Reviews of Kauai Museum (Museum)

Devin Kanzler

Great museum! It's $15 for adults, $10 for students to get in. Your ticket gives you admission for seven days, so that's a great bonus! The museum is actually very large, being housed in two buildings. One is the traditional information, …

John Brandeberry

Worth going to but make sure you get the explanation behind the artifacts from the volunteer. One hour film is excellent, but narriator is mundane. What's wrong with voice inflection, dude

susan englund

This museum is a treasure full of treasures, not the least the wonderful people who lovingly oversee the histories of Kauai.

Martha Quero

Cute museum kind of hidden. Not too much foot traffic. $15 for a 7 day access so you have time to see everything. There is a LOT to see! Learned so much about kaui history. They even have story telling and types of events that are covered in the 7 day pass.

Michael Mahon

Wonderful stop while waiting for our flight home. Spent two casual hours look through the exhibits. Would have liked to see this first before our week here, as there was much to learn about the island's history that would have provided a great backstory to many of the locations we visited on Kauai.

Vince Curletta

Excellent museum, with great exhibits. I love the collections of artifacts from various times in Kauai history.

John Kirchgesner

Lot of information. Staff was very friendly and welcoming.

Andrea Espinosa

Need more guided tours. Worth the visit.

Cynthia LeBaron

It was a good exhibit but we thought it was a little pricey for the overall experience.

Michael Dougherty

Went there today. Only had a brief amount of time. It was great. The lecture by James was excellent. His lecture really turned it into a highly engaging experience.

Isaac Sills

Very nice volunteers

chris meredith

Wow

Casey Temple

Amazing! Great artifacts

P Weber

Wonderful museum packed with local Kauai history. Very informative. Well worth the modest admission fee. Be sure to check out the gift shop too. They have a good selection of books.

Beata Szydłowska

Small museum, 2 buildings 2 floors each. Not much to see and no guide available. Entry fee 10$. Doesn't offer much but you may visit it during your stay in Lihue :)

Andy Tran

Overrated

michael metzcus

amust visit

Diana Kirby

very well organized, educational

Jamie Brown

The woman that gives you a bit of insight into the museum is wonderful. I wish she stayed with you through the whole journey as there was alot to take in. I could do without the paintings that were obviously not from the time. I also felt that there was more history about the development of the island in the more modern era instead of its cultural history before industrial development and americans arrived.

John Whitlow

Very good displays and imfo.

Kristin Prostinak

Fabulous museum! Staff walked us into the museum and gave us a rundown on everything we were about to see. It was like having a private mini tour. There are 2 buildings, the first is on Hawaiian culture and the second building is about Kauai. We enjoyed learning about the kings and seeing the shipwreck treasures. The surfing exhibit was really cool too. The day pass is good for 7 days so you can revisit the museum. Their gift shop is also amazing.

Yumi Otaki

最近リニューアルされ、日系移民のコーナーもあります。

Chiarra Hennigan

Friendly and lovely staff! Such a great place to learn about history of the islands. We went to kill time and it ended up being my favorite stop!!

Robert Caron

Awesome place to learn the history of Kauai

Bob Lehardy

The Kauai Museum is a very good museum with excellent coverage of our small island. It has a very nice gift shop, with clothing, books and handmade local items for sale. The museum itself does a wonderful job of explaining the history of the island. One cultural treasure to seek out is a wooden bowl turned by world master wood turner Robert Hamada. Take the time to visit the museum, it's we'll worth it.

Juan Antonio CALDERATO

Este Museo es uno de los lugares más sorprendente de la Isla

Eric Torgerson

Learn about Kauai history.

Andy Hardy

It's a small museum, but very interesting with a great staff. They even spent time helping me learn a little bit of personal history.

Daina Gilbert

Inexpensive activity. Great for learning about the history and culture of the island as well as greater Hawaii to some extent. It looks small but it is deceptively large with lots of displays.

Cherie Michaelson

Really enjoyed the museum. Great to read all the history.

Sierra Ellis

Wonderful! There is a matching museum in santa Cruz, Ca with the same plaque about bringing surfing to the mainland!

Michael Souza

Chucky Boy organized an amazing event featuring Robert Cazimero. Beautifully designed and decorated. Very comfy, it literally felt as if you were attending a concert in your own home. Absolutely loved it!

