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LITTLE TOKYO-ALIGNED GROUPS UNITE IN OPPOSITION TO USE OF FORT SILL AS DETENTION CENTER

2019年06月21日

Los Angeles, CA—Representatives of several community organizations located in or aligned with Little Tokyo will protest the White House’s plans to use Fort Sill in Oklahoma as a detention center for immigrant children and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detention practices in general on June 27, 2019, at 7 p.m., on the plaza of the Japanese American National Museum. The groups are demanding an end to the inhuma...

"The Untold Story: The Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawai'i"

2013年10月26日

Produced by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i, The Untold Story is the first full-length documentary to chronicle the internment experience of Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i. Q&A with filmmakers to follow screening. Read an article by director Ryan Kawamoto about the film on Discover Nikkei >>

TRUSTEES ORGANIZE GIFT FOR JAPAN RELIEF, TRIBUTE TO SPIRIT OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE AT ANNUAL GALA DINNER

2011年04月01日

Members of the Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum announced their support for the Japan relief effort, and that the Museum will include a short tribute to the spirit of the Japanese people as part of the institution’s 2011 Annual Gala Dinner set for Saturday, April 16, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel at L.A. LIVE. The dinner, "Continuing Family Stories: The Expanding Nikkei Community", will high...

"Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet " by Jamie Ford

2011年01月29日

In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to concentration camps during World War II. As...

Fighting For Democracy at UTSA’s Institute of Texan Cultures (San Antonio, TX)

2008年07月29日 - 2009年01月18日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION Through the diverse perspectives of seven ordinary citizens whose lives and communities were forever changed by World War II, this exhibition asks visitors to think critically about freedom, history, and, ultimately, the ongoing struggle to live democratically in a diverse America. Fighting For Democracy: Who is the “We” in “We, the People”? is presented by the National Center for the Prese...

Out of Asia: Art and Culture in pre-World War II Los Angeles

2002年04月06日

This symposium examines the fertile period of Los Angeles arts and culture between World Wars I and II and considers how Asia—defined very broadly—impacted, influenced, and shaped the cultural consciousness of Los Angeles. Join a distinguished group of speakers for a discussion moderated by Professor Valerie Matsumoto of the UCLA Department of History. Bill Estrada, curator of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monu...

"Common Ground: The Heart Of The Community" - Exhibition Fact Sheet

1999年01月01日

Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles Opening: January 23, 1999 Curator: Glen Kitayama Exhibition Coordinator: Cayleen Nakamura This exhibition presents the personal life histories of multiple generations of the Japanese American community to trace this diverse community’s development over the past 130 years. It explores how Americans of Japanese ancestry resettled and forged their identity, ...

World War II Incarceration Of Japanese Americans Featured In Ellis Island Exhibit

1998年03月25日

The award-winning exhibition, America’s Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience, which drew record crowds to the Japanese American National Museum in 1994 and 1995, is a featured exhibit at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City beginning Friday, April 3 and running through January 5, 1998. The exhibition details the World War II experiences of 120,000 Americans of Japan...

hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project—Events

Public programs presented at the Japanese American National Museum in conjunction with the hapa.me exhibition. To see a complete listing of JANM’s upcoming programs, check out our Events Calendar.

Year of the Labbit Custom Show - Events

Programs are free for museum members and included with admission for visitors, unless otherwise noted. To see a complete listing of JANM’s upcoming programs, check out our Events Calendar.