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Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day

2019年09月21日

Free admission to JANM all day! In the spirit of the Smithsonian Museums, which offer free admission every day, JANM is offering FREE admission all day as part of the annual Museum Day event.

JANM Free Family Days: Superheroes!

2018年11月10日

FREE ALL DAY This full day of crafts, performances, and other activities will be inspired by real-life heroes as well as the fictional characters of Kaiju vs Heroes: Mark Nagata’s Journey through the World of Japanese Toys. ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: Superhero Capes: Attention all crime-fighting kids and their grown-up sidekicks! Make your own superhero cape and unleash your hidden powers. Superhero M...

Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Art Hansen

2018年08月25日

All members are invited to this exclusive reception with Art Hansen, professor emeritus of History and Asian American Studies at California State University, Fullerton, and editor of Nisei Naysayer: The Memoir of Militant Japanese American Journalist Jimmie Omura, prior to his author discussion at 2 p.m. Space is limited. RSVP by August 21 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213...

Comedy InvAsian Live Tapings—Robin Tran

2017年02月25日

JANM is pleased to host Comedy InvAsian, a new series of one-hour standup comedy performances that will be filmed in front of live audiences in our Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Come be a part of the audience as six of the nation’s most exciting Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) comedians take the stage. Robin Tran came out as a transgender woman in 2015 and has been writing about her experiences ever si...

National Conversation on Immigration: Barriers and Access

2016年11月19日

FREE On the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, the National Archives is hosting a series of conversations across the country to explore the complex issues around human and civil rights in the modern era. JANM is proud to host this free daylong conversation on immigration. 10 a.m.: David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, and Ann Burroughs, Interim President and CEO of JANM, will open the N...

Lecture and Book Signing—"San Jose Japantown: A Journey"

2015年11月07日

San Jose’s Japantown is one of only three Japantowns remaining in the United States. Begun as an outgrowth of the city’s last Chinatown, Japantown San Jose has a 125-year history that spans two world wars, the Great Depression, Japanese American incarceration and resettlement, and the present day. Authors Curt Fukuda and Ralph Pearce will present a program on the creation of their book, San Jose Japantown: A ...

Trust this History: Poets on Mothers, Missing and Otherwise

2014年05月10日

FREE! Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month and Motherʼs Day weekend with three cutting-edge poets whose debut collections grapple with the ties formed by family, community, and history. April Naoko Heck's A Nuclear Family consists—in the words of Natalie Diaz—of “flickering shrines built from the debris of history and memory, both Japanese and American.”ʼ With American Canyon...

JANM RECEIVES IMLS NATIONAL MEDAL, HIGHEST HONOR FOR AMERICAN MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES

