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Sutra and Bible Upper Level Members & VIP Reception

2022年04月02日

Members at the Director's Circle Level and above are invited to a VIP Reception of Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration. See an array of astonishing artifacts: from the prayer books and religious scrolls they carried into camp, to the Buddha statues, crosses, and altars they handcrafted to keep their spirits alive. Evites were sent in early March. By invitation only. Contact ...

Author Discussion—Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara

2021年08月07日

Join Naomi Hirahara, Edgar Award-winning author of Clark and Division, for a virtual conversation and Q&A on blending history and fiction in this powerful new mystery. $ 10 General / FREE for JANM Members About the Book: Chicago, 1944: Twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, where they have been detained by the US government since the aftermath of Pearl Ha...

Discover Nikkei’s Nima Voices: Episode 3—Tamiko Nimura

2021年03月02日

FREE Discover Nikkei is JANM’s international 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 enlig...

Asian in America

2020年01月23日

Asian in America is a symbolic exhibition and award-nominated 6-course dining experience that explores the complex narrative of the Asian American identity through food and drink, virtual reality, spoken word, and poetry. The ingredients, cooking techniques, and alternating presentations of poetry and virtual reality recreations (made in Tilt Brush), will take you on a multi-sensory journey through the trials and tri...

Celebrating Japanese American Redress: A Promise for the Future

2018年08月10日

If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. PAY WHAT YOU WISH In honor of the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, join us for an afternoon of reunion, reconnection, and reaffirmation of our commitment to democracy and justice. JANM President and CEO Ann Burroughs, GFBNEC President and CEO Dr. Mitchell T. Maki, and Ka...

Contested Histories at the Las Vegas Buddhist Sanga Obon Bon Odori and Bazaar Festival (Las Vegas, NV)

2018年08月04日

TRAVELING DISPLAYLas Vegas Buddhist Sanga Obon Bon Odori and Bazaar FestivalLas Vegas, NV10 a.m.–4 p.m. Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the first books to examin...

Contested Histories at 2018 Heart Mountain Pilgrimage (Powell, WY)

2018年07月27日 - 2018年07月28日

TRAVELING DISPLAYFriday: 9 a.m.–7 p.m.; workshop: 2:30 p.m.Taggart Rooms, Holiday Inn1701 Sheridan Ave., Cody, WY 82414 Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the first...

Contested Histories at Tule Lake Pilgrimage 2018: Preserving Our Hallowed Ground (Klamath Falls, OR)

2018年06月29日 - 2018年07月02日

TRAVELING DISPLAYTule Lake Pilgrimage 2018: Preserving Our Hallowed GroundKlamath Falls, ORFriday: 4 p.m.–10 p.m.Saturday: 6 p.m.–10 p.m.Sunday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; workshop: 3:30 p.m.–5 p.m. Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the...

"Above the Fold" Lecture by Robert Lang

2016年07月16日

SOLD OUT The last 15 years have been witness to a revolution in the application of mathematical techniques to origami, the centuries-old Japanese art of paper-folding. Exhibiting artist Robert J. Lang is recognized as one of the foremost origami artists in the world as well as a pioneer in computational origami and the development of formal design algorithms for folding. In this talk, he will describe ho...

TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL GALA DINNER

2014年03月27日

Tickets for the Japanese American National Museum’s 2014 Gala Dinner, Silent Auction & After Party at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, on Saturday, April 12, are still available, as are tickets for the event’s accompanying Lexus Opportunity Drawing for a 2015 Lexus RC F. The dinner’s theme, “Evolving Pastimes: Connecting Communities & Generations through Sports,” will celebrate athletes and sp...