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Transit Equity Day

2024年02月04日

Celebrate Transit Equity Day on February 4, 2024 with Metro and SoCal Museums to embark on a cultural journey through LA County’s vibrant museums and receive perks with your TAP card! Transit Equity Day highlights the right of all people to affordable public transportation and honors the birthday of Rosa Parks, who took a stand to create a more equitable transportation system for everyone, by offering free rides ...

Inaugural Norman Y. Mineta Distinguished Lecture

2024年01月26日

The Democracy Center presents the inaugural lecture in the Norman Y. Mineta Distinguished Lecture Series. Our special guest speaker will be Mitch Landrieu, former Senior Advisor to the President and former Mayor of New Orleans. The Norman Y. Mineta Distinguished Lecture Series is a Democracy Center signature series centered on the leadership values and principles inspired by Secretary Mineta (1931–2022), includin...

All Camps Swing Dance at the Japanese American National Museum is on June 17, 2023

2023年05月18日

WHAT: Explore the impact of swing music and dance on youth in America’s concentration camps in the public program “From Barbed Wire to Boogie Woogie: All Camps Swing Dance with The Fabulous Esquires Big Band.” This program is offered in conjunction with the exhibition Don’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps. This program is the second part of the public program “From Barbed Wire to Boogi...

Film Screening: Before They Take Us Away

2023年04月15日

Tickets to this program include admission to JANM for Saturday, April 15, 2023. Pricing reflects general museum admission pricing. Learn more about visiting JANM at janm.org/visit. Join us for a screening of the new film, Before They Take Us Away, which captures the lesser known stories of Japanese Americans who voluntarily removed themselves from the West Coast in the wake of Executive Order 9066 during ...

Bringing An American Vocabulary: Words to Action into the Classroom

2023年01月21日

FREE Join visual artist Audrey Chan, rapper jason chu, and the JANM Education Unit for this free, in-person educator workshop on bringing An American Vocabulary: Words to Action into the classroom. Chan and chu’s collaborative project An American Vocabulary: Words to Action consists of twenty-one multilingual flash cards that illustrate the four themes of ancestor, voice, persistence, and care through the port...

Irei: National Monument for the WWII Japanese American Incarceration Launch

2022年09月25日

PLEASE NOTE: This event is NOT sold out. To accommodate all visitors, this event requires timed tickets. Please select your time slot for your visit by clicking “other times” and selecting desired time. You may also email Public Programs for your reservation at publicprograms@janm.org FREE Museum admission must be purchased separately. Please check-in with Visitor Services at the front desk before t...

Kelli-Ann Nakayama Named Chief Development Officer at the Japanese American National Museum

2022年09月01日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has appointed Kelli-Ann Nakayama as the Museum’s new chief development officer. Nakayama has more than twenty years of professional nonprofit fundraising experience, with a specialty in capital campaigns and major/principal gifts. She provides leadership to the Museum's national philanthropic funding strategies, including membership, individual and ins...

Uprising: Reflections on ’92

2022年04月21日

FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP On April 29, 1992, the day of the planned opening of the Japanese American National Museum, the four officers accused of violently beating Rodney King on video were acquitted leading to city-wide civil unrest. The museum’s opening in this moment of racial reckoning has shaped its history forever, much as the uprisings changed the story of all of Los Angeles. Josie Hua...

Private Reception and Preview opening of "Boyle Heights"

2002年09月05日

Open to members at the Director's Circle Level ($1,000) and above. Attendance at this event is by invitation only. RSVP required. Please contact Theresa Hashimoto at 213.830.5655 for more information.

New Frontiers: The Many Worlds of George Takei - Press

For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414. Press Photo Gallery (Password Access Only—contact mediarelations@janm.org for access.)