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Maui Historical Society Presents
a Presentation and Book Signing by Mike Severns,
Author of Shells of the Hawaiian Islands.
Thursday January 26, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Maui malacologist and author Mike Severns will give a presentation on land and sea shells of Hawaii and the process of creating his recently published catalog Shells of the Hawaiian Islands at Bailey House Museum on Thursday January 26 at 6:00 pm. A small exhibit of shells from the Maui Historical Society collection, including rare and extinct Hawaiian land snail shells, will also be on view. The program is $10 for the general public and members of the Maui Historical Society are free. Please RSVP by calling the office at 244-3326 or e-mailing baileyhousemuseum@clearwire.net.
Shells of the Hawaiian Islands is a comprehensive catalog of land and sea shells of Hawaii in two volumes, identifying over 2,000 species with full-color images. Its publishing was supported in part by the Harold K.L.Castle Foundation through a grant sponsored by the Maui Historical Society.
The Maui Historical Society was founded in 1951 and is the oldest historical and preservation society on Maui. Its mission is to Collect, Preserve, Study, Interpret and Share the History, and Heritage of Maui. As a 501(c) 3, donations to the Maui Historical Society are tax deductible to the fullest extent of existing law. Your gift ensures that the past is there for future generations.
For more information, call the Maui Historical Society at 244-3326 or e-mail baileyhousemuseum@clearwire.net. Website: www.mauimuseum.org
“A Bailey House Christmas”
Fundraiser for Maui Historical Society
Saturday, November 26th
10 am to 3 pm
The Maui Historical Society’s annual fundraiser will be held Saturday November 26, 2011 from 10 am to 3 pm on the beautiful and historic grounds of the Bailey House Museum in Wailuku.
Go back in time to an old-fashioned island Christmas at Bailey House! “A Bailey House Christmas” will be a festive ho`olaulea with Hawaiian and traditional holiday music and a Christmas Craft Market, including lei makers and lauhala weavers, vendors selling locally made gifts, and ono food vendors.
The event will be emceed by the wonderful Kathy Collins. The entertainment line-up will feature George Kahumoku, Richard Ho`opi`i, the Ukulele Pops Band of Maui, Aunty Iola Balubar and Halau Hula O Keola-Ali`iokekai, Maui Madrigal, “The Mad Bagpier” Roger McKinley and Company, and cast members from “A Christmas Carol”!
In addition there will be pre-holiday shopping at the museum gift shop, a silent auction, and free museum admission. The Bailey House will be beautifully decorated for the holidays.
Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 on the day of the event. Children under 12 are admitted free with a paid adult. Tickets are available at the Bailey House Museum at 2375-A Main Street in Wailuku. “Will call” will be available for advance purchases by calling MHS at 244-3326. All proceeds support Maui Historical Society operations and educational programs. Major sponsors are Flyin Hawaiian Zipline, Maui Oil Company and A&B Foundation.
"Mapping of Hawaii" Exhibit and Program
"The Mapping of Hawaii," an exhibit that traces the history of the Hawaiian Islands through maps, will be on display at the Bailey House Museum from Oct. 1 to 16.
"The Mapping of Hawaii" exhibit was created and interpreted by Bryant Neal and Richard Mickelsen and displays dozens of large-scale reproductions of historic maps and prints. The event tells how Hawaii found its place on the map and offers a story of discovery, adventure and conflict. The display begins with the Polynesian migrations and continues with maps from the European voyages of exploration, Kingdom of Hawaii, and the missionary and plantation days. The exhibit also includes more modern-era Hawaii maps from the Territorial period to the present. In addition to the maps and prints, there will be a special exhibit by the museum's Canoe House with illustrations of the history of Polynesian voyaging canoes.
