Wo Hing Museum

Lahaina on the island of Maui was the capital of the old Kingdom of Hawaii. It has many historical sites. We visited several of these including the Wo Hing Museum.

This building and the adjcent cook house were built in 1912. This building served as a meeting place for the local Chinese community until the 1940s. It was used for weddings, birthday parties, funerals and other celebrations. The second story was a temple area. The building was restored by the Lahaina Restoration Society and opened to the public in 1984.

The Lahaina Restoration Society has published a brochere for a self-guided walking tour of the historic and cultural sites of Lahaina. We heard about this from a tour guide, but it was difficult to find one. We finally got a copy of this at the Wo Hing Museum.

The walking tour includes 25 sites. The map shows two options: a short tour of 30 to 45 minutes and a long tour of 1 1/2 hours. My wife and I has already been wondering around town for some time when we got the map, so we did not follow either of these tours. There is also a web site (http://www.lahainarestoration.org/) that shows several of these historic sites.