Kevin Chang

Little museum near the airport with interesting exhibits on the early history of Kauai, its peoples, canoe plants they brought, their social activities and political intrigue. There's a second building with exhibits on Kauai's unique …

Jennifer Byzewski

Great collection.

Sandy Miller

Very knowledgeable docents. Need 3 hours to see it all. Was there years ago and the museum has been upgraded/expanded a lot. Remember to bring coupon for free mug and calendar. Uli'i went out of her way to answer my questions. The tour began with a Hawaiian chant. We were there just to kill an hour before our plane but should have come here the first or second day of our trip to get a much better feel for this lovely island.

Hugo Martinez

Amazing museum to learn the history of Kauai, they have a well known local performer every Saturday at 1:30pm and he presents a great musical show and speaks about the culture and music of the island, this museum though me a lot about the first people that came to the island and also how unfairly people was treated during Pearl Harbor.

Pat Valerio

Covers Hawaii history nice staff

Noelle Ogden

Lots of culture packed into a relatively small place. It took us a couple hours to explore it.

Eric Holden

See the history of Kauai.

Yvonne Martineau

You have to come here for history before you explore the island. Informative and friendly staff!

Tom Schweich

Good place to learn a little Hawaiian history.

Mitch Evans

Very good 1st stop on the island of Kauai. Tons of good information, excellent displays and fascinating facts!

Linda Christopher

The Museum has really improved. A great visit when on kauai.

Robbie Torney

A good place to learn about the history of Kauai and to see Hawaiian artifacts (including stunning feathered capes)

Robert Troisi

Very extensive history of Kauai with lots of artifacts, photos and written descriptions.

Nicholas Urman

There's one room that has a lot of interesting information about how people on Kauai lived centuries ago. The other exhibits, which include some middling modern portraits of the Kauai monarchy, are less interesting. This place is an okay way to kill a few hours after you check out of your hotel if your flight leaves in the evening.

Sarah Yao

Small. Not much to see. Good raining day activity.

Jane Rackl

Expensive entrance

ashkin m

Very enjoyable...it's good to learn about the island before exploring it...take advantage of the free guided tours (check website for times)...also admission is good for 7 days...so you don't have to cramp all of it in the 1st trip!

Karlyn Harper

Omg! I wanted to learn a little history about Kauai and wandered into this museum. My friend and I got a personal history lesson from James, a 77 year old retired history teacher who gave tests on his info along with a twinkle in his eye. He made history come alive for me and I will never forget this musuem--ever! They have a great gift shop with tons of books on island history and a fabulous variety of jewelry, ornaments and other gifts. It was an impressive stop and great for a rainy day visit. One ticket allows a week of visits. We would have gone back to view their movie, but we had great weather!

Philip Mondy

If you come to Kauai during the spring months, I would save this as your rainy day activity. No matter what, it's still a great place to visit. The building for me was deceptively small but it feels like that because they have so much stuff inside. I didn't really watch the film but a lot of people seemed interested in it.

greta gillmore

Lots of very interesting history. They need your support to improve the exhibits.

Jose Moyar

Kaua'i classic museum has information about it's local culture,aswell as past

Bret Neal

Much more than I expected, and the attendant was very informative.

Jim Negri

Great museum. A nice break for the tourist routine. Outstanding docent!

Scott Costa

Interesting, worth the stop.

Angel Mesa

A must if you visit the island

Jennifer Shernit

So much history in such a tiny space. And only about Kauai. Wow

linh clark

It’s very nice to see the history of Kauai and the Hawaiian cultures. The ticket is $15/adult and $12/senior. I would recommend taking your children to go check it out. They will have a better understanding of the culture and history of Hawaii.

Andy Jakubowski

A good place to learn about the history and culture of Kauai. The museum is small, but contains more than enough knowledge to fill your afternoon. If you like exploring things in detail, you might need two afternoons. The staff are great people, and very helpful!

Yvonne Saavedra

It was interesting but the power went out on the whole Island so couldn't see the rest of the museum.

Simon Fiorucci

Worth a visit! Lots of information and artifacts and very friendly staff.

Tony Baker

Great look at Kauai's history!

Hamdan Mahdi

Clean and very organos place And a lot of history materials

Jen Arterbury

tad pricey, but nice.

Bob Rubinyi

Great collection of exhibits on Kauai's geology, history and culture. Excellent exhibits on surfing and on pioneer and native history. Great gift shop with reasonable prices.

