2/12/2023 0 Comments Home of the brave toursWe were paying rent all the way up until the end of May with no income.” “Could we have survived?” Tomlinson responded about the recent reopening of bars and museums. Already struggling financially before the pandemic hit, the prolonged closure became permanent. Like many businesses, the couple had to shut down the museum at 909 Waimanu St., and the affiliated Brewseum, just around the corner, on March 17 to comply with the statewide lockdown orders to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus. > PHOTOS: Over 200 items from shuttered Home of the Brave Hawaii and Brewseum up for auction It is supported by the nonprofit Remember Honor Salute Foundation. “Oh my god, now what do we do?” said Tomlinson, who runs the museum with his wife, Janet, 61. But the coronavirus pandemic in March halted plans for building a new museum, bar and restaurant in the heart of Oahu’s world-famous tourist hot spot. Home of the Brave Hawaii President Glen Tomlinson, 59, had big plans to move the museum’s collection of World War II artifacts and memorabilia from Kakaako to a new location in Waikiki. As bars and museums reopened their doors Friday, a World War II museum and brewpub in Kakaako has already closed permanently.
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