Artist Kirk Kurokawa Brushes Strokes of Meaning into Nisei Veterans Memorial Center Mural
4/15/20: Historic Hawai‘i Foundation is honored to present a Programmatic Award to the Mural Wall at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center located in Kahului on the island of Maui. Local artist Kirk Kurokawa created this larger-than-life mural on a bare concrete wall using ordinary house paint. The mural is being [...]
Enjoy Hawaii’s Historic Places from Home
Historic Hawai‘i Foundation wishes you and yours good health, safety and peace at this time of uncertainty. We invite you and your family and friends to visit the Historic Hawai‘i Foundation Heritage Tourism pages to experience virtual tours, maps, photos and histories of storied places in the Islands. [...]
Nostalgic Music to Soothe Your Spirit – an HPR Collaboration
Historic Hawai‘i Foundation was invited to collaborate with Hawai‘i Public Radio to create our very own playlists that will be shared via HPR’s Generation Listen, a community playlist that seeks to engage new listeners and different community partners each month. As an organization, we created 4 playlists inspired by places [...]
Online Education: Native Hawaiian Organizations & the Section 106 Process
On February 22, 2020 more than 115 people attended the Native Hawaiian Organizations & the Section 106 Process Seminar at the YWCA Oahu. Historic Hawai‘i Foundation joined with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Native Hawaiian Relations to offer a [...]
Historic Hawai‘i Foundation Temporary Closures
We have been closely monitoring developments regarding COVID-19 and Coronavirus and have been following recommended guidance from the State Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control to prevent the spread of any respiratory illness. The health and safety of our staff, members and guests is of utmost importance [...]
Did Lahaina’s Historic Baldwin Home have a Cookhouse?
Baldwin Home Cookhouse Archaeological Dig Underway in Lahaina The original adobe cookhouse at the Baldwin Home in Lahaina, Maui is the subject of an archaeological excavation supported by the Sam & Mary Cooke Preservation Fund for Hawai‘i, a grant program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in cooperation with [...]