Posted at 1:59 p.m., Monday, February 12, 2007
Frear Trust pitches in for Bishop Museum upgrades
Advertiser Staff
The Mary D. and Walter F. Frear Eleemosynary Trust has donated $500,000 for Bishop Museum renovations, including restoration of the only surviving example of a Hawaiian House.The donation will go toward the Hawaiian Hall overhaul at the Bishop Museum, with part of it earmarked for restoration of the Hale Pili. The grass house is the last-standing example of early Native Hawaiian architecture. The pre-1800 structure from Kaua'i's Miloli'i Valley was shipped to O'ahu for display in 1902.
The Hawaiian Hall has been closed since July for a $20 million renovation and reinstallation project. The museum is now trying to raise another $7 million so it can reopen in December 2008.
