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Complex with restored homes & workplaces of 19th-century Christian missionaries & a visitor center.
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- Address553 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA, Honolulu
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- Phone(808) 447-3910
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We had a great tour with only one other person, plus they were getting ready for a special tour with relatives/donors of the place so extra artifacts were out. Loved leaning about the Hawaiian language! From Wiki: "The Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives was established in 1920 by the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, a private, non-profit organization and genealogical society, on the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first Christian missionaries in Hawaiʻi. In 1962, the Mission Houses, together with Kawaiahaʻo Church, both built by those early missionaries, were jointly designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark. In 1966 all the NHLs were included in the National Register of Historic Places. The Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives collects, preserves, interprets, and exhibits documents, artifacts, and other records of Hawaii's "missionary" period from about 1820 to 1863. It interprets its historic site and collections and makes these collections available for research, educational purposes, and public enjoyment. The archive's collection holds over 3,000 Hawaiian, Western, and Pacific artifacts, and more than 12,000 books, manuscripts, original letters, diaries, journals, illustrations and Hawaiian church records."
This is a wonderful museum where you learn a nuanced and well researched history of the early missionaries in Hawaii. Take a guided tour if you can, it’s well worth it!
Since I visited Sunday it was closed but I was still able to access the yard from the back gate and walk around. It has 3 outstanding interpretive signs. Well worth the visit to understand this important aspect and impact on traditional Hawaiian culture. Historic buildings amazingly restored. Oldest wooden building in HI, shipped from Boston pre-cut lumber in 1821.
The most beautiful museum in Honolulu and Amazing Gift Shop supporting local artists , the selection of Hawaiian items is absolutely fabulous, the staff is amazing professionals and kind the best customer service and knowledgeable about Hawaii a real jewel and the History of Hawaii. It is awesome to be in the place where the fist house in Hawaii was built in 1821 , Thank you and Mahalo, Nui Loa.
Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives Located in 553 S. King Street Honolulu, Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives (HMH), is an active site for Hawaii’s history since 1820. It is also a National Historic Landmark (listed in 1965). This one-acre site in the Historic Capital district in downtown Honolulu, HMH preserves Hawai‘i’s oldest Western-style house, the 1821 Mission House, as well as the 1831 Chamberlain House, the 1841 Bedroom Annex, a cemetery, a collections storage vault, a gift shop, and multi-purpose space. The library, which holds both English and Hawaiian archival material, over 80,000 digital pieces and is home to one of the largest collections of Hawaiian language books in the world. Reserve tickets at least 24 hours in advance. General admission is $20.