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Breakfast & Ballots (Cal Matters)

2024年10月01日

Do you have questions about the election? How does Prop 5 make it easier for local governments to borrow money? Why would Prop 36 partly roll back another proposition that voters approved in 2014? Join Dan Hu and CalMatters as they analyze and answer your burning questions about this year’s ballot propositions in a conversation around the latest edition of their Voter Guide. This event is free and open to all. Contin...

Manzanar Baseball Project Comes to JANM on August 24, 2024

2024年08月05日

PSAWHAT: During World War II, baseball was a way for Japanese Americans in America’s concentration camps to find a sense of normalcy, uplift their spirits, and claim a connection to American culture. Today, the Manzanar Baseball Project is rebuilding and bringing to life the baseball diamond at Manzanar National Historic Site. WHEN: Saturday, August 24, 2024 from 11 a.m.–1 p.m.DETAILS: This special event will...

J. T. Sata Exhibition: Curator Tour with Dennis Reed and Naomi Hirahara

2024年06月15日

Join exhibition curator Dennis Reed and special guest, author Naomi Hirahara, for a walkthrough of JANM’s exhibition, J. T. Sata: Immigrant Modernist. The exhibition comprises sixty photographs by J. T. Sata, photographs of Sata’s concentration camp paintings and drawings, and family artifacts from camp. Reed will talk about Sata’s photography and legacy as well as the process of curating the exhibition. Hirahara wil...

Defining Courage at the Neuhaus Theatre at the Alley, Houston, TX

2024年05月20日

ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY! Monday, May 20, 2024 • 6:30 p.m. Neuhaus Theatre at the Alley Houston, TX Defining Courage is a gripping and emotional journey into the legacy of Nisei veterans, a segregated combat team of Japanese American soldiers that fought during World War II and that remains the most highly decorated unit in US Army history. Drawing upon decades of filmmaking and investigative journa...

Cruising J-Town Community Scanning Event

2024年05月18日

Bring your photographs and documents related to Japanese American car culture for scanning as part of the research behind JANM’s summer/fall 2025 exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Nikkei Car Culture in Southern California. When registering, please select your preferred time slot. We are especially looking for items related to: Drag racing culture of the 1950s–’70s The Nisei Week Cruise in the 1970s and ’80s I...

Japanese American History Class (Part 2 of 2)

2010年10月16日

This comprehensive two-day overview by our knowledgeable docents covers Japanese American history from the 19th century to current day. FREE for members, $14 non-members. Please note: You can take Part 2, even if you have not taken Part 1.

Japanese American History Class (Part 1 of 2)

2010年10月02日

This comprehensive two-day overview by our knowledgeable docents covers Japanese American history from the 19th century to current day. FREE for members, $14 non-members.

Japanese American History Class (Part 2 of 2)

2010年03月27日

This comprehensive two-day overview by our knowledgeable docents covers Japanese American history from the 19th century to current day. FREE for members, $14 non-members.

An Afternoon of Christmas Songs

1997年12月07日

Performance Join the Japanese choral group Floral Harmony as they present Christmas songs that will evoke your holiday sprit. This is the third year that this South Pasadena based group will perform at the Museum. Floral Harmony will also sing popular Japanese songs for the program. Bring the entire family. Free with Museum admission. Reservations required. Limited seating available.

Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo - 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, visit our event calendar.