There also are two other events tied to the traveling exhibit - on Oct. 7 at First Friday Wailuku from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m., where the exhibit will be open for free, and Oct. 8 with speaker Riley Moffat at 4 p.m., an authority on Hawaiian maps, speaking on the mapping of Maui from 1778 to 1929 at the Bailey House. The event is open to the public and is free to Maui Historical Society members; there is a $10 admission charge for nonmembers. The fee also includes admission to the museum and the mapping exhibit.
Those who have vintage or antique maps of Hawaii or other items on paper that may be of possible historic interest may bring them for a free evaluation by Moffat, museum staff and others with expertise.
The exhibit is a collaborative effort between the Maui Historical Society and Gallery Oceanica.
“Museum Day” at Bailey House!
Free Admission, Hawaiiana Book Sale and Kani ka pila
Saturday September 24, 2011
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
On Saturday, September 24, 2011, there will be Free Admission to the Bailey House Museum in honor of Smithsonian magazine’s 8th annual Museum Day. There will also be a sale of Hawaiiana books, donated as a fundraiser for the museum. Bring the whole family, and don’t forget your ukulele so you can join our kani ka pila group!
A celebration of culture, learning and the dissemination of knowledge, Smithsonian’s “Museum Day” reflects the spirit of the magazine, and emulates the free-admission policy of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington, DC-based properties. “Events like Museum Day bring awareness to the importance of museums and the preservation of history in Hawaii and across the country.” said Nicole McMullen, Executive Director of the Maui Historical Society.
Maui Historical Society
Annual Membership Meeting
Sunday August 28, 2011 at 4:00 pm
The Annual Membership meeting of the Maui Historical Society will be held on Sunday August 28 at 4:00 pm at Bailey House Museum. There will be a brief business meeting followed by our featured speaker, Matt Thayer. Mr. Thayer is a photographer with The Maui News and will speak on his 30 year career photo-documenting Maui’s history. Hope to see you there!
Lauhala Weaving Class
at Bailey House Museum
There will be a 6-week Lauhala Weaving class on Wednesdays this summer at the Bailey House Museum. Learn to weave your own lauhala project with kumu Pohaku Kaho`ohanohano, who has been teaching weaving for 17 years.
The class will be July 13, 20, 27 and August 3, 10, 17 from 6pm to 8pm and will be limited to 12 people. The cost is $60 for members of the Maui Historical Society and $65 for non-members. Please register by July 11th by calling the Maui Historical Society at 244-3326 or e-mailing at baileyhousemuseum@clearwire.net.
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Hina & Maui: The Story of Hawaiian Tapa Making (Hina & Maui: Ka Mo'olelo no ke Kapa o Hawai'i Nei), will take place Friday June 10th at 5:00 pm at Bailey House Museum in honor of Kamehameha Day. This original production will feature a presentation of the legend of Hina and Maui in hula and chant written by kumu hula Hōkūlani Holt. The event was created by Wesley Sen, a Big Island kapa artist, who will fashion one-of-a-kind costumes of traditional kapa for the performers. (Kumu Wes, Kumu Hōkūlani and Pua Van Dorpe held a kapa-making workshop and exhibit at Bailey House Museum in 1987 at a time when the art of kapa-making was first being revived.) Kumu Wes will give a presentation on Hawaiian kapa-making as part of the evening’s festivities. Antique kapa from the collection of the Maui Historical Society will be on exhibit in the Bailey House Museum and Refreshments will be by Catering from Soup to Nuts. These treasured cultural practitioners are donating their time and talents and all proceeds from the event will benefit the Maui Historical Society. Tickets for the event are $50 for the general public and $45 for Maui Historical Society members. Must be 21 or older to attend. Seating is limited to 100 people, so call for tickets today!
Wesley Sen will also host dye making and kapa decorating workshops at the Bailey House Museum on Friday June 10th from 10 am to 2 pm and Saturday June 11th from 9 am to 1 pm. The cost for both workshops is $30. For more information on these events and to purchase tickets, please contact the Maui Historical Society at 244-3326.
