Exploring the Historical & Cultural Sites of Lahaina Just Got Easier
Did you know that Lahaina has 65 significant sites, museums and buildings that represent the history and culture of our town over a period of 600 years? Lahaina Restoration Foundation recently updated the descriptions of each of those sites, redrew a walking map that shows the sites and trail routes, and produced a new brochure that makes it easier than ever before to locate them and learn their stories.
Ala Hele Mo’olelo O Lahaina (Lahaina Historic Trail) is where Lahaina’s history and culture come alive in a colorful, comprehensive map-brochure.
Executive Director of the Lahain Restoration Foundation, Theo Morrison said, “Over the years with the old maps, I’ve seen people come to the visitor center in a near panic because they wanted to know what the numbers on the wooden signs stood for; so I came up with the idea of interpretive signs, which can be read 24/7. Then, the complaint was, ‘How can you call this a trail if I can’t tell which way to go?’ Also, people wanted to take something home that had all the information on it. The new map-brochure was born, which answers all of these dilemmas.”
LRF will sell the fold-out brochures at select locations in town, such as Lahaina Visitor Center, and will also make them available in the LRF office and museums. The next step will be to update the large trail maps hanging in the wooden kiosks and place numbers on every interpretive sign.
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