The Mission Houses Museum will be hosting the 35th Annual Holiday Craft Fair at Mission Houses Museum on Saturday, November 29th and 30th from 9:00-4:00.

Come and join us at the museum for local food, and a wide variety of high-quality hand-crafted koa bowls, Hawaiian quilts, art prints, clothing, candles, jewelry, soaps, cards, home decorations and more. In the cool shade of the Museum grounds, museum's special exhibit, Fundamental Fibers: Tapa, Lauhala and Quilts will be open for your enjoyment and enjoy the Hawaiian entertainment. Visitors can stroll through the museum, the Frame House (Hale La'au), which will be specially decorated with quilts from our collections for this special occasion. Be sure to bring your family; this is a wonderful event that you won't want to miss!

Built between 1821 and 1841, the three mission houses that make up the Mission Houses Museum served as homes and workplaces for the first Christian missionaries to travel to the Hawaiian Islands. The Frame House (Ka Hale La'āu), was shipped around Cape Horn from Boston in 1820 and is the oldest wood house in Hawai'i. The Chamberlain House (Ka Hale Kamalani), built of coral blocks in 1831, was both a family home and storehouse for mission supplies. The third building, also of coral blocks, completed in 1841 today functions as the Printing Office (Ka Hale Pa'i).

Mission Houses Museum is located at 553 South King Street in Honolulu. Parking for the event is located adjacent to the museum, on Kawaiaha'o Street; at Kawaiaha'o Plaza a charge of $5.00 per vehicle will be charged. Admission for the event is free.

For more information, please contact Lilith Samson at 808-531-8104 ext. 714, or you may stop by the Visitor Information Desk at the Mission Houses Museum, Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.