Mokupapapa Discovery Center Hawaii It’s the next best thing to going where swooping seabirds fill the skies, predators rule the reefs and there’s nary a human being in site. Most people will never visit the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) and its Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM). But these remote, protected islands come alive during a visit to the Mokupapapa Discovery Center for Hawaii’s Remote Coral Reefs in Downtown Hilo. Located in the century-old Koehnen Building