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The Lihue Civic Center Historic District, in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, is a 5-acre (2.0 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. It includes Classical Revival and Mission/spanish Revival architecture in structures dating back as far as 1913.
Kauai Hindu monastery in Kauai Island in Hawaii. The Spouting Horn: located on the southern coast of Kauaʻi. The Kauaʻi Heritage Center of Hawaiʻian Culture and the Arts was founded in 1998. Its mission is to nurture appreciation and respect for Hawaiian culture.
The Albert Spencer Wilcox Building is a historic building in Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi, Hawaii. Originally a library when it opened in 1924, [3] it was later converted into the Kauaʻi Museum. [4] It has exhibits on the history of the island of Kauaʻi.
Art, Hawaiian history and culture, Pacific cultures, science, Hawaii Maritime Center: Damien Museum: Honolulu: Oahu: Biographical: Life and works of Father Damien: East Hawaii Cultural Center: Hilo: Big Island: Art: In historic building that served as District Courthouse and Police Station East-West Center Gallery: Honolulu: Oahu: Art
The Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) is a family-centered cultural tourist attraction and living museum located 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).
The group also sought to raise public awareness of the significance of the site as an example of the culture of the Native Hawaiians. [1] A relationship with the county began in 2010 with the stewardship being assumed by the organization of the site across the street from popular, county-owned Poipu Beach Park. [8]
The San Marga Iraivan Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located on Kauai, an island in the state of Hawaii, USA. "Iraivan" means "One Above All," and is one of the oldest words for God in the Tamil language. It is the first all-stone, white granite temple to be built in the western hemisphere [1] whose construction began in 1990. [2]
Hawaii's first commercial sugar plantation was created in Koloa, Kauai in 1835, and sugar rapidly grew to dominate Kauai's economy—and the economy of the Hawaiian archipelago—through the 19th and 20th centuries; [8] railways were but one of several innovations introduced to Kauai to increase efficiency and capitalize on available resources ...