Kona Historical Society

H.n. Greenwell store museum. Visitors enter the stone building constructed ca. 1870, where imported and exported goods form the late 19th century are displayed and explained, with opportunities for visitors to touch and experience the objects. Trained and costumed interpreters discuss subjects including ranching, dairying, land use, ethnic groups, and trade with the outside world.

Portuguese stone oven. Participants visiting on thursdays participate in rolling and panning the dough as part of the authentic bread-baking program. An important learning outcome is a better understanding of portuguese traditions, including how sweetbread become part of hawaii's culture. About 100 loaves of bread are baked and sold each week to a steady stream of customers, furthering their appreciation of kona's culture.

Other activities and programs include exhibits, festivals celebrating local culture and holidays, award-winning publications, special events, jeep tours to remote cultural sites, archival projects and reference, films, podcasts, oral histories, and theater productions featuring characters from kona's history, lectures, and archival projects, and tours of historic cemeteries.