Printing Museums — Old World Craft Lives On

Missionaries who came to Lahaina in 1823 stressed to Hawaiian Royalty the importance of an educational institution; eight years later, the Lahainaluna Seminary emerged (it’s now the city’s public high school). The Hale Pa’i was borne from the seminary. A Ramage press was installed in 1834 and students were taught how to set type and operate the press.