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Members Only Meet and Greet with Daniel James Brown

2022年05月14日

FREE for members In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Join for an exclusive conversation for JANM members with New York Times bestselling author of The Boys on the Boat, Daniel James Brown, and the Executive Director of Densho, Tom Ikeda. This program is FREE for all members, but RSVPs are required in advance at the link below, by email to memberevents@janm.org, or phone at 213.830.5646 by Friday, May 13th. Spac...

Member Appreciation Days

2021年11月26日 - 2021年11月28日

Holiday shopping that counts! For three days only, all current JANM members receive 20% off on applicable merchandise! *ONLINE ORDERS ONLY* Visit janmstore.com/membershopping for discount code and instructions on how to receive the 20% off discount. Not a current member? Join today! Special MUSEUM STORE SUNDAY OFFER: A free sample of one of our signature Generations Teas for every museum patron who ...

Nima Voices: Episode 6—Christine Piper

2021年09月07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...

Post Election Discussion for Educators

2020年11月10日 - 2020年11月24日

FREE The Education Unit of the Japanese American National Museum invites teachers and educators to an informal, virtual post-election discussion to respectfully share thoughts, questions, hopes and anxieties. How can we support our students as our democracy looks to the future in a climate of continued uncertainty and division? What does this look like in our teaching practice? These gatherings have no particular ...

What "IS" a Concentration Camp?

2019年07月11日

SOLD OUT FREE, but RSVPs are required During World War II, Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes on the West Coast of the United States and incarcerated in remote camps in the nation’s interior. Their only crime was being of Japanese ancestry. For many years, the incarcerees and their descendants have struggled with the correct terminology to describe what happened during the war, b...

Perseverance at the Immigration Museum (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

2019年05月24日 - 2020年02月02日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION Immigration Museum Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Web: museumsvictoria.com.au/immigrationmuseum Phone: 13 11 02 Outside Australia: +61 3 8341 7777 Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World is a groundbreaking photographic exhibition that explores the master craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattoos and their enduring influence on modern tattoo practices. ...

Japanese Watercolor Painting Workshop with Mari Inukai

2018年12月15日

SOLD OUT Explore the beauty of watercolors with acclaimed artist Mari Inukai. Learn the process of selecting paints and brushes and how to blend colors to create a unique palette. Make beautiful expressive marks to create flowers, birds, or whatever else you can imagine. Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch and take breaks as needed. $12 members, $15 non-members. Museum admission and materials included...

Outdoor Movie Night: "Godzilla" (1954)

2018年10月25日

FREE JANM presents the granddaddy of all monster movies, the original Japanese Godzilla (a.k.a. Gojira)! Made at a time when Japan was still recovering from the World War II atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this remarkably human drama has spawned more than 30 remakes and sequels. Don’t miss this opportunity to see the rampaging radioactive beast destroy an intricately detailed miniature of Toky...

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM APPOINTS KAREN ISHIZUKA CHIEF CURATOR

2018年06月06日

Los Angeles, CA—Ann Burroughs, President and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum, has announced the appointment of Karen L. Ishizuka to the position of Chief Curator. Ishizuka’s charge is to develop and chair a national Scholarly Advisory Council to help shape the museum’s curatorial direction and intellectual agenda. Ishizuka was previously on staff at the museum as media producer, curator, and director ...

'WHEREVER THERE'S A FIGHT' AUTHORS TO DISCUSS CALIFORNIA'S CIVIL RIGHTS

2010年09月03日

Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi, co-authors of the book, Wherever There’s A Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California, will provide an overview of the long struggle for freedom and equality in the Golden State at a public program set for Sunday, September 12, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Since the Gold ...