Mission House Museum Research Paper
Nawaraj Bikram Kunwar
HIST 2002, The Global Experience since 1500
Professor: Dr.Gilbert
Course Paper on Mission Houses Museum It has been almost four months I left my country for abroad higher studies. I came long away from Nepal to Hawaii for my study and I have heard that there are numbers of historical places to visit but never got chances to visit any historical place of Hawaii. My professor Dr.Gilbert gave me that opportunity to visit idyllic and quiet property in the middle of downtown Mission Houses Museum on Tuesday April 3, 2012. I am very thankful to him for giving such a great and memorable opportunity. This piece of history is in downtown Honolulu, just few minutes’ walk from Hawaii Pacific University, Downtown. I reached there …show more content…
1758 – May 8, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great who conquered the Hawaiian Islands and formally established the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1810. By developing alliances with the major Pacific colonial powers, Kamehameha preserved Hawaiʻi 's independence under his rule. According to Mission Houses Museum website and tour guide it was established in 1923 but according to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Mission Houses Museum was established in 1920. Whatever the establishment date is but it is true that it was established by Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society, a non-profit educational institution and genealogical society. The Museum interprets the "missionary period" of Hawaiian history, 1820-1863, which is fundamental to an understanding of contemporary Hawai‘i. Captain Cook rediscovered Hawaii in 1778 and missionaries came then after 50 years. We can still see the picture of Captain Cook and King Kamehameha hanging on the mission houses museum. They both are unforgettable and sources of Hawaii history. We did visit three mission houses and that houses used to serve as homes and workplaces for the first Christian missionaries who came here in
HIST 2002, The Global Experience since 1500
Professor: Dr.Gilbert
Course Paper on Mission Houses Museum It has been almost four months I left my country for abroad higher studies. I came long away from Nepal to Hawaii for my study and I have heard that there are numbers of historical places to visit but never got chances to visit any historical place of Hawaii. My professor Dr.Gilbert gave me that opportunity to visit idyllic and quiet property in the middle of downtown Mission Houses Museum on Tuesday April 3, 2012. I am very thankful to him for giving such a great and memorable opportunity. This piece of history is in downtown Honolulu, just few minutes’ walk from Hawaii Pacific University, Downtown. I reached there …show more content…
1758 – May 8, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great who conquered the Hawaiian Islands and formally established the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1810. By developing alliances with the major Pacific colonial powers, Kamehameha preserved Hawaiʻi 's independence under his rule. According to Mission Houses Museum website and tour guide it was established in 1923 but according to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Mission Houses Museum was established in 1920. Whatever the establishment date is but it is true that it was established by Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society, a non-profit educational institution and genealogical society. The Museum interprets the "missionary period" of Hawaiian history, 1820-1863, which is fundamental to an understanding of contemporary Hawai‘i. Captain Cook rediscovered Hawaii in 1778 and missionaries came then after 50 years. We can still see the picture of Captain Cook and King Kamehameha hanging on the mission houses museum. They both are unforgettable and sources of Hawaii history. We did visit three mission houses and that houses used to serve as homes and workplaces for the first Christian missionaries who came here in