“For 50 years, the Polynesian Cultural Center has been a must-see attraction for visitors to Oahu’s famous north shore, a 42-acre museum of spectacle, music and dance highlighting the lifestyle and culture of six Pacific island nations,” according to a report this week in Spasifik magazine.
The article continues: “In that time, it has entertained more than 37 million tourists while providing scholarship and employment opportunities for thousands of students attending the adjacent Brigham Young University-Hawaii.”
“Both are owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and, together with the Church’s gleaming temple in Laie, fulfill the 1921 vision of former Church President David O. McKay that the then small town would become the educational center of the Church for the Pacific islands.”