Keith Snyder

It's size on the outside is deceiving. I've driven past many times thinking I might slip it in between commitments and figured this was the time. Once inside I realized 1) it was actually two buildings, 2) it had really good quality exhibits, and 3) I was going to be there awhile. They cover Kauai history and geography, WW2 history, surfing interests, plantations, missionaries -- a surprising breadth of subjects, and I didn't feel like anything was just stuck in as an afterthought. If I lived here, I'd want to be a regular volunteer.

Nikhil Samuel

Interesting museum. Lots to see and take in. It displays a lot of relics of Native Hawaiian culture and history. People visiting Hawaii should acknowledge the history of the island and this museum does a great job of portraying such history. Highly reccomend.

Kayla

Always enjoyed looking back at history, especially of the island I once called home. My one complaint is that they do a blessing on some of the object or rooms because there’s always that eerie feeling whenever you’re walking through some parts of the exhibits. Adds to the experience I guess.....creepy......

David Howard

Great!!!

meagon mayfield

An overwhelming amount of history contained inside! Visited our last day on the island. Wish we went sooner because our admission included a pass that was valad for an entire week!! Would have loved to visit more than once.

Kay Mills

Very interesting lots of items to view

Peter Chipman

Interesting way to spend a rainy afternoon We enjoyed learning about the islands history. Some good exibits

井藤吉則

(Translated by Google) I was able to understand the deep history of Kauai. (Original) カウアイ島の深い歴史が理解出来ました。

Debra Montgomery

This museum shows whole history of Kauai in small museum. It's a treat and I go whenever I'm in Kauai. Gift shop has excellent local products.

Stephen Bressi

Worth the stop. The museum consists of two buildings packed with memorabelia and exhibits from throughout Kauai's history. A good way to spend a few hours learning about the history and the culture of the people of Kauai.

misty ness

A fun place to learn about Kauai

Jon Petersen

I love the history of Kauai that can be learned here. If you like history, you should try this.

Linda Coleman

Loved this small museum

D Hahn

Great intro, very knowledgeable staff. Displays could have been laid out more orderly. Good video of Hawaiian history. Love that your ticket is valid for 7 days so you can go back to take more info in.

Wendy Schaver

The museum has a lot of interesting things to look at and we got to hear a history of a mural on the wall told by the curator. Well worth seeing.

Fenina Francisco

Nothing much for kids to see here.

Serena Castillo

I just going to museum to learn about the history

Sandy Bell

Excellent, friendly and helpful.

Shafiulla Khan

Nice little Museum. Worth visiting

Laura-Jean Slykhuis

Kauai specific history. Very interesting. Nicely displayed. Admission good for a week! It was worth the money.

dovalyn hiram

Wonderful little museum full of artifacts, history and a gift shop.

vernon maguire

Wonderful experience!

Daryl Kirby

A must see, very nice museum. Could use some lighting updates on many displays.

Alvis Weatherly

Great history.

Tracy Adams

Great history

Kari Jo Freudigmann

I admit I thought it seemed expensive first, especially when there are so many free things to do on Kauai on a beautiful day. However I'm very glad I bit the bullet - I learned more about Hawaiian history in the time I was there than the rest of the week. Also the admission is good for 7 days so if you go at the beginning of your trip (if you're there on vacation) then you can head back during a lull or if the weather isn't great!

Jeanette Blomkvist

We love Chad, thank you for your knowlegdes and telling Kauais history.

eiji hamada

ハワイ王朝から移民の歴史が展示物でわかります。特に日本人の私には日系移民の方の苦労がよくわかりました。日本人の方にはお勧めします。

Scott Sheldon

Interesting to learn history on a rainy day

Dave Worrell

Interesting spot if you've got time in Lihuie

Paul McManigal

Small museum with local charm. Not a high "wow" factor, but some things were interesting. Some pieces seemed sketchy, like they were fabricated for the museum. But the price was right unless you go to the gift shop.

