 In 2007, the HAM Education Centers was opened to provide a program of studio art classes, workshops and special exhibits.Its main location closed in December 2007, and only a few classes in a donated space were held in 2008.The Hilo Art Museum permanent collection included original works of art by Huc-Mazelet Luquiens, Pablo Picasso, Keith Haring, Jack Sudlow, Salvador Dalí, Stephen Freedman, Emily DuBois, Suzanne Dix, and many others.