Pearl Harbor National Memorial
Pearl Harbor National Memorial is free to visit, although a $1 service charge is collected by recreation.gov to reserve tickets to the USS Arizona Memorial program. You are encouraged to create and log in to your account before tickets are released since tickets are limited and may be reserved in their entirety in several minutes. Same-day, free tickets are no longer available at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. (See the "Booking Windows" tab for more information.) All visitors to the USS Arizona Memorial, regardless of their age, must have a ticket.
Pearl Harbor National Memorial is free to visit, although a $1 service charge is collected by recreation.gov to reserve tickets to the USS Arizona Memorial program. You are encouraged to create and log in to your account before tickets are released since tickets are limited and may be reserved in their entirety in several minutes. Same-day, free tickets are no longer available at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. (See the "Booking Windows" tab for more information.) All visitors to the USS Arizona Memorial, regardless of their age, must have a ticket.
Tickets are non-transferable and not for resale. Ticket reservations may not be made by commercial operators or agencies except as provided under the terms of a Commercial Use Authorization with the park. Reproduction of tickets is prohibited.
Please arrive at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center at least one hour before your scheduled ticket time to ensure you can find parking and properly stow any bags at the baggage storage. Please arrive at the Pearl Harbor Memorial Theater 10 to 15 minutes before your ticket time.
Bags are prohibited at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. Clear, see-through stadium bags and bags containing medical devices or medication may be allowed into the site at the discretion of the National Park Service. Cameras, cell phones, and wallets are allowed. Bags may be secured in the storage facility near the visitor center entrance for a fee. This privately-operated bag storage facility is open daily from 6:30 am to 5:30 pm. Parking lots are monitored and patrolled, but please do not leave items of value in your car. More information is available on the park’s website, here .
A fee of $7/day for parking in the public parking lots at the visitor center will be collected through a virtual pay system on visitors’ mobile device. (This does not apply to the Commercial Parking Lot, which instead requires a valid CUA and decal.) During busy days parking lots can fill up, so please arrive an hour early to ensure you arrive at the theater before your scheduled departure time.
Other than clear water, no food or drinks are 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 food truck and vending machines for cold beverages. There is a restaurant at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, and the Battleship Missouri Memorial has a lunch truck. There are many types of restaurants a short drive from the visitor center.
Visitors are reminded that they are visiting a site of tremendous loss of life in service to our country. The USS Arizona Memorial marks a final resting place for hundreds and a space for remembrance and reflection by millions more. Considering this, we recommend visitors recognize appropriate dress and personal standards. 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 COMNAVREG Hawaii Instruction 1020.2N, 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 attire when visiting.
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 many locations throughout the visitor center for visitors to sit and rest. For those 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.
There are several restrooms located throughout the visitor center, but there are no restrooms on the USS Arizona Memorial.
Tickets are available 12 weeks (84 days) in advance at 3 pm HST on a rolling daily window. Example: On Thursday, August 17 tickets will first be available for Thursday, November 09; on Friday, August 18, tickets will first be available for Friday, November 10. Any remaining tickets become no longer available for reservation 3 weeks prior to the tour.
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