Arboretum, Botanical Garden, Culture, History, Historic House, Natural History, Nature Centers, Park

Visitors to Kahanu Garden will learn about the cultural relationships between people and these remarkable plants that were transported around the Pacific on ancient voyaging canoes. Among the different ethnobotanical collections at Kahanu Garden is the world’s largest collection of breadfruit cultivars, which serves as a germplasm repository for this important South Pacific food crop.

General

Historical Society

Primarily a research facility, KauaÔi Historical Society maintains the only general historical archive for KauaÔi.

History

Exhibits, artifacts, dioramas and murals feature the people, culture and geological history of KauaÔi and NiÔihau.

Natural History

KokeÔe National History Museum offers exhibitions, orientation and a self-guiding trail map to one of the worldÕs most isolated and unique ecosystems.

Park

Kalaupapa National Historical park preserves the historic Kalaupapa HansenÕs Disease Settlement established in 1866 including Father DamienÕs church and numerous archaeological sites. Access to Kalaupapa is restricted and by reservation only but excellen

Children's

History

Nature Centers

One of the best places in the islands to view seabirds, Kilauea Point offers a Visitor Center, historic Lighthouse, interpretive exhibits and trails. Spinner dolphins, humpback whales and occasionally Hawaiian monk seals may be seen seasonally.

Historical Society

The Kona Historical Society preserves two historic sites which provide a glimpse of a way of life which is fast disappearing from the Kona landscape today. The historic Greenwell Store (c. 1875) houses exhibits, maps and photographs relating to history o