The Lucoral Museum, situated on Kuhio Avenue in Waikiki, is a hidden gem that showcases an impressive range of coral, pearl, and gemstone jewelry. President Flora Lu, who has deep roots in Taiwan’s Penghu Islands, founded the museum to fill the void of gemstone representation in Hawaii's cultural sector. Open on weekdays, the museum houses various geological displays and reflects the family’s generational dedication to craftsmanship, with origins grounded in their history as jewelry wholesalers who creatively used materials from their fishing background. Lu’s mission is to educate the community about the beauty of gemstones.
In '82, we moved here from Taiwan, then we don't see any gemstone museum in Hawaii. Any other big city, they always have a nature museum, but we don't have in Hawaii.
A lot of seafood, so leftover shell, we can create into a piece of jewelry. That's how we started.
It's filled with gemstones, rocks, fossils and statues. Lu is of the second generation.
The museum name, Lucoral, is a combination of the family name Lu with coral.
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