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Light and moisture levels are carefully controlled to protect
the feathered cloak, kahilis, and other artifacts in this gallery.
´Iolani Palace Basement Galleries
During the period of the Hawaiian monarchy, the basement of ´Iolani Palace
housed the Chamberlain’s office, servants’ quarters, kitchen, wine
cellar, and storerooms for a wide variety of items. In recent times, however,
little was known about the original functions of many of the rooms.
In two phases of work, the Palace curators, exhibit designer George Sexton,
graphic designer Barbara Pope, and Mason Architects have created climate-controlled museum galleries
to display royal artifacts in some of the rooms; and other rooms have been
reconstructed to appear as they might have in the late 19th century.
- The galleries contain cases specially built to display the royal crowns,
royal jewelry, a feathered cloak and kahilis, articles collected by King Kalakaua
on his travels, and other regalia.
- The public can also view the Chamberlain’s Office
and Kitchen, reconstructed in the 1970s, and a china closet created to
store the royal china.
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Once a storeroom, this gallery now displays the jewelry of Hawaiian royalty.
The exhibits in this gallery reflect the pomp and ceremony of the Victorian era
in Hawaii.
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