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  2. List of museums in Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    This list of museums in Hawaii contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public ...

  3. Haena Archeological Complex - Wikipedia

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    The Haena Archeological Complex, on Kauai near Hanalei, Hawaii, is an archeological site complex that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. [1]It includes several sites: (1) house of high chief Lohiʻau (lover of Hi'iaka); (2) Ke-ahu-a-Laka hālau hula platform; (3) Ka-ulu-a-paʻoa heiau platform [3] It dates from c.1600 and is listed on the National Register for its ...

  4. Huliheʻe Palace - Wikipedia

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    In 1927 the Daughters of Hawaiʻi, a group dedicated to preserving the cultural legacy of the Hawaiian Islands, restored Huliheʻe Palace and turned it into a museum. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings on the island of Hawaii in 1973 as site 73000653.

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Hawaii

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    Kilauea Point Lighthouse Huliheʻe Palace. The following are approximate tallies of current listings by island and county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site, all of which list properties simply by county; [3] they are here divided ...

  6. Polynesian Cultural Center - Wikipedia

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    The Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) is a family-centered cultural tourist attraction and living museum in Laie on the northern shore of Oahu, Hawaii. [1] The PCC is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), was dedicated on October 12, 1963, and occupies 42 acres (17 hectares) of land belonging to nearby Brigham Young University–Hawaii (BYU-Hawaii).

  7. Culture of the Native Hawaiians - Wikipedia

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    The Native Hawaiian population was reduced to 20% of the total due to disease, inter-marriage and migration. [19] The diseases spread from outside Hawaii such as smallpox, cholera, influenza, and gonorrhea. Unlike Europeans, Hawaiians had no history with these diseases and their immune systems were unprepared to fight them. [20]

  8. Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    Kaloko (meaning "the pond" in the Hawaiian language) [4] is a site of fishponds used in ancient Hawaii is on the North end of the park. The first reference to the pond comes from the story of Kamalalawalu, about 300 years ago. The kuapā (seawall) [5] is over 30 feet wide and 6 feet high, stretching for 750 feet. Constructed by hand without ...

  9. Na Lani ʻEhā - Wikipedia

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    The king also celebrated Hawaiian culture at his two-week 50th birthday Jubilee in 1886. The celebration began with a parade featuring the hula, and floats representing stories from native Hawaiian culture. Hula was again performed at the evening lūʻau gala celebration, continuing through the night until the dawn of the next day.