Queen Lili'uokalani's 167th birthday on Friday will be commemorated with a party at Washington Place that organizers hope will be similar to the celebrations held for Hawai'i's last monarch during her lifetime.

The Washington Place Foundation, the nonprofit set up by former Hawai'i first lady Vicky Cayetano to preserve the queen's home, will open the historic two-story building to the public that day for the Queen Lili'uokalani Birthday Serenade, from 4 to 7 p.m.

The queen was a music afficionado whose most famous composition was the haunting "Aloha 'Oe." So it's no surprise that Friday's activities will be dominated by music.