
Mission Houses Museum
The oldest western-style structures still standing in Hawaii, the Mission Houses Museum celebrates and seeks to promote an understanding of the “missionary period” in Hawaiian history that lasted from approximately 1820 to 1863. The buildings that comprise this museum were all constructed between 1841 and 1840, making them older than the Kawaiaha’o Church next door. The three houses are located in the Iolani Palace and Historic Buildings neighborhood. In addition to
Guided tours are available, and include access to the Chamberlain House, a home and storeroom used by many missionaries, the Coral House, home to the first printing press operation to be built in the Hawaiian Islands, and the Frame house, which served as a home to many of the island’s most famous missionaries. There are more than 30,000 artifacts from this time period in exhibition rooms among the three buildings, lovingly cared for and curated by the Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society. Guided tours are conducted daily at 11am, 1pm and 2:45pm.
