A Unique Opportunity for Elementary Students
The Kaua'i Museum offers a hands-on program, which focuses on immigration to Hawai'i during the twentieth century sugar boom, utilizing multiethnic family histories, museum visits, and imaginative storyboards that will help to elicit the student's understanding of cultural differences and similarities.

Because sugar plantations imported labor from all over the world, beginning in the mid 1800's, Hawai'i's make-up can best be described as a "mosaic." The immigrant people of this time period comprise more than 3/4 of Hawai'i's population today.

More Than Just Hawaiian Culture
In addition to being the home of Hawaiian culture and art, the Kaua'i Museum showcases an exhibit depicting life on sugar plantations, the workings of a mill, multicultural artifacts, costumes and photographs of the people who lived and worked on these plantations. Students will engage in gallery learning through museum visits and recreate "mini-museums" of their own in a classroom setting.

Current Partnerships
This 15 week program is currently active at Kapa'a Elementary School as part of the 4th grade curriculum.

For more information or program scheduling please contact Linda Shimoda at 808.245.6931 ext. 26.