The Lanai Culture & Heritage Center (Lanai CHC) is a 501c3 non-profit charitable community organization organized through a Memorandum of Agreement-partnership between the Lanai Archaeological Committee, Hui Malama Pono o Lanai, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Department of Land & Natural Resources, members of Lanais' community, and Castle & Cooke Resorts, LLC. The Lanai CHC seeks to collect, document and share the history of Lanai with residents and visitors. The center includes artifacts of Hawaiian origin collected through archaeological investigations, and by plantation employees over the years found while working the fields with plow and hoe. Historical plantation era documents and family memorabilia have also been donated to the Lanai CHC. These combined collections represent the cultural diversity of the island and enable us to share of Lanai's history—remembering those people who have come before us, and upon whose successes we stand.  

Mission
The Lanai Culture & Heritage Center seeks to inspire people to be informed, thoughtful and active stewards of Lanai's heritage by preserving, interpreting and celebrating its natural history, Hawaiian traditions, diverse heritage and cultures, and ranching and plantation era histories.

Vision
Our vision includes, but is not limited to collect, preserve and display artifacts of traditional, cultural, historical and artistic value to the people and island of Lanai—representative of Lanais' Hawaiian culture, ranching era, diverse populations who built the pineapple plantation and community on the island, and natural history.

Our collections are housed, curated, and displayed in a community heritage center managed and operated by the Lanai CHC, in partnership with community and charitable organizations, Castle & Cooke Resorts LLC, and other museums in the State of Hawaii.