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| | The Honolulu Advertiser | Island Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Iolani Palace Galleries, the first of a series of new permanent installations, are the result of a $1 million restoration project that has transformed the buildings long-closed basement into a public museum, along with a two-year effort to secure pieces of the royal collection from the Bishop Museum, the State of Hawai |
 | | While the upper palace floors, familiar to most Islanders, were reserved for the convenience, splendor and lofty doings of king and queen, prince and princess, it was the basement that generated the energy. |
 | | From this 50-room hive of activity, the palace chamberlain conducted all the affairs of the palace, overseeing an army of lesser stewards, coachmen, cooks, grooms, feather bearers, hay cutters, librarians and footmen. |
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