Calendar of Events
Family Festivals
Programs are free for Members and included with admission for visitors, unless otherwise noted.
Seating is limited, so reservations are recommended prior to attending programs unless indicated. Call 213.625.0414 or e-mail rsvp@janm.org to make reservations.
When contacting by e-mail, please RSVP at least 48 hours prior to the event. Include the name, date, and time of the program, as well as your name and the total in your party.
Events are subject to change.
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Oshogatsu: New Year Family Day Festival
FREE ADMISSION Learn about New Year?s symbols and traditions and join us for our annual celebration of culture and community. Instrument Making: Make a rain stick or den-den daiko and go home with your very own percussion piece. Taiko Drum Master: Try your skill at this special taiko electronic game created by PlayStation? 2. Shake, Rattle, & Roll: Created especially for our very youngest audiences?play with percussion instruments from around the world. Mochitsuki - 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM Storytelling - 1:30 PM, 3:30 PM Concert - 3:00 PM Please check back for updated information regarding the schedule of events. In conjunction with the exhibition Big Drum: Taiko in the United States |
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Target Free Family Saturdays - Family Folktales: Rabbits, Roosters, Monkeys, Oh My!
This summer the National Museum debuts four wonderful days created especially for families. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. Family Folktales: Rabbits, Roosters, Monkeys, Oh My! Reservations are not needed. Join us for our other Target Free Family Saturdays July 8 - I am ... I can be ... In conjunction with the exhibition kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa |
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Target Free Family Saturdays - A World of Percussion: Shake, Rattle & Bang!
This summer the National Museum debuts four wonderful days created especially for families. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. A World of Percussion: Shake, Rattle & Bang! Reservations are not needed. Join us for our other Target Free Family Saturdays |
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Oshogatsu: New Year Family Festival
FREE ADMISSION Ring in the New Year with fun arts and crafts, whimsical tales, and exciting performances at the National Museum. 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Daruma Puppets: The daruma is a good luck charm many people in Japan buy for birthdays, celebrations, or New Years day to bring fortune and prosperity. Create a puppet and make a wish for happiness in 2007. Origami: Ori is to fold. Kami is paper. Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding that has become a beloved art form for people around the globe. Learn to make things that fly, swim, and run at this fun workshop. Family Photos: Take a Polaroid with your family and friends then add a special wish for 2007. We'll put it on our community mural to form one huge card to ring in the New Year. Noon, 2:00 PMEth-Noh-Tec Based in San Francisco, Eth-Noh-Tec is an interdisciplinary theater company that combines precision choreography with lyrical word-weaving. By layering ancient Asian mythologies, folktales, and urban legends, they have created a new blend of storytelling and kinetic theater. Suitable for kids of all ages.
Sponsored, in part, by The James Irvine Foundation and the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. Learn about Oshogatsu at the Museum Store Online: Oshogatsu! Japanese New Year Traditions |
11:00am |
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Oshogatsu Family Festival & First Sundays are For Families
FREE, no reservations required Ring in the New Year with fun arts and crafts, whimsical tales, and exciting performances at the National Museum. This year's festival will feature a special activity created by Giant Robot. Visitors will also receive free admission to MOCA's ©Murakami exhibition as a part of their "First Sundays are For Families" program by checking in at the "For Families" table (1:00 – 3:30 PM). 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM & 3:00 PM 2:00 PM & 4:00 PM In conjunction with the exhibition Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues |
11:00am - 4:00pm |
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Target Free Family Saturday: Up, Up, and Away!
FREE ALL DAY!Enjoy a day of family fun with kite-making and exciting flying demonstrations. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. Daily Schedule: All day Activities: origami wind wheel, origami swan, and Fish Kites. As well as a special mother’s day craft. 11:00 – Doors open 12:00 – Workshop session 1: History of Kites / Kites Around the World / Asian-American Kites 1:00 – Story Time: “Henry and the Kite Dragon” with Mar Elepano 2:00 – Workshop session 2: Paper / Plastic kites - Students create kites of their choice after basic concepts are introduced 3:30 – Workshop/Demonstration: Flying of Asian - American Kite and Kites the students created 3:45 – Kite Contest The workshops will be taught by: Kelvin Chun, kite enthusiast http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kyschun/ Kelvin Chun is an award winning educator, magician, balloon sculptor and kite enthusiast. He is best known for his educational technology background, stage magic, inventive balloon sculptures and kites. Kelvin Chun, a technology specialist at Nu'uanu Elementary School, has been named one of three Ed Tech Leaders of the Year by Technology & Learning magazine, a trade publication. Kelvin has performed and presented at numerous conventions and conferences and provided staff development workshops and courses in the field of mathematics, magic, balloons, kites, and emerging technologies and their impact on learning at all ages. 2008 Target Free Family Saturday schedule |
11:00am - 4:00pm |
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Target Free Family Day: Cooking Capers
FREE ALL DAY! Delight in a day of family fun that explores shared cooking traditions within the Asian American community. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. 2008 Target Free Family Saturday schedule |
11:00am - 4:00pm |
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Summer Festival on the Courtyard
FREE ALL DAY!Celebrate summer at the National Museum with a day of fun activities for the entire family. Please note, new time: 1 to 7 PM! Special concert from 5 to 7 pm! Keep checking back for more updates. |
1:00pm - 7:00pm |
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Target Free Family Day: A Whale of a Tale
FREE ALL DAY Enjoy a day of family fun that explores shared traditions within the Asian American community. September's theme is folks tales. Please check back for more information. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. 2008 Target Free Family Saturday schedule |
11:00am - 4:00pm |
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Target Free Family Day: Brilliant Beats
FREE ALL DAY Enjoy a day of family fun that explores shared traditions within the Asian American community. November's theme is drumming. Please check back for more information. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. 2008 Target Free Family Saturday schedule |
11:00am - 4:00pm |
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Target Free Family Day: Artfully Yours
FREE ALL DAY Enjoy a day of family fun that explores shared traditions within the Asian American community. December's theme is art. Please check back for more information. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. |
11:00am - 4:00pm |
