Painstakingly restored, the Palace is reminiscent of the grandeur of Hawaii's monarch period. This complex of New England-style salt box homes at the Mission Houses Museum includes the Frame House, the oldest existing house in Hawaii built in 1821. Today, prefabricated the Frame House is a museum of missionary history with an annex that houses a replica of the Ramage hand press used to print the first Hawaiian laws, newspapers, bibles, school books and other material. Visitors will enjoy the Living History Program where guides dressed in period costumes lead the tours. The North Shore Surf and Cultural Museum provides education and preservation of surfing.
Historic surfboards line the walls, along with printed displays of oral histories.
Hawaii's only educational center dedicated to commemorating the aerospace achievements of the Pacific is the Pacific Aerospace Museum . Located in the central waiting lobby of the Honolulu International Airport, the main gallery has hands-on exhibits designed to teach the history and dynamics of flight. The museum also includes multimedia theaters that feature presentations about the evolution of the technology that opened Hawaii to the modern world, the history of flight and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Built in 1849 and nestled in the cool Nu'uanu Valley, Queen Emma Summer Palace was once the country home of King Kamehameha IV and his wife, Queen Emma, and today houses their personal artifacts. Highlights of the military history of Hawaii and the U.S. Army in Hawaii from the days of King Kamehameha are displayed at the US Army Museum of Hawaii .