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The Hawaiian Mission Houses

Name: The Hawaiian Mission Houses
Address: 553 S King Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813, US
Telephone: +18086460064
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Book guided Tours for $20:
Tue and Wed @ 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm
Th, Fri, Sat @ 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm

09/05/2026

Our Silent Auction is LIVE✅ Start Bidding online today by registering with the link in our Bio 🔗 or visit missionhouses.org 💻
🤎Lauhala
🍝Cuisine and Dining
👑Hotel Stay
🧘🏾‍♂️Spa Offerings
👜Designer Bags
🫶🏽Handcrafted
… and MORE!

Bidding Closes Next Saturday September 12!

06/17/2026

Aloha kākou 🌺 Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives will be closed on Friday, June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.

Normal operating hours return on Saturday, June 20th.

Check out our other events at: www.missionhouses.org

06/16/2026

🌟 EARLY BIRD ENDS FRIDAY 🌟

Join us for Huakaʻi I Nā Hōkū — our Annual Fundraising Gala, on Saturday, September 12 at The Royal Hawaiian Resort Waikiki. ✨

This year we honor two great voyages that shaped modern Hawaiʻi — the Polynesian navigators who sailed by the stars, and the missionary families who crossed 13,000 miles around Cape Horn to first sight Mauna Kea in 1820. An evening of moʻolelo, music, and aloha awaits. 🌺

🎟️ Reserve before Friday, 6/19 and save $50 per person. Set your course now — secure your seats at the link below. 🔗

https://missionhouses.org/events/huakai_2026/

ʻAʻohe hana nui ke alu ʻia — No task is too big when done together by all. 💫

06/14/2026

🌅 Mahalo, Honolulu. 💚 What a way to celebrate 15 years! The enthusiasm from everyone who has joined us thus far at Oʻahu Cemetery Pūpū Theatre: Caring for Our Community has left us absolutely glowing. ✨

Six sold-out nights. Five remarkable lives. And a community that showed up — leaning in, asking questions, and carrying these stories home with them.

To every guest who shared the evening with us: your energy is what makes this program what it is. We're so grateful. 🙏

06/13/2026

When Kauikeaouli was proclaimed Kamehameha III on June 6, 1825, the new king was only about eleven years old — yet the words attributed to him that day set the course for his reign. Addressing the chiefs and people, he declared, “O Ko‘u Aupuni, he Aupuni Palapala" (My Kingdom shall be a Kingdom of literacy). It was a striking vow for a child, and it pointed directly to the work of the American Protestant missionaries who had arrived only five years earlier.

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06/12/2026

See you tonight for opening night of Oʻahu Cemetery Pūpū Theatre 2026: "Caring For Our Community." Honolulu's Most Distinctive Living History Event, celebrating our 15th Anniversary!

You'll get to meet Lucy Kaiaka Ward (1874–1954) — one of the celebrated seven Ward sisters, Lucy grew up at "Old Plantation" on the site of what is now the Neal S. Blaisdell Center.

A major force in developing the Hawaiian Humane Society, she became a Humane Agent in 1913 — making her a law enforcement officer. Armed with a whip, a pistol, and a badge, she spent years protecting the welfare of children and animals across Honolulu.

The Humane Society served as Child Protective Services in the Territory of Hawaiʻi until 1935, and its first building was constructed on land donated by her family.

Portrayed by Ann Brandman.

See you at the cemetery! 🌅

06/11/2026

Get ready! Oʻahu Cemetery Pūpū Theatre — one of Honolulu's most distinctive and beloved living history events OPENS TOMORROW: Thursda, June 11 in O'ahu cemetery.

Guests will get to meet James Arthur Rath (1870–1927) — Born in Bengal, India, Rath came to Pālama in Honolulu in 1905 with his wife Ragna following the 1900 Chinatown fire and became the founding head social worker at Pālama Settlement.

He built a wide range of programs addressing healthcare, public health nursing, recreation, nutrition, affordable housing, English language instruction, and employment. He was also instrumental in Honolulu's pure-milk movement, exposing adulteration by dairy companies and the suppression of bacterial diseases linked to raw milk consumption.

Pālama Settlement continues to serve the community today.

Portrayed by Iāsona Kaper.

06/06/2026

Aloha ticket holders for this year's O'ahu Cemetery Pupu Theatre!

Meet Dr. Iga Mōri (1864–1951) — A pioneering Issei physician born in northern Honshū, Dr. Mōri completed his education at the Imperial Naval Medical School and Cooper Medical College (now Stanford University Medical School).

He was a founding doctor and first medical director of the Japanese Charity Hospital — now Kuakini Medical Center — established in the aftermath of the Bubonic plague outbreak and Chinatown Fire of 1900.

He oversaw the hospital's growth into the second-largest medical facility in the Territory of Hawaiʻi and was the first Japanese physician granted honorary membership in the Honolulu County Medical Society.

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he and his family were arrested; his son, daughter-in-law, and grandsons were interned in New Mexico and Texas during WWII.

Portrayed by Shiro Kawai - captured in photo collage, 2026.

See you soon!

06/05/2026

Meet Emily Whitney Alexander Baldwin (1846–1943) — Born at Lahainaluna, Maui to Rev. William P. Alexander and Mary Ann McKinney Alexander, she married Henry Perrine Baldwin and together they became transformative philanthropists on Maui.

They founded the Fred C. Baldwin Memorial Home to provide housing for elderly Hawaiian and white men, named in memory of their son who died unexpectedly at age 24. They also founded the Baldwin Home for Boys and Helpless Men at Kalawao to care for male leprosy patients — a facility that grew under the stewardship of Brother Joseph Dutton to more than 50 buildings by the 1930s.

Photo Eden-Lee Murray portraying Emily Whitney Alexander Baldwin.

You'll meet Emily at Oʻahu Cemetery Pūpū Theatre, alongside four more individuals whose work built the institutions of care that Hawaiʻi still relies on today.

This is the 15th anniversary season of our award-winning Pūpū Theatre — six evenings of living history beneath the trees at Oʻahu Cemetery.

🗓 June 11–13 & 18–20, 2026

🎟 $60 (includes drink & bento)
Doors 5 PM • Show 6 PM

Almost sold out! A few tickets remain for: Friday, June 12 & Thursday, June 18 -- Hurry and save your seat!!

https://missionhouses.org/events/oahucemeterypuputheatre/

Don't miss your chance to catch a performance to this summer's show!

05/29/2026

We're grateful that Oʻahu Cemetery Pūpū Theatre was featured in HONOLULU Magazine's "We Tried It and You Can Too" — a roundup of 22 experiences their staff personally recommend.

This year's program, Caring for Our Community, celebrates our 15th anniversary by bringing to life five remarkable individuals whose dedication to others shaped the Hawaiʻi we know today — portrayed right where their stories live, under the evening sky at Oʻahu Cemetery.

📅 June 11–13 & 18–20
🕔 Doors 5 PM • Performances 6 PM
📍 Oʻahu Cemetery, 2162 Nuʻuanu Avenue
🎟️ $60 — includes a drink & bento

Four nights are already SOLD OUT — only Friday, June 12 and Thursday, June 18 remain. Don't wait! Visit www.missionhouses.org

Address

553 S King Street
Honolulu, HI
96813

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

+18086460064

Website

http://missionhouses.org/

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