklahoma capsized and sank, the USS Oklahoma Memorial stands on Ford Island directly adjacent to the entrance to the Battleship Missouri, which is moored where Oklahoma was on the morning of December 7, 1941. The memorial provides details about the once-mighty...

The USS Missouri is perhaps the most famous Battleship ever built, she is 887 feet long and displaces 45,000 tons. She has traveled around the world and served her nation for decades. She is the “Mighty Mo.” and the second most popular site and one you certainly do...

Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum

The Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor is home to a large collection of these incredible aircraft, some dating back to more than 76 years ago and the attack on Pearl Harbor that led the US into World War II. The collection is split between two pre-World War...

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Helpful tips, baggage policy.

Remember, no bags of any size are allowed anywhere at Pearl Harbor. This includes backpacks, camera bags, purses, luggage, and fanny packs must all be left at the baggage storage at the entrance to the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. For diaper needs, we suggest parents and caregivers include these baby items in a clear sealable under the stroller seat for clear visibility and access.

Pick up your audio tour headset

You can pick up your headset for the audio tour near the Information Desk at the Visitors Center.

Strollers, Wheelchairs and mobility devices

Pearl Harbor is an accessible site, there are no hills, and the paths are mostly flat. Wheelchairs are not available for rent at the park. There are benches placed around the visitor center and there are wheelchair locks on the US Navy navy boats to and from the memorial that sport visitors back and forth to the Memorial.

Motorized mobility devices are welcome at the Visitor Center and on US Navy Vessels, and at the USS Arizona Memorial.

Strollers are welcome on site but can only go so far as the USS Arizona Memorial pre-boarding area at the Park Theater. Strollers are not permitted on US Navy vessels or the USS Arizona Memorial, please bring a baby carrier as an alternate option in these areas.

Food and Beverages

Due to the Pearl Harbor National Memorial's no bag policy, only bring snacks and water bottles that you can carry. There is a small snack shop on site that carries various sundry snacks and cold beverages as well as restaurants throughout the area. There are water fountains located throughout the park to use or refill water bottles.

Dress and Attire

We recommend that all visitors consider this site is for remembrance and reflection of the loss of life in service to the United States, therefore please plan for appropriate dress. Battle dress uniform is not allowed on the memorial, though it is allowed throughout the visitor center and at sites on Ford Island. Military visitors are welcome to wear civilian attire when visiting.

Come prepared with comfortable shoes as you will be on your feet throughout your visit, including a hat, sunglasses, and reef-safe sunscreen recommended.

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Official Pearl Harbor USS Arizona Deluxe Combo Tour

Join us for a self-guided tour through the USS Arizona followed by exclusive access to WWII archives.

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Official Pearl Harbor USS Arizona Tours

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Official Pearl Harbor USS Arizona Admiral's VIP Tour

Join us for an Admiral’s VIP self-guided tour through the USS Arizona, including exclusive access to our WWII archives and All four VR tours.

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• 28 Stops - 60 to 90 mins
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• Clock 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

USS Arizona Pearl Harbor Captain's Narrated Multimedia Tour

Let Jamie Lee Curtis and real Pearl Harbor Survivors guide you through Pearl Harbor National Memorial on this 60-90 minute narrated tour of the historic memorial that you will never forget.

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Pearl Harbor Virtual Reality – Skies Over Pearl Tour

Special VR Tour that lets you experience the Japanese attack from the deck of the Battleship USS Utah in Pearl Harbor. Step back in time and discover the National Park Service’s new Pearl Harbor Virtual Reality Center.

USS Arizona in the Pacific National Monument

Explore the $65 million Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, which includes free admission, outdoor exhibits, two world-class museums, the Pearl Harbor Virtual Reality Center, the official USS Arizona Memorial Tours, the USS Arizona Memorial Museum Store, and access to more Pearl Harbor Historic Sites.

The Pearl Harbor Visitor Center is open 362 days a year from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Movie/boat tours to the USS Arizona Memorial run from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., leaving every 15 minutes on US Navy shuttles that hold up to 145 passengers. Come learn about this important historic site, a must-do experience in Hawaii.

