Vegetation and Landscape Character at the Jagger Museum

Crater Rim Historic District. The open ohi'a lehua and dry shrub vegetation at Uwekahuna Bluff help establish the character at the Jaggar Museum. The museum was named for Thomas Jaggar, a volcanologist who first introduced the notion of having a permanent geologic observatory and laboratory on the island. Despite a large addition by the USGS in the 1980s, the building retains its historic architectural details, spatial layout, use, and relationship to the district.