Lānaʻi Culture & Heritage Center

Jonona makes this place a must visit. Her personal stories of growing up on Lana'i and living through its major transitions add so much color to the must read timeline of the history of Lana'i that wraps around the walls of the museum. Learn interesting facts about pineapple and more.

Very friendly, great history, by donation

This is a good place to learn more about Lanai, staff members are nice and friendly. They did a good job organizing everything and keeping things in order.

Lana'i Culture and Heritage Center is a great experience for tourists who thirst for a knowledge and history of the island. The Dole story is very unique and worth the visit itself.

Nice little museum to see history of island. Doesn’t take long to visit but worth visiting.

A must do while on Lanai, very informative pictures and artifacts along with some beautiful art and a quilt that is all hand sewn. Some very interesting history and knowledgeable staff. Pay heed to the hours of operation.

The staff was friendly and knowledgeable. A great place to understand the importance of this intriguing island.

Great place to visit. Excellent education about lanai. I recommend helping them by signing the welcome book and donating.

Please make time to visit the Lanai cultural in Heritage Center while you are on the island. The small museum is so important and will teach you so much about the history and culture of this unique island . Nicely laid out exhibits that will give you the history of the pineapple plantation and culture of Lana'i. The staff is super knowledgeable and welcoming. They are a nonprofit so make sure you leave a donation to help support this very important piece of the city's history.

So glad I was able to stop by the Lana'i Cultural & Heritage Center during the short amount of time it was open that particular day. Interesting artifacts and history behind Lana'i, including information on the Dole pineapple fields. It's a nice small museum overall.

We are so glad we stopped by here on our day trip to Lana'i. We learned so much about the history and culture of the island. It was well laid out and informative. Michelle was an absolute treat! She went above and beyond, telling us so many interesting facts and helping us with any questions we had. Highly recommend stopping by here.

Nice place to start to learn the culture and history of Lanai. The timeline gave a comprehensive understanding of what happened on Lanai from thousands of years ago. Human activities existed on Lanai a thousand years ago. And in recent history, there are a few buying and selling of the entire island. Selling due to bankruptcy and financial stain. At some point, the island population were as low as 600 people, to as high as 6000 people, to now, about 3000 people. The Lanai city was build in the center of town to supply labor force to the dole plantation to grow pineapples. And where water is mostly concentrated. Labor forces were mostly Filipinos and Japanese. Sugar cane business was also tried and failed due to lack of water. Huge pine trees were grown here at the town center dole park to collect tons of water. The two staffs there were very nice and answered all of our questions. They also provided us with a map to the Koloiki trial, where we went next!

We enjoyed learning about Lana'i island! Who knew it was The Pineapple Island! Staff was polite and the place was interesting!

Oh pineapple island.... How I adore thee. The history on Lana'i is fascinating. We made a stop here and I really enjoyed myself! The staff is very welcoming and helpful. They were really knowledgable and answered all of my questions. Super cool artifacts and graphs and photos and pineapple facts! I don't care much for historical stuff, but Hawaiian history is fascinating to me. I could spend lots more time in here learning the ins and outs of life on Lana'i through out history. Lots of parking out front. The sidewalk is lined with baby pineapples that are happily growing! They're the most adorable things I've ever seen. If you're on Lana'i, make some time to stop here and check out some of the cool stuff this place has showcased. I can't wait to come back and spend some more time getting my pineapple learn on!

Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. I bring all my mainland visiting friends here to understand and appreciate the rich culture and hard work of the people of Lanai. The LCHC has the best host and displays located within a beautifully maintained space. The best part about touring the center will be the aloha shared by the host.

If you have some extra time while in town be sure to stop in and learn about the history and culture of Lana'i. It's free and small but set up like any nice museum. The lady that greeted us was very friendly and answered all of our questions.