We are excited to share a major new project – we’ve been working with the Bishop Museum, Hawaii’s premier natural and cultural history museum, on a brick-built exhibit called Aloha Bricks ’26. Conceived by museum staff with our support, the exhibit highlights Hawaii’s landmarks, flora, fauna, and schools. The exhibit consists of four main components:
-minifig-scale replicas of Hawaii’s landmarks, including Iolani Palace, the Bishop Museum, the Hawaii Theater/Chinatown, the USS Arizona Memorial and Bowfin Submarine, and Hawaiian Airlines’ aircraft fleet through the years, the Hokulea voyaging canoe, and a Pasha ship – all designed and built by HILUG members
-mosaics of flora and fauna studied by Bishop Museum scientists, designed and built by museum staff
-mosaics of 50 different intermediate school mascots from all across the state, built by students at each of those schools
-large-scale sculptures of the i’iwi bird, Hawaiian tree snail, kalo (taro), humuhumunukunukuapua’a (Hawaiian triggerfish), and the Hawaiian hoary bat, designed collaboratively between Bishop museum staff and LCPs, and built by LCPs
Plus, a 100-foot long winding table with over 200,000 white bricks for visitors to create with!
This exhibit had a preview night tonight and we had the honor of untying the lei and opening the doors! We are honored to have played a significant role in this home-grown show that highlights our island home. One of our local TV stations ran a nice news segment about the exhibit.
Check out the show, running at least until Oct. 11
