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Preserving the Past, Enriching the Future

January 7, 2026 | Design Series

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Saturday, January 31, 2026
5:30pm – 7:30pm
 
Advance tickets on sale to the Friends of Liljestrand on January 9, 2026.
Public tickets on sale January 12, 2026. 
 
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Preserving the Past, Enriching the Future:
A Collections Partnership Between the Liljestrand Foundation and the Huntington Library

Join us for a very special evening of presentation and conversation with Li Wei Yang, Curator of Pacific Rim Collections and Erin Chase, Associate Curator of Architecture and Photography at The Huntington Library in San Marino, California.

The Huntington Library Founded in 1919, The Huntington is one of the world’s leading independent research libraries, preserving more than 12 million manuscripts, 500,000 rare books, and 1.5 million photographs and ephemera. Home to the Liljestrand Family Papers, The Huntington will soon also steward the Liljestrand family archive documenting the Liljestrand House’s architectural history and Howard and Betty Liljestrand’s lives in HawaiÊ»i and beyond. Li Wei Yang, Curator of Pacific Rim Collections, and Erin Chase, Associate Curator of Architecture and Photography, will discuss The Huntington’s mission and the importance of its collaboration with the Liljestrand Foundation in preserving this remarkable family legacy.

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This event is 21 and over.
Refreshments and snacks will be served.
All proceeds support the preservation of Liljestrand House.

So incredibly refreshing to see a residence unmolested by unsympathetic ownership. The personal touches, stories and tales from the last 67 years provide an amazing tapestry from which we can appreciate this architectural masterpiece. May the preservation of this house inspire not only its’ preservation but also that of other modernist examples in Hawai`i. Thank you.

— Carl Jones, Melbourne, Australia

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The Liljestrand House is listed on the Hawai‘i State and the United States National Register of Historic Places.
   

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