The Lyman Museum invites you to experience an artistic tradition unique to Hawai`i as it proudly presents an exhibition of featherwork and demonstrations by Lei Hulu of Hilo from May 2 through May 13, 2011. For the past six years, Aunty Doreen Henderson and her students, collectively known as Lei Hulu of Hilo, have delighted […]

The Annual Merrie Monarch Festival is just around the corner and Hilo is preparing for the large number of festival goers and the many events around Hilo Town.  Again this year ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i is partnering with the Merrie Monarch Festival to offer four days of hula-related workshops and demonstrations during the upcoming […]

April 18, 2011, 7:00-8:30 p.m.  Stalking the Wild Limu of Hawai`i presented at the Lyman Museum. Prior to Western contact, limu was a regular part of the Hawaiian diet and accompanied most meals.  Today more than 500 species of marine microalgae or seaweeds are known from the Hawaiian Islands, some of which are still relished […]

April 11, 2011, 7:00-8:30 p.m.  ENCORE PRESENTATION, BY POPULAR DEMAND at the Lyman Museum. Mauna Loa, the largest volcano on Earth, comprises more than half the surface area of Hawai`i Island.  Mapping and dating have shown that 98% of this active volcano is covered with lava flows less than 10,000 years old, and since 1843 […]

‘Imiloa Astronomy Center introduces two new planetarium offerings starting Saturday, April 2.  A new 3D planetarium show, 3D Natural Selection slips into the 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. daily rotation spots and Earth, Moon and Sun fills in the Saturday 10 a.m. keiki show. Join the young Charles Darwin in Natural Selection on an adventurous 3D voyage of […]