• Lāna‘i Memorial Day Bouquet Making Cleanup 2023

    Lāna‘i Memorial Day Bouquet Making Cleanup 2023

    June 2023 - Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center brought together the island community to participate in bouquet making on Saturday, May 27 on the Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center lawn. The organization also brought together over 80 volunteers for the cemetery clean-up and bouquet placing on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29.

  • Kupulau Festival Celebrates Conservation

    Kupulau Festival Celebrates Conservation

    May 2023 - Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center's second annual Kupulau Festival celebrated Lāna‘i's precious natural and cultural resources. There were educational booths for all to learn about the biocultural landscape, interactive crafts and opportunities for families to take home native plants.

  • Ka Lanakila Church Restoration

    Ka Lanakila Church Restoration

    April 2023 - On April 1, 2023 Lāna‘i Culture and Heritage Center volunteers worked to restore Hawai'i's largest dryland forest and Lāna‘i's Ka Lanakila Church.

  • Restoration of Kānepu‘u

    Restoration of Kānepu‘u

    March 2023 - Here’s what Lanai’s lovers of land look like. On March 4, 2023 Hawai‘i’s largest native dryland forest got a boost thanks to the Lāna‘i Culture and Heritage Center and volunteers. Fifty native plants were donated.

  • Top 10 Highlights of 2022

    Top 10 Highlights of 2022

    January 2023 - 2022 was a time of restoration and innovation. It was our year to rekindle community, advance our mission and to celebrate the centennial of plantation life. Here are the top 10 highlights of 2022 that your support made possible.

  • New virtual exhibit celebrates plantation era centennial

    New virtual exhibit celebrates plantation era centennial

    September 2022 - On September 30, 2022 Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center (Lāna‘i CHC) launched its first ever virtual  exhibit as part of its centennial celebration that commemorates the plantation life that began when the island was purchased by pineapple pioneer James Dole in 1922.

  • Lāna‘i Guide App: Explore Lāna‘i Responsibly

    Lāna‘i Guide App: Explore Lāna‘i Responsibly

    August 2022 –Explore the rich natural and cultural history of Lāna‘i with the Lāna‘i Guide App! HI Now host Kainoa Carlson catches up with Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center’s Executive Director, Shelly Preza, as she shares with us how the app can be used as a resource to discovering what the island has to offer.