pray for salvation, but salvation may not come. Better to hope that the new oligarchy is as generous as the old oligarchy, which bequeathed us relics like Spalding House. Directors Halona Norton-Westbrook: 2020 to present Sean O’Harrow: 2017 to 2019 Stephan Jost: 2011 to 2016 Stephen Little: 2003 to 2010 George R. Ellis: 1982 to 2003 James W. Foster: 1963 to 1982 Robert P. Griffing, Jr.: 1947 to 1963 Edgar C. Schenck: 1935 to 1947 Kathrine McLane Jenks: 1929 to 1935 Catharine E. B. Cox: 1927 to 1928 Frank M. Moore: 1924 to 1927 Education Education has always been an integral part of the Honolulu Museum of Art's mission. Working closely with educators and schools, the museum provides tools and experiences to make visual art a foundational element of learning. The museum's education programs include guided tours, workshops, gallery classes, and children's art activities. School programs include art classes for Special Education students and programs for students in Hawaii public schools, which combine museum tours and hands-on experience creating art in studio classes at the art center. Its educational resources support educators, collectors, students, members, artists and art historians with a small library and a non-reservation collection. Tours Docents conduct tours for the public, school groups (pre-school and up), and community organizations. Groups of ten or more persons and classes are requested to schedule tours at least two weeks in advance. Special tours, focusing on temporary exhibitions often include supplementary materials and activities, some especially designed for children. Workshops for teachers and other educators may also be offered. Theme tours concentrate on a specific country, region, time period, art movement, or groups of artists. Children Gallery Hunt Activity Sheets send visitors through the galleries to find certain works of art that focus on a theme. Working with the Hawaii Department of Education and Hawai'i public schools, the museum provides art education programs for students across the state. Other educational resources The Robert Allerton Art Research Library is open to college-level students, members, and other adults for art historical research. It is a non-circulating collection of over 40,000 volumes in a closed stack system and includes general reference materials, museum archives, artist files, and auction catalogues. Free Internet access is provided. Lending Collection: Art objects, crafts and folk arts from around the world, books, and art work reproductions are some of the many items available for loan in the Lending Collection.