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Landscaping in Hawaii focus of Lyman Museum program

Posted on 06/14/13 by admin No Comments
Sida fallax flower (`ilima) is widely used in landscaping as a colorful groundcover.
Credit: Noa Lincoln.

HILO, Hawai`i (June 5, 2013) — On Monday, June 24 at 7 p.m., Peter Van Dyke of the Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in Captain Cook will speak at the Lyman Museum about the cultural, aesthetic, and horticultural considerations of using native plants in landscaping.

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Learn about Camp Tarawa at Lyman Museum program

Posted on 05/29/13 by admin No Comments
Camp Tarawa

HILO, Hawai`i (May 28, 2013) — Between December 1943 and August 1945, some 55,000 U.S. Marines, Navy Corpsmen, and Seabees called the Big Island “home.”

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Seashells spotlighted in Lyman Museum presentation

Posted on 04/19/13 by admin No Comments
Don Hemmes, professor emeritus of UH-Hilo, shares information about his favorite seashells 7 p.m. May 6 at the Lyman Museum.
Credit: Courtesy of Don Hemmes.

HILO, Hawai`i (April 30, 2013) — Dr. Don Hemmes, professor emeritus of biology at the University of Hawai`i at Hilo, returns to the Lyman Museum 7 p.m. Monday, May 6 for a special presentation on his favorite seashells.

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Historian discusses Walter Murray Gibson at Lyman Museum

Posted on 04/19/13 by admin
Credit: Gladys Suzuki.

HILO, Hawai`i (April 15, 2013) — Big Island historian Boyd Bond visits the Lyman Museum at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 22 to discuss the life and times of Walter Murray Gibson

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Biologist visits Lyman Museum to discuss Hawai`i mushrooms

Posted on 03/26/13 by admin No Comments
Dr. Don Hemmes

HILO, Hawai`i (April 1, 2013) — Which mushrooms are most commonly found in Hawai`i? Find out Monday, April 8 at 7 p.m. when Dr. Don Hemmes, professor emeritus of biology at the University of Hawai`i at Hilo, gives an illustrated talk at the Lyman Museum.

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Ethnoecology and Hawaiian agriculture presentation at Lyman Museum

Posted on 03/26/13 by admin No Comments
Noa Kekuewa Lincoln

HILO, Hawai`i (March 25, 2013) — On Monday, April 1 at the Lyman Museum, Stanford University doctoral candidate (and kama`āina) Noa Kekuewa Lincoln will delve into traditional Hawaiian wisdom about food plants and the environment.

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Lyman Museum’s Special Exhibit Sasana: The Burma Portfolio

Posted on 03/07/13 by admin No Comments
Sasana Banner held over

HILO, Hawai`i (March 8, 2013) — The Lyman Museum’s special exhibit “Sasana: The Burma Portfolio,” is now extended for public viewing through May 25, 2013.

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Lyman Museum to feature traditional Hawaiian featherwork this May

Posted on 03/06/13 by admin No Comments
Hawaiian Featherwork

Hilo, Hawai`i (March 5, 2013)—Visitors will experience an artistic tradition unique to Hawai`i when the Lyman Museum presents an exhibition of featherwork by Lei Hulu of Hilo this spring.

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Hawaii bird conservation talk at Lyman Museum

Posted on 02/28/13 by admin No Comments
Alala chicks at home in an HEBCP conservation center on Maui. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research.

HILO, Hawai`i (February 28, 2013) —At the Lyman Museum on Monday, March 11 at 7 p.m., Rosanna Leighton, Research Coordinator for Keauhou Bird Conservation Center (KBCC) in Volcano, talks about Hawaii’s unique avian species

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Lyman Museum presents Ni` ihau Shell Workshops

Posted on 02/28/13 by admin No Comments
Momi shells from the island of Ni`ihau around a quarter. Photo courtesy of Ni`ihau Cultural Heritage Foundation

  Calendar: Ni’ihau Shell Workshops, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23. Just in time for Merrie Monarch,

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