Kauai Museum

Focus: The Kaua`i Museum features the history, art and artifacts of Native Hawaiians and immigrants to Kaua`i, as well as showcasing contemporary Kaua`i artists. The mission of the Kaua`i Museum is to inspire and promote in the community an appreciation and respect for the indigenous and immigrant people of Kaua`i and Ni`ihau and their cultural heritages

Ages: All

Cost: General Public: $ 7 .00 Seniors: $5.00 Students: (13-1 7 ) $3.00 Children: (6-12) $1.00 Under 5: Free Guided Public Tours*: $10 per person, Monday, Wednesday & Thursday, Reservations required. *Free for Kaua`i Museum members, their guests are $3.50, and this includes an (optional) free tour. Membership Categories: Individual / Makau - $25 Family / Pohaku Puka Ku`i Poi - $45 Contributing / Lei Pupu O Ni`ihau - $ 7 5 Sustaining / Ipu Pueo Pawehe - $100 Patron / Lei Niho Palaoa - $250 Corporate / Mahiole E`Ahu`ulu - $500+

Major Exhibits: Permanent collection includes l ibrary and archival materials, works of art, textiles, Hawaiian and Pacific Cultural materials, historic and natural history collections. In addition to being the home of Hawaiian culture and art, the Kaua`i Museum showcases an exhibit depicting life on sugar plantations, the workings of a mill, multicultural artifacts, costumes and photographs of the people who lived and worked on these plantations. Shell & Seed Lei Display Display of rare Ni'ihau Shell and seed lei from the collection of Lena Mendonca. 9am-1pm on Wednesdays. Lena is on hand to answer questions about this exquisite art form.

Class Trip Pricing: No charge, call for reservations

Class Trip Programs: The Kaua`i Museum offers a hands-on program, which focuses on immigration to Hawaii during the twentieth century sugar boom, utilizing multiethnic family histories, museum visits, and imaginative storyboards that will help to elicit the student's understanding of cultural differences and similarities. Students will engage in gallery learning through museum visits and recreate "mini-museums" of their own in a classroom setting

Notes:

The Kaua'i Museum invites locals and visitors to learn about the Hawaiian art of lauhala weaving every third Saturday of each month; registration is required (245-6931 ext. 21). Margaret Lovett instructor. Fee $40
($35 members), 10:30am-3:30pm.
Bring lunch.

The first Saturday of every month is Ohana Day at the Museum, with free admission and special activities. Call for details.

Genealogy Workshop Featured At Kaua`i Museum's

September 200 7 Ohana Day

Malie Foundation, Na Kahu O Ka Mo'omheu (Keepers of Our Hawaiian Culture) with Nathan Kalama, presents the fourth and final of its genealogy workshops, as part of its Year of the Ohana. Participants from the first three workshops will be greeted, as they chant their genealogies before entering the museum. Other participants are encouraged to write and then chant their own genealogies in English, as they enter the Kaua`i Museum. Punana Leo O Kaua'i will sing in the courtyard, followed by music and a discussion on how drugs are affecting our island families. Of course, there will also be Hawaiian delicacies served such as kalo, kulolo, uala, and mamaki tea. This is another wonderful opportunity to participate in our living culture for visitors and residents alike. Ohana Days always feature free admission. For more info rmation please call the

Kaua`i Museum 245-6931x26. The Kaua`i Museum, Keepers of the Culture.