One of Hawaii's Premier Experiences ★★★★★

"Stopped in on our vacation even though the actual memorial is not open to step foot on, there are other things to remember the past on site, if you do take the tour it is very knowledgeable of the past, definitely glad I brought and showed my 11-year-old daughter"

"Every U.S. citizen should see this. One of the most moving experiences of my life reliving the sacrifices made that day and all the lives lost and still entombed in the sunken ship. Great history lesson for all Americans!"

"Wonderful place to honor our fallen brothers and sisters. We did the Passport to Pearl Harbor which includes everything. It’s an entire day spent at Pearl Harbor, USS Missouri, The Bowfish Submarine, Pacific Aviation Museum and all the little extras you get from the tour guide."

"We were not able to tour the memorial itself because there were ongoing repairs, but we took a boat ride to see it, and watched an excellent film about it at the grounds. There is still a lot to see and experience, and it was well worth the trip to visit."

(5/16/23) We took in the solemn facts of the events. We had gotten the narrative headset from trip advisor with admission. We had also gotten the separate tickets from recreation.gov for $1.00 each, to go on the boat to the Arizona Memorial. It was incredibly easy and fast to gain access and enjoy our day at our pace.

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Pearl Harbor and Historic Honolulu City Tour Departing Maui

Travel from Maui to Oahu on this one-day inter-island tour and experience WWII history at Pearl Harbor and Hawaii’s royal past in Historic Honolulu.

Tour Highlights

• Visit Pearl Harbor Historic Sites
• Experience the USS Arizona Memorial
• View “The Black Tears” of the Arizona
• Tour World War II museums and exhibits
• Witness Battleship Row and U.S. Pacific Fleet
• Travel through Historic Downtown Honolulu
• Experience Hawaii’s royal past
• Iolani Palace and Kawaiahao Church
• Aliiolani Hale – As Seen on Hawaii Five-O
• King Kamehameha the Great Statue

This tour is also available Departing from:

Oahu ,   Hawaii Big Island  and  Kauai .  Includes all Admission, r/t Ground Transportation and Airfare.

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About Your Tour

Take an early morning flight from Maui and soon you’ll be touching down on Oahu, ready to immerse yourself in the dramatic WWII history at Pearl Harbor. Come face to face with the tragic events of December 7, 1941 when the Japanese forces launched a surprise attack on Oahu.

The USS Arizona battleship took a direct hit, sank within minutes, and 1,177 seamen went down with their ship. Watch these historic events unfold during the 23-minute documentary complete with original archival footage. Then, cross the harbor in a Navy vessel to the USS Arizona Memorial suspended over the sunken battleship–the final resting place for these brave seamen. Step into the Memorial and visit the Shrine Room, where the names and ranks of these lost heroes are inscribed in marble. As you look down into the harbor, you’ll notice oil drops – “The Black Tears of the Arizona” – that still rise to the surface from the sunken battleship hull after nearly 80 years.

At Pearl Harbor Visitor Center , tour the museum with the Road to War and Attack galleries featuring photos, memorabilia, and artifacts and visit the excellent bookstore offering WWII memorabilia, books, and souvenirs.

Leaving Pearl Harbor, we travel through Historic Downtown Honolulu and spotlight famous architectural landmarks that recall Hawaii’s time as a royal kingdom. You’ll see Iolani Palace (built by Hawaii’s last reigning king), Kawaiahao Church, and the statue of King Kamehameha the Great who united the Hawaiian Islands under his rule in 1810.

Experience Oahu’s incredible history with this unique tour. Book today.

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Visitor Center Official Multimedia Tour (23 Stops)

Pearl Harbor National Memorial Tours

The Multimedia Narrated Tour tickets are good for the entire day between 7 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the day of your reservation. 

There is a reason why the USS Arizona Memorial is the number one visited destination in Hawaii. Millions of visitors from all over the world come to this majestic setting to see where World War II began for the United States on December 7th, 1941. 

This incredible self-guided, multimedia-narrated 30-60 min Tour is highly recommended to all visitors who desire a more engaging and enriching Pearl Harbor experience. 

Hosted by the famous actress Jamie Lee Curtis, Pearl Harbor Survivors, and the National Park Service historians, this fascinating Narrated Tour has numerous historical stops and brings to life the events that changed the Pacific and the world forever. 

