Maui Historical Society — Attraction in Maui

If you are looking to be taken back to an era where modern machinery and technology wasn't a thing. To where people thought about how to get there next meal vs how to find a place to charge their phones, then you want to come here. Situated on a single lane road, in the middle of hill, this beautiful house will take your breath and wonders away.

If you are coming off of S High st, you hang a left onto main and follow it up passed the church. You will see it located to the left.

Once inside you are greeted by a friendly young gentleman. He will explain to you about the house and the different rooms that are located inside of it. He suggests turning around and starting inside the gallery and following it through to a room with more artifacts including shells, tools and jewelery. Once you are done there you can head upstairs to watch a historical video about Maui and the people of Maui. While also checking out some of the other things it has to offer.

You continue your way up the stairs and reach a bed room. The bed inside the room is a beautiful framed bed. It has a stunning pink and white blanket on top of it. The thought of it being woven in those days is truly amazing. There is a dresser and a few other things you may want to look at. You will be really taken back.

Upon leaving the Bailey house you can go check out the canoe and surfboards located towards the side of the house. Keep following it to the left and you will see a very intriguing ledge with some rocks nestled in the back. Beautiful flowers cover the property as well as a few nice photo opportunities.

This was one of the coolest things we did on the island yet. Myself, I'm a history geek. So being able to step into a house that was made brick by brick, board by board is truly breathtaking.

If you are looking for a truly unique place in Maui to visit, or a quiet romantic day with your partner. This is really a spot to go.

Ps. Make sure you get there relatively early. It...

We got access with the Maui Value Pass, otherwise it costs $7 each (Jan 2016). The Wikipedia page tells most of what's here. It was a boarding school for girls for 10 years or so (1837-47), then it was Bailey's own home after he bought it from the Hawaiian Crown in 1850, and he lived there about 50 years. There are 100 exhibits of Bailey's landscape art, otherwise it's a mishmash of exhibits from about that era. It was pleasant, but small. We saw no evidence of how it was used as a school. We saw the canoe, Duke's surfboard and the Kamapua'a statue, but none of it seemed particularly remarkable. The volunteers/staff weren't very knowledgeable, or maybe we visited too near closing time. Much more interesting was the garden park further up Main Street in Iao Valley. Great picnic stop. Some locals came around with gigantic car stereos, I had to turn on the car alarm until they...

Take the tour, it was the most informative. The tour guide was good but seems to have a lil bias towards some Christian themes and some non-pc language. I think the volunteers must be members of the church across the street. Some things discussed I think were his opinion and not factually based.

The items and pictures were very interesting and I was happy to learn about mauis history. It was hard to find many museums talking about maui, online was the most helpful, but having something tangible and talking so some people who have loved there most of their loves was helpful and informative. Worth the money.

Restrooms are on...