Exhibits
Location: Asia Collection
Tōyama Kyūzō, the visionary responsible for sending the first group of Okinawans to Hawaiʻi, once said, "Our home is the five continents." Since the early... View "From Okinawa to Hawaiʻi and Beyond: A Worldwide Uchinanchu Diaspora" Exhibit
Location: Bridge Gallery
On January 8, 1900, twenty-six Okinawan men arrived in Honolulu and were recorded as the first Okinawan immigrants to Hawaii. In the following years, more... View "Miree Ya Kugani: A Bright Hopeful Future - Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of Okinawan Immigration to Hawaii" Exhibit
Location: Elevator Gallery
Sun Yat-sen (November 12, 1866 – March 12, 1925), a revolutionary leader and the founding father of modern China, had deep ties to Hawai‘i. Known... View "A Place for Sun: Sun Yat-sen's Journey and Legacy in Hawaiʻi" Exhibit
Location: Elevator Gallery
Keisha Tanaka: Kāhulimai There were once so many kāhuli snails that their voices were known to fill the forests with song. Keisha Tanaka's photography centers on... View "Group exhibition: Keisha Tanaka, Luana Low, and Nālamakūikapō Ahsing" Exhibit
Location: Hawaiian & Pacific Collection
Kumu Hula Piʻilaniwahine Smith shares a part of her intimate journey to kūkulu kuahu hula (establishing her hula altar) where she dedicated one year of... View "ʻIe Holo Ē" Exhibit
Location: Asia Collection
繪筆傳神：敦煌佛教壁畫之美 Situated at the crossroads of the ancient Silk Road, Dunhuang is renowned for its extraordinary Buddhist art that flourished from the 4th to the 14th... View "Through the Time and Spirit: The Early Buddhist Murals of Dunhuang" Exhibit
Location: Lobby Display
The American and the Holocaust: What did Americans Know? – What More Could Have Been Done? exhibit is sponsored by the American Library Association and... View "Americans and the Holocaust" Exhibit
Location: Bridge Gallery
Hamilton Library is hosting a remarkable exhibit offering a unique and profound exploration of Chinese women's history in the U.S. Supreme Court and state supreme... View "Herstory 2: The Legal History of Chinese American Women (1912-2020)" Exhibit
Location: Asia Collection
Korean War, conflict between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) in which at least 2.5 million... View "Should We Call the Korean War Forgotten?" Exhibit
Location: Bridge Gallery
Hamilton Library is honored to be one of the hosts of Hoʻomana (Empower), the 18th installment of Kūkulu, a traveling art installation in honor of... View "Hoʻomana (Empower)" Exhibit
