Join us at the Moʻoheau Bandstand for our weekly program – Hilo Hula Tuesdays – from 11AM – Noon every Tuesday!

The first annual Banyan Drive Art Stroll, sponsored by Friends of Lili`uokalani Gardens, attracted more than 70 works of art in several media and 90 photographic images for a calendar competition.The FREE and open to the public event includes art exhibits, demonstrations, and entertainment in several venues in and near Lili`uokalani Gardens on Saturday, January 14, […]

Join us at the Hilo Farmerʻs Market stage (next to the red building) for our weekly program – Hilo Hula Tuesdays – from 11AM – Noon every Tuesday!

Welina kakou! It’s been such an exciting time for us this year. Just as our Hawai’i Island is seeing new growth by way of Pele’s recent active lava flow… Destination Hilo has also been experiencing new growth in the community through our cultural grant projects, growing memberships and collaborative partnerships.

Join us at the Hilo Farmerʻs Market stage (next to the red building) for our weekly program – Hilo Hula Tuesdays – from 11AM – Noon every Tuesday!

Pele’s home is nestled in the high elevations of Puna, in the volcanic realm we call Kīlauea. To the world, she is the most active volcano ever. Geologists have been recording her activity for decades. To us, here in Hawai’i, she is a living natural entity of mythic dimensions. And just as our ancestors before […]

Just in time for the holidays, Kele Kanahele of the Island of Ni‘ihau returns to teach the authentic creation of Ni‘ihau shell jewelry at the Lyman Museum! Visit his acclaimed workshop on Friday, December 9 or Saturday, December 10, both days from 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

Come to downtown Hilo, Hawaii for the 23rd Annual KWXX Hoʻolauleʻa in Historic Downtown Hilo on Saturday, September 24th from 5:00PM to 10:30PM!

In a matinée encore presentation on Friday afternoon, September 2, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. at the Lyman Museum, John Cross of the Olson Trust Archive gives us a tantalizing peek at these relics of bygone days which are still in use today, and describes how we can tap these irreplaceable historic resources for our […]

The sugar plantations dominated agricultural land use on Hawai‘i Island for more than 160 years, before that era ended in the 1990s. Many of the old maps, land records, and other documents of those times are unknown to current owners of former sugarcane lands, but may very well contain information of use or interest to […]