HART Releases Public Education Materials for Historic Places Along Skyline
The first batch of a planned series of educational and historic interpretive materials has been released to enrich the passenger experience along Honolulu’s elevated train system, known as Skyline. Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) produced three items that were publicly released in April 2024: Coloring Book Professional [...]
Summer Reading List for Preservation Mavens!
If you're a preservation and history buff (and if you're reading this we assume you are), you'll be excited to add one or more of these recently published titles to your summer reading list. Happy Reading! Tambi Larsen’s, 100 Entertainments of Kauaʻi Published by Kaua‘i Historical Society, [...]
Mālama Lauhala: Caring for the Cultural Resource of Hala at Niuliʻi, Kohala
by The Kohala Center staff In April 2024, The Kohala Center (TKC) welcomed weavers, artists, scientists, and cultural managers to the hala grove at Niuliʻi, Kohala, Hawaiʻi Island for a co-learning session focused on lauhala. Supported by the U.S. Geological Survey Pacific Island Climate Adaptation Science Centers, the [...]
Unveiling the Wonders of the National Tropical Botanical Garden
Celebrating 60 Years of Plant Preservation and Research "We're all about perpetuating tropical plants, ecosystems and cultural heritage. Our approach is really biocultural and what we mean by that is we care deeply about the relationships between our ecosystems and our communities, between people and plants." ~Communications Director David [...]
Welcome to America’s Chinatowns Campaign
Explore the history of Chinatowns in the United States through a new storytelling collection and learn how they foster belonging and connections today. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has partnered with Google Arts & Culture and collaborated with over 14 organizations and eight individual artists and creators to [...]
Kaʻapuni o Waimea and the Kipahele Tour Series at Waimea Valley
Editor's note: In March of 2023, Historic Hawai‘i Foundation shared a blog post by Waimea Valley staff introducing their new program, Kaʻapuni o Waimea, just after its debut. The program offers visitors cultural learning opportunities at three of the valley’s cultural sites. The objective of the program design, to [...]