Pearl Harbor National Memorial

Pearl Harbor National Memorial is a place for remembrance and reflection on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, in which service members and civilians were killed. It sits near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu and takes in the open-air Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, its museums and the USS Arizona Memorial, with the USS Utah and USS Oklahoma Memorials on Ford Island. Entry to the visitor center, its museums and the grounds is free, and you need no ticket or reservation for them. Set your GPS to the visitor center's address on Arizona Memorial Place, as the park advises, so it does not send you to the military base. Parking in the lot is paid, by mobile app or with the QR code on the signs. The USS Arizona Memorial program is free, but you reserve it online at Recreation.gov, which charges a small non-refundable fee per ticket. The park film is shown separately in the theater through the day. Ford Island is an active military base, and visitors without an active-duty military ID reach the USS Oklahoma and USS Utah Memorials by reserving seats on the Ford Island bus through Recreation.gov. The Battleship Missouri, the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum and the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum are separate sites with their own tickets, not part of the National Park Service, and a free shuttle runs from the visitor center. Leave your bag behind: purses, backpacks, fanny packs, camera bags and diaper bags are not allowed unless they are very small, while clear plastic bags, cameras, phones and wallets are fine. A paid bag storage facility near the visitor center entrance, run by the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum, holds them, and every permitted bag is inspected or tagged as screened. This is a place of significant loss and a final resting place, so the park asks for appropriate dress and conduct. Inside the museums, theaters, Navy vessels and the USS Arizona Memorial you may drink water and nothing else, and there is no alcohol on the premises and no smoking on the grounds or at the memorial. The visitor center, museums, memorial and grounds are wheelchair accessible, and service animals are welcome, but pets are not allowed inside the visitor center or the memorials.