The Maui Historical Society Presents
the 2nd Annual “Celebration of Quilts”
At the Bailey House Museum
Saturday May 14, 2011 from 10 am to 3 pm
The Bailey House Museum gardens will be a rainbow of color on Saturday May 14, 2011 for the 2nd annual “Celebration of Quilts” Quilt Show and Exhibit. Local quilters from across Maui will hang their quilts throughout the gardens and demonstrate quilting methods to visitors at this one-day event. Antique quilts from the Maui Historical Society and private collections will be exhibited in the Bailey House Museum. Admission to the Quilt Show includes admission to the museum and is $10 for adults. Children 12 and under are free.
`Ohana Day at Bailey House Museum
Sunday April 17, 2011
12 pm to 4 pm
The Maui Historical Society/Bailey House Museum will hold an `Ohana Day on Sunday April 17, 2011. The museum and shop will be open in the afternoon from 12 pm until 4 pm. We will offer half off admission ($3.00 for adults and $2.00 for seniors). The Children 12 and under will be free. Bring your ukulele or guitar for old-fashioned kani ka pila! Bring the whole `ohana to Bailey House for an afternoon of talk story and family fun!
Book Signing and Celebration
for Edward Bailey of Maui: Teacher & Naturalist, Engineer & Artist
By Linda McCullough Decker
Bailey House Museum
Tuesday March 15, 2011
5:00pm to 7:00pm
Who was Edward Bailey (1814-1903)? His connection to Bailey House Museum is probably all you know about him. That’s because Maui author Linda Decker just published the very first Bailey biography, Edward Bailey of Maui: Teacher & Naturalist, Engineer & Artist ©. This book will be released at a public celebration on Tuesday March 15th at Bailey House Museum, 5:00 – 7:00 pm. Refreshments will be served. Admission is free. For further information and directions to Bailey House Museum, call: 808 244-3326.
Edward Bailey’s significance for Maui can hardly be underestimated — but has been ignored. His detailed paintings of Maui in the 19th Century have charmed visitors to the Bailey House Museum, and Ka`ahumanu Church blesses Wailuku’s High Street; but his specimens of island plants at the Bishop Museum, the roads he laid out, and his role in the education of Hawaiian women are hardly known.
Drawing heavily on letters and journals of the Baileys and their circle, Decker presents Edward and Caroline largely in their own words and those of their friends and neighbors. Detailed and vivid, Bailey’s words draw us into the world he helped shape, and share his hopes and his misgivings about those changes.
Other than his obituary, this biography is the first story to be written of the life of this humble, versatile, charming man.
For more information on Linda McCullough Decker, see her on Facebook
Website coming soon: http:www.edwardbaileyofmaui.com
BAILEY HOUSE MUSEUM
STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
RECEIVES FUNDING from A&B FOUNDATION
“The Alexa Kahui High School Internship" is a paid work-study program for high school students at Bailey House Museum and is named in honor of a former trustee of the Maui Historical Society, Alexa Kahui. This year’s internship is made possible through a $3,500 grant from the Alexander & Baldwin Foundation. The foundation has funded the high school internship program at Bailey House Museum since 2007.
The program was developed to teach high school students general office and customer service skills and to create an interest in preserving the history of Maui for future generations. Interns work in the Museum, Museum Shop, grounds, office, or on special projects. This position will cover one intern for a 12-month period. This position requires a commitment of six hours a week during the school year and twenty hours a week during school breaks. Please contact the Maui Historical Society for more information on how to apply.
`Ohana Day at Bailey House Museum
Sunday January 30, 2011
12 pm to 4 pm
The Maui Historical Society/Bailey House Museum will hold an `Ohana Day on Sunday January 30, 2011. The museum will be open in the afternoon from 12 pm until 4 pm. We will offer half off admission ($3.00 for adults and $2.00 for seniors). The Children 12 and under will be free. The Museum Shop will also be open and light refreshments provided. Bring your ukulele or guitar for old-fashioned kani ka pila! Bring the whole `ohana to Bailey House for an afternoon of family fun!
