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SoCal Museums Free-for-All 2024

2024年03月23日

SoCal Museums announces the Museums Free-for-All on Saturday, March 23, 2024. Over thirty museums—presenting art, cultural heritage, film, natural history, and science—will open their doors and offer free general admission. The Free-for-All also serves as a reminder that free visitor days are available year-round at museums across Southern California. A calendar of free days can be found at socalmuseums.org/free....

BeHere / 1942 Artist Tour and Book Signing

2022年12月04日

$7 for Event Admission, FREE for members, does not include general museum admission. Join visionary artist Masaki Fujihata as he leads an exclusive tour through BeHere/1942, before it closes to the public on January 8, 2023. Masaki will host two informal tours and conversations with guests in the Taul & Sachiko Watanabe Gallery at JANM. Plus, get a chance to have Masaki sign copies of the newly published exhibiti...

BeHere / 1942 Artist Tour and Book Signing

2022年12月03日

$7 for Event Admission, FREE for members, does not include general museum admission. Join visionary artist Masaki Fujihata as he leads an exclusive tour through BeHere/1942, before it closes to the public on January 8, 2023. Masaki will host two informal tours and conversations with guests in the Taul & Sachiko Watanabe Gallery at JANM. Plus, get a chance to have Masaki sign copies of the newly published exhibiti...

Nima Voices: Episode 10—Gil Asakawa

2022年10月25日

Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but enlightening, interviews. In t...

Delicious Little Tokyo 2022 Food History Tour

2022年06月25日 - 2022年06月26日

$36 per person Saturday, June 25 SOLD OUT 11 am–2 pm SOLD OUT11 am–12 pm SOLD OUT1 pm–2 pm Sunday, June 26 SOLD OUT 2 pm–3 pm Take a stroll back in time to learn about Little Tokyo’s rich food history! Join us for an educational walking and tasting tour led by Bill Watanabe and Mike Okamura of the Little Tokyo Historical Society highlighting some of Little Tokyo’s longest standing small ...

JANM 30th Anniversary Digital Film Festival—Sincerely Miné Okubo

2022年02月12日

FREE Join us virtually for this special screening and Q&A! Presented in response to the new short film “Sincerely Miné Okubo,” join scholars and family of Miné Okubo for a dynamic discussion on her art, humor, and legacy. Maymanah Farhat, Phil Tajitsu Nash, Seiko Buckingham, and Miya Franks will explore elements of Okubo’s life that are often overlooked, in conversation with the filmmakers Yuka Murakami and ...

CANCELLED: New Year’s Tales with Stanley Hayami

2022年01月08日

EVENT UPDATE As of December 27, 2021 With the rapidly increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Los Angeles County due to the Omicron variant, the Japanese American National Museum will temporarily close to the public effective immediately. The safety of our community is of paramount importance to us, as is our obligation as a public institution to do our part to support efforts to inhibit the spread of the COVI...

Screening and Q&A—100 Years from Mississippi

2021年09月11日 - 2021年09月12日

$16 General Admission / FREE for Members Please note there are two screening dates: SOLD OUT Saturday, September 11 | 2 - 3:30pm (PDT) SOLD OUT Sunday, September 12 | 2 - 3:30pm (PDT) 100 Years From Mississippi is a true story of resilience, forgiveness, memory, and hope. Join the film’s writer and director Tarabu Betserai Kirkland and associate producer Barry Shabaka Henley for a Q&A following a scree...

JANM VOLUNTEERS TO PRESENT VIRTUAL KOKORO 2020 WITH CRAFT BOUTIQUE ITEMS AVAILABLE NOV. 14-30

2020年11月02日

Los Angeles, CA The Japanese American National Museum Volunteers (JANM) will present its 12th Annual Craft Boutique online with their Virtual Kokoro 2020 fundraising event set from November 14 through 30. Proceeds will benefit JANM’s Education Programs. Traditionally, the Kokoro boutique has featured as many as 55 vendors who sell unique jewelry, kimono fabric fashions, handbags, ceramics, origami, glass art an...

Hanashi: Preserving the Story of Japanese American Service in the Forgotten War

2014年04月05日

Japanese American veterans will speak about their experiences in the Korean War. Lecture by Professor Kristine Dennehy followed by panel discussion with Korean War Veteran, Thomi Yamamoto and Richard Hawkins, Oral History Program Manager at the Go For Broke National Education Center. Q&A to follow discussion.