Jamie Lee Curtis will guide and narrate for you through the Visitor Center’s two world-class museums, with narration aboard the USS Arizona Memorial and then along the shoreline for the incredible "Path of Attack Tour.” Hear and see firsthand stories from actual USS Arizona and Pearl Harbor Survivors as they retell their stories and retrace the events of Dec 7, 1941.  

No escorted tours are allowed at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, so these NPS-approved multimedia tours are the Only OFFICIAL Tours of the park. 

Please check in with your confirmation at our USS Arizona Memorial Tour desk, located in the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center courtyard. 

This self-guided multimedia narrated tour begins upon check-in and is available in 9 languages. English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Italian and Russian. This tour will translate the National Park Service’s 23-minute movie documentary into the visitor’s language. (Tour is also available in Russian and Italian but does not translate the movie).  

The Audio Tours DO NOT include National Park Service boat tickets to the USS Arizona Memorial or movie. Please visit https://www.recreation.gov/ticket/233338/ticket/16 to reserve those tickets.

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Need to Know

This program DOES NOT include the movie/boat tickets to the USS Arizona Memorial. Please visit https://www.recreation.gov/ticket/233338/ticket/16

Please check in with us at our USS Arizona Memorial Narrated Tour desk, located in the courtyard of the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. 

Strollers are allowed in the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, but not in the theater. You will be able to leave your stroller by the entrance of the theater and pick it up at the end of your program. Please keep in mind that this means you will have to hold your child for the duration of the program (about an hour and 15 minutes).

We have restrooms located throughout the visitor center. Please keep in mind that there are NO public restrooms on the USS Arizona Memorial. Please plan accordingly.

Other than clear bottled water, there is NO food or drinks allowed in the theater, on the shuttle boats, or at the USS Arizona Memorial. However, food and drinks are allowed at the visitor center, which has a small snack shop with sandwiches and drinks. The nearby Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum has a lunch truck. There is a restaurant at the Pacific Aviation Museum, and the USS Missouri Battleship has a lunch truck. There are also many restaurants a short drive away from the visitor center.

While cameras, water bottles, wallets, and other small items can be brought on site, no bags (or other items that offer concealment) are allowed at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. However, there is a bag storage facility, located at the Pacific Fleet Submarine shuttle bus stop, where you can store your belongings for a fee of $6 per bag.

Visitors are reminded that they are visiting a site of tremendous loss of life in service to our country. Military visitors to the memorial are within the bounds of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, and military regulations relating to military dress are enforced by Navy personnel. Per the Pacific Commander, military visitors in uniform are required to dress in Class B or better in order to gain access to the USS Arizona Memorial. Battle dress uniform is not allowed on the memorial, though it is allowed throughout the visitor center and at sites on Ford Island. Military visitors are welcome to wear civilian clothes when they visit.

The Pearl Harbor Visitor Center has reserved accessible parking in the front parking lot. The restrooms, theater, exhibit galleries, bookstore, information desks, drinking fountains, Navy shuttle boats, and USS Arizona Memorial are all fully-accessible to visitors in wheelchairs.

There are also many locations throughout the park for visitors to sit and rest. Please keep in mind that there is no seating at the memorial.

For visitors with hearing impairments, the documentary shown in the theater is fully-captioned (in English).There is an induction loop for use with hearing aids. Visually-impaired visitors will find signage in braille in addition to tactile models of various interpretive resources throughout the site.

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At the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, learn about one of the most pivotal moments in US history: the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the subsequent entry of the United States into World War II.

Pearl Harbor National Memorial museums & grounds are free. Program reservations are recommended. Plan your trip by reading more.

Learn how to make a reservation for the National Park Service facilitated USS Arizona Memorial Program with recreation.gov

Learn how to make a reservation for the National Park Service facilitated Ford Island Bus Tour with recreation.gov.

Using DNA & other technology, the remains of service members lost on the USS Oklahoma on Dec 7, 1941, are being identified & returned home.

Bags are not allowed at the park, but can be stored onsite. Find out more about our bag policy, medical concerns, and safety at the park.

Park rangers share the incredible human stories that helped define the events of December 7, 1941 in this video series.

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