Mānoa Heritage Center

E Komo Mai

Welcome to Mānoa Heritage Center – a 3.5 acre living classroom that promotes an understanding of Hawaiʻi’s cultural and natural heritage.

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MHC Public Programming Update

Aloha mai kākou,

We have returned our public tour capacity to 10 guests (max) on weekday afternoons and select Saturday mornings.

For tour information and registration please see the Event Calendar in the upper right menu.

In addition, we ask if you are not feeling well,  please consider staying home and rescheduling your visit.

Thank you for helping us to keep our community safe. We hope to see you soon!

We want to leave you with this quote shared by our friends at the Polynesian Voyaging Society:

“We are each made for goodness, love, and compassion.  Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.”

– Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu

PLAN A VISIT

Enjoy this introduction to Mānoa Heritage Center created by recent Mid-Pacific graduate Garrison Lagapa (class of 2018). This short film was a senior project, and part of receiving his Hawaiian Studies certificate.

Connect - Learn - Share

We are committed to working with the community to nurture responsible stewardship practices and invite you to join our ʻohana as volunteers and partners.

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Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke Workshops

Hīnaʻi Poepoe: Beginning Round Basketry

Learn about the art of traditional Hawaiian basket weaving with ʻieʻie as you make your own basket and cover.

Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke Workshops

Nature Journaling

Explore the creative writing side of nature journaling with author and artist Kate Righter

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Happy Aloha Friday! 🤙🏽 And Happy November! 🍂 We’ve got 3 more open spots in our Hīnaʻi Poepoe: Beginning Round Basketry workshop happening later this month. This 2-day workshop will be a fun learning experience and participants will go home with a self-made basket and cover to go with their new weaving skills! Register at the link in our bio! #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #MaKaHanaKaʻIkeWorkshops #LearnByDoing #BeginningRoundBasketry #HīnaiPoepoe #KeKumuHawaii #2DayWorkshop #HawaiianBasketry #HawaiianBasketWeaving
Happy Aloha Friday! 🤙🏽 And Happy November! 🍂 We’ve got 3 more open spots in our Hīnaʻi Poepoe: Beginning Round Basketry workshop happening later this month. This 2-day workshop will be a fun learning experience and participants will go home with a self-made basket and cover to go with their new weaving skills! Register at the link in our bio! #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #MaKaHanaKaʻIkeWorkshops #LearnByDoing #BeginningRoundBasketry #HīnaiPoepoe #KeKumuHawaii #2DayWorkshop #HawaiianBasketry #HawaiianBasketWeaving
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Happy Aloha Friday! 🤙🏽 And Happy November! 🍂 We’ve got 3 more open spots in our Hīnaʻi Poepoe: Beginning Round Basketry workshop happening later this month. This 2-day workshop will be a fun learning experience and participants will go home with a self-made basket and cover to go with their new weaving skills! Register at the link in our bio! #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #MaKaHanaKaʻIkeWorkshops #LearnByDoing #BeginningRoundBasketry #HīnaiPoepoe #KeKumuHawaii #2DayWorkshop #HawaiianBasketry #HawaiianBasketWeaving
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Cousins of Mānoa *debut album* October 31, 2024 🤠
Cousins of Mānoa *debut album* October 31, 2024 🤠
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Cousins of Mānoa *debut album* October 31, 2024 🤠
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Our innagural Watershed Camp 2024 was nourishing indeed!💧⛰️ Middle school campers spent their Fall break learning about the importance of native forests to Hawaiʻiʻs watersheds, their allies (kāhuli) and their threats (ungulates). The culmination of learning was documemted in nature journals and shared in PSA presentations for ʻohana. One passionate camperʻs PSA slogan warns us… “SAVE IT OR DEAD ☠️ “ Period. Mahalo me ka ha’aha’a ʻiā: Marisla Foundation sponsorship 🗣️ @katerighter ;Nature Journal Education 🗣️ David Clements with @hawaii_dlnr ;ungulate control 🗣️ Dan Kelin with hawaiikahuli.org ;advocacy work 🌈 ka ‘Ike, ka ‘āina, the campers, camp counselors, ‘ohana #manoaheritagecenter #manoa #watershed #marislafoundation
Our innagural Watershed Camp 2024 was nourishing indeed!💧⛰️ Middle school campers spent their Fall break learning about the importance of native forests to Hawaiʻiʻs watersheds, their allies (kāhuli) and their threats (ungulates). The culmination of learning was documemted in nature journals and shared in PSA presentations for ʻohana. One passionate camperʻs PSA slogan warns us… “SAVE IT OR DEAD ☠️ “ Period. Mahalo me ka ha’aha’a ʻiā: Marisla Foundation sponsorship 🗣️ @katerighter ;Nature Journal Education 🗣️ David Clements with @hawaii_dlnr ;ungulate control 🗣️ Dan Kelin with hawaiikahuli.org ;advocacy work 🌈 ka ‘Ike, ka ‘āina, the campers, camp counselors, ‘ohana #manoaheritagecenter #manoa #watershed #marislafoundation
Our innagural Watershed Camp 2024 was nourishing indeed!💧⛰️ Middle school campers spent their Fall break learning about the importance of native forests to Hawaiʻiʻs watersheds, their allies (kāhuli) and their threats (ungulates). The culmination of learning was documemted in nature journals and shared in PSA presentations for ʻohana. One passionate camperʻs PSA slogan warns us… “SAVE IT OR DEAD ☠️ “ Period. Mahalo me ka ha’aha’a ʻiā: Marisla Foundation sponsorship 🗣️ @katerighter ;Nature Journal Education 🗣️ David Clements with @hawaii_dlnr ;ungulate control 🗣️ Dan Kelin with hawaiikahuli.org ;advocacy work 🌈 ka ‘Ike, ka ‘āina, the campers, camp counselors, ‘ohana #manoaheritagecenter #manoa #watershed #marislafoundation
Our innagural Watershed Camp 2024 was nourishing indeed!💧⛰️ Middle school campers spent their Fall break learning about the importance of native forests to Hawaiʻiʻs watersheds, their allies (kāhuli) and their threats (ungulates). The culmination of learning was documemted in nature journals and shared in PSA presentations for ʻohana. One passionate camperʻs PSA slogan warns us… “SAVE IT OR DEAD ☠️ “ Period. Mahalo me ka ha’aha’a ʻiā: Marisla Foundation sponsorship 🗣️ @katerighter ;Nature Journal Education 🗣️ David Clements with @hawaii_dlnr ;ungulate control 🗣️ Dan Kelin with hawaiikahuli.org ;advocacy work 🌈 ka ‘Ike, ka ‘āina, the campers, camp counselors, ‘ohana #manoaheritagecenter #manoa #watershed #marislafoundation
Our innagural Watershed Camp 2024 was nourishing indeed!💧⛰️ Middle school campers spent their Fall break learning about the importance of native forests to Hawaiʻiʻs watersheds, their allies (kāhuli) and their threats (ungulates). The culmination of learning was documemted in nature journals and shared in PSA presentations for ʻohana. One passionate camperʻs PSA slogan warns us… “SAVE IT OR DEAD ☠️ “ Period. Mahalo me ka ha’aha’a ʻiā: Marisla Foundation sponsorship 🗣️ @katerighter ;Nature Journal Education 🗣️ David Clements with @hawaii_dlnr ;ungulate control 🗣️ Dan Kelin with hawaiikahuli.org ;advocacy work 🌈 ka ‘Ike, ka ‘āina, the campers, camp counselors, ‘ohana #manoaheritagecenter #manoa #watershed #marislafoundation
Our innagural Watershed Camp 2024 was nourishing indeed!💧⛰️ Middle school campers spent their Fall break learning about the importance of native forests to Hawaiʻiʻs watersheds, their allies (kāhuli) and their threats (ungulates). The culmination of learning was documemted in nature journals and shared in PSA presentations for ʻohana. One passionate camperʻs PSA slogan warns us… “SAVE IT OR DEAD ☠️ “ Period. Mahalo me ka ha’aha’a ʻiā: Marisla Foundation sponsorship 🗣️ @katerighter ;Nature Journal Education 🗣️ David Clements with @hawaii_dlnr ;ungulate control 🗣️ Dan Kelin with hawaiikahuli.org ;advocacy work 🌈 ka ‘Ike, ka ‘āina, the campers, camp counselors, ‘ohana #manoaheritagecenter #manoa #watershed #marislafoundation
Our innagural Watershed Camp 2024 was nourishing indeed!💧⛰️ Middle school campers spent their Fall break learning about the importance of native forests to Hawaiʻiʻs watersheds, their allies (kāhuli) and their threats (ungulates). The culmination of learning was documemted in nature journals and shared in PSA presentations for ʻohana. One passionate camperʻs PSA slogan warns us… “SAVE IT OR DEAD ☠️ “ Period. Mahalo me ka ha’aha’a ʻiā: Marisla Foundation sponsorship 🗣️ @katerighter ;Nature Journal Education 🗣️ David Clements with @hawaii_dlnr ;ungulate control 🗣️ Dan Kelin with hawaiikahuli.org ;advocacy work 🌈 ka ‘Ike, ka ‘āina, the campers, camp counselors, ‘ohana #manoaheritagecenter #manoa #watershed #marislafoundation
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Our innagural Watershed Camp 2024 was nourishing indeed!💧⛰️ Middle school campers spent their Fall break learning about the importance of native forests to Hawaiʻiʻs watersheds, their allies (kāhuli) and their threats (ungulates). The culmination of learning was documemted in nature journals and shared in PSA presentations for ʻohana. One passionate camperʻs PSA slogan warns us… “SAVE IT OR DEAD ☠️ “ Period. Mahalo me ka ha’aha’a ʻiā: Marisla Foundation sponsorship 🗣️ @katerighter ;Nature Journal Education 🗣️ David Clements with @hawaii_dlnr ;ungulate control 🗣️ Dan Kelin with hawaiikahuli.org ;advocacy work 🌈 ka ‘Ike, ka ‘āina, the campers, camp counselors, ‘ohana #manoaheritagecenter #manoa #watershed #marislafoundation
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Keiki friendly DIY kāpala 🔸🔶🔸 By far our most colorful & exciting activities to share with all. Mahalo @hawaiian_mission_houses for having us join your annual ‘Ohana day le’ale’a! #manoaheritagecenter #kapala #kapa #nativeplants #moolelo
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Keiki friendly DIY kāpala 🔸🔶🔸 By far our most colorful & exciting activities to share with all. Mahalo @hawaiian_mission_houses for having us join your annual ‘Ohana day le’ale’a! #manoaheritagecenter #kapala #kapa #nativeplants #moolelo
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We’re kicking off Filipino American History month with an amazing workshop! Learn about the cultural significance, medicinal properties, and socio-economic challenges of rice in the Philippines from Filipinx community herbalist Nicki Garces. Plus you get to make and try niu niugan, an Ilokano rice dish offered to ancestors and bibinka galabong, a common Christmas dessert. Yum! Sign up at the link in our bio 🌾 #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #FilipinoTraditionalMedicine #FilipinoPlantMedicine #UnahonAngBugas #RiceInThePhilippines #NiuNiugan #Filipinoricedish #IlokanoRiceDish #BibinkaGalapong #FilipinoChristmasDessert #FilipinoRiceCake #FilipinoCulture #FilipinoFood #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth2024
We’re kicking off Filipino American History month with an amazing workshop! Learn about the cultural significance, medicinal properties, and socio-economic challenges of rice in the Philippines from Filipinx community herbalist Nicki Garces. Plus you get to make and try niu niugan, an Ilokano rice dish offered to ancestors and bibinka galabong, a common Christmas dessert. Yum! Sign up at the link in our bio 🌾 #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #FilipinoTraditionalMedicine #FilipinoPlantMedicine #UnahonAngBugas #RiceInThePhilippines #NiuNiugan #Filipinoricedish #IlokanoRiceDish #BibinkaGalapong #FilipinoChristmasDessert #FilipinoRiceCake #FilipinoCulture #FilipinoFood #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth2024
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We’re kicking off Filipino American History month with an amazing workshop! Learn about the cultural significance, medicinal properties, and socio-economic challenges of rice in the Philippines from Filipinx community herbalist Nicki Garces. Plus you get to make and try niu niugan, an Ilokano rice dish offered to ancestors and bibinka galabong, a common Christmas dessert. Yum! Sign up at the link in our bio 🌾 #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #FilipinoTraditionalMedicine #FilipinoPlantMedicine #UnahonAngBugas #RiceInThePhilippines #NiuNiugan #Filipinoricedish #IlokanoRiceDish #BibinkaGalapong #FilipinoChristmasDessert #FilipinoRiceCake #FilipinoCulture #FilipinoFood #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth2024
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Join Filipinx plant medicine practitioner and teacher Nicki Garces to learn about how tuob/suob is used to relieve conditions such as the flu, colds, muscle pain, and menstrual cramps, explore the spiritual significance of smoke cleansing along with learning how to make steam recipes, roll a smoke bundle, and the different ways to steam or smoke cleanse. 💨 Find more info and register at the link in bio! #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #FilipinoTraditionalMedicine #FilipinoPlantMedicine #Suob #Tuob #HerbalSteam #HerbalSteamAndSmoke #FilipinoSmokeCleansing #FilipinoSteamCleansing #FilipinoCulture
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Join Filipinx plant medicine practitioner and teacher Nicki Garces to learn about how tuob/suob is used to relieve conditions such as the flu, colds, muscle pain, and menstrual cramps, explore the spiritual significance of smoke cleansing along with learning how to make steam recipes, roll a smoke bundle, and the different ways to steam or smoke cleanse. 💨 Find more info and register at the link in bio! #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #FilipinoTraditionalMedicine #FilipinoPlantMedicine #Suob #Tuob #HerbalSteam #HerbalSteamAndSmoke #FilipinoSmokeCleansing #FilipinoSteamCleansing #FilipinoCulture
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Join community art activist and STEAM educator Corinne Okada Takara to create a mini, moving robot out of local natural materials, solar panels, and pager motors. This workshop is multigenerational and encourages family members to participate together. As you build and invent, take the opportunity to talk story and imagine a Hawaiian future of abundance rooted in sustainable energy and use of local natural resources. ☀️🤖Sign up at the link in our bio! We hope to see you there!! #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #HawaiianSolarBot #LearnByDoing #MaKaHanaKaIke #ScienceFun #Robotics
Join community art activist and STEAM educator Corinne Okada Takara to create a mini, moving robot out of local natural materials, solar panels, and pager motors. This workshop is multigenerational and encourages family members to participate together. As you build and invent, take the opportunity to talk story and imagine a Hawaiian future of abundance rooted in sustainable energy and use of local natural resources. ☀️🤖Sign up at the link in our bio! We hope to see you there!! #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #HawaiianSolarBot #LearnByDoing #MaKaHanaKaIke #ScienceFun #Robotics
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Join community art activist and STEAM educator Corinne Okada Takara to create a mini, moving robot out of local natural materials, solar panels, and pager motors. This workshop is multigenerational and encourages family members to participate together. As you build and invent, take the opportunity to talk story and imagine a Hawaiian future of abundance rooted in sustainable energy and use of local natural resources. ☀️🤖Sign up at the link in our bio! We hope to see you there!! #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #HawaiianSolarBot #LearnByDoing #MaKaHanaKaIke #ScienceFun #Robotics
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Help support MHC with Give Aloha every time you shop at Foodland! 🛍️🎗️💛 Use our code at checkout: 78217 How customers can support the Give Aloha matching gift: ✔️Round up your purchase ✔️Donate spare change ✔️Donate 250 Maikaʻi points for a $5 donation ✔️Purchase Give Aloha merchandise Now through September 30th 🗓️
Help support MHC with Give Aloha every time you shop at Foodland! 🛍️🎗️💛 Use our code at checkout: 78217 How customers can support the Give Aloha matching gift: ✔️Round up your purchase ✔️Donate spare change ✔️Donate 250 Maikaʻi points for a $5 donation ✔️Purchase Give Aloha merchandise Now through September 30th 🗓️
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Help support MHC with Give Aloha every time you shop at Foodland! 🛍️🎗️💛 Use our code at checkout: 78217 How customers can support the Give Aloha matching gift: ✔️Round up your purchase ✔️Donate spare change ✔️Donate 250 Maikaʻi points for a $5 donation ✔️Purchase Give Aloha merchandise Now through September 30th 🗓️
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We are excited to announce that registration is open for MHC’s first ever Watershed camp! 🎉 Happening during the week of Fall Intersession, haumāna (students) will learn about the role of our watersheds in sustaining life on our islands through fun, hands-on learning activities rooted in Hawaiʻi’s botany, ecology, and natural history. ⛰☁️💧Visit the link in our bio to sign up! (bit.ly/watershed1024) #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #MHCWatershedCamp #FallIntercessionCamp #Watersheds #HawaiiWatersheds
We are excited to announce that registration is open for MHC’s first ever Watershed camp! 🎉 Happening during the week of Fall Intersession, haumāna (students) will learn about the role of our watersheds in sustaining life on our islands through fun, hands-on learning activities rooted in Hawaiʻi’s botany, ecology, and natural history. ⛰☁️💧Visit the link in our bio to sign up! (bit.ly/watershed1024) #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #MHCWatershedCamp #FallIntercessionCamp #Watersheds #HawaiiWatersheds
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We are excited to announce that registration is open for MHC’s first ever Watershed camp! 🎉 Happening during the week of Fall Intersession, haumāna (students) will learn about the role of our watersheds in sustaining life on our islands through fun, hands-on learning activities rooted in Hawaiʻi’s botany, ecology, and natural history. ⛰☁️💧Visit the link in our bio to sign up! (bit.ly/watershed1024) #ManoaHeritageCenter #ManoaValley #MHCWatershedCamp #FallIntercessionCamp #Watersheds #HawaiiWatersheds
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Paintings, Prints, and Drawings of Hawaii

A special book and Kama‘aina perspective from the Sam and Mary Cooke Collection. Experience 18th to 20th century Hawaiian history through art.

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