Description:
Missionary and sugar planter Edward Bailey's 1833 home -- an architectural hybrid of stones laid by Hawaiian craftsmen and timbers joined in a display of Yankee ingenuity -- is a treasure trove of Hawaiiana. Inside, you'll find an eclectic collection, from precontact artifacts like scary temple images, dogtooth necklaces, and a rare lei made of tree-snail shells to latter-day relics like Duke Kahanamoku's 1919 redwood surfboard and a koa-wood table given to President Ulysses S. Grant, who had to refuse it because he couldn't accept gifts from foreign countries. There's also a gallery devoted to a few of Bailey's landscapes, painted from 1866 to 1896, which capture on canvas a Maui we can only imagine today.
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Awards:
Frommer's
- Recommended 2010
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Contact:
- visit website
- tel: 808/244-3326
Address:
- 2375-A Main St
- Wailuku, HI 96793
Hours:
- Mon-Sat 10am-4pm
Strenuousness:
- No Sweat
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