Steven Kepler

The staff was friendly and the facility was clean. The museum was filled with the history of Kauai that takes you on a journey thru time. The museum pass was $30 and was good for 5-7 days and multiple visits. They offer an hour movie you can watch but it is literally a room with chairs and a small tv that plays a DVD. The museum had many originally pieces of art that ranged from earlier primitive tools to surfboards from famous surfers such as Duke. The two buildings and overall layout of the museum are under whelming. The museum is lackluster and seemed to be more of a collection of things then a journey thru time. I honestly feel like I retained more information and stories about Kauai from the excursion we took then from the museum. Overall, the Kauai Museum was clean, inexpensive, offers great value, provides an abundant amount of information, and a good place to kill an hour or two.

Kelsey Brickl

Loads of great information and exhibits, organized poorly with too dense of text accompanying displays. The docent said a few inappropriate things in his talk. A real shame because the museum has lots of gems inside.

Charley Lanzillotta

Wonderful insight, through the great docents, of the cultural history of some of the Hawaiian groups.

Francie Hubert

Sadly closed when we were there

Annette Hill

Very interesting information

Steve Cristiani

Terrific place with all the history of Kauai. Amazing historical artifacts. Wonderful staff.

Steven Pimblett

Its has a fairly limited display but is an interesting insight to the island.

Troy S

It's very small but it definitely had some interesting stuff! Visit to keep it alive.

Frank Fiorentino

Worthwhile experience.

Jordan Sparks

Great museum with many wonderful displays. Extremely informative.

William Drennan

Very informative local museum, packed with lots of history. Good place to visit, nice staff.

rhandy h

Kauai is rich in history and what better place to learn than the Kauai Museum. Easily accessible, browse the displays and ask your questions. Kings, and Queens and WWll and the plantation life. Got it all!!

ianne joseph

Visiting this museum while you're in Lihue is worth it. The artifacts and art displayed are very well-preserved. It's a smaller museum but excellent all throughout. The tour guide / curator is accommodating with your questions. There's a shop on the ground floor, I parked in front of the capitol. Expect to spend about 30min-1hr here.

Anela Livingston

Good. Pleasant service.

John Maynard

I can’t say enough about the artifacts, displays, or inspiration I got from The Kauai Museum. It’s a great place, with engaging special events.

Jaeyoon Kim

Very small but pricey!

Marianne Buley

Beautiful Museum. Friendly staff, very knowledgeable, beautiful building well done!

Smidty Schripsema

Cute. Small but nice

nancy maynard

Great collection Must go

Antonio Munoz

Nice small museum to learn about Hawian culture.

Kim Baker

Don't miss out on the Rice collection

Priscilla Hogue

Loved the museum. Very informative and interesting.

William Chueng

very informative museum. the hosts were very knowledgeable and friendly.

Bob Sacks

Fantastic local museum

Thomas Crompton

Great little museum to learn about the island

Kim Corn

Well done Museum. Plan on several hours or more. Island is rich in history.

Relationship Literacy

Worth viisiting to learn the history

Shawna Robbins

Very informational from a cultural standpoint. Lots to look at. A little pricey to get in but I liked it.

Ian Duke

Lots of posters with text on them. Felt like stuff I could read on the internet and didn't need to be there for.

Keith Olsen

Lots of cool stuff

Anna Cox

We love the different docents. The admission price is good for a week so go back more than once and hear different people tell the history of the island.

Tracey Wallis

Good Hawaiian history lesson.

steve clement

Great museum! History of the island and WWII. Plan on at lease 2 hours

Liz Bunce

Cute little museum, great volunteers who know a lot and want to share. Good history lesson about this island.

J Taylor

Amazing collection of historic items and information. Very dense!

Ed Sills

Minimalistic museum

Joanne Capitano

Nice but too expensive

Rachel Mah

Very interesting. Staff were very friendly and helpful, the artifacts and information were very insightful, and the gift shop was a bell to remember.

Terri Krautscheid

I love the ukelee player and the fish netting deminsration. Great don't miss.

Melih Uluhan

Great place to learn about this place we're on.

jill pridgeon

Like many that have posted, this was a rainy day activity. Learned a lot, well organized, kinda small town museum. Do it anyway.

Ken Maurer

Small, but with a lot of interesting info, particularly when one considers that Kauai maintained its independence from Kamahamaha's rule longer than any of the other islands.

Denise Hill

We really enjoyed this informative museum on Kauai's history. If you haven't been to Hawaii before this is a good place to find out their history.

Jeffrey Ploshay

History of Kauai...49.6 inches of rain in Hanalei same day

marcia elizabeth luna medina

Lugar muy interesante para conocer algo de la historia de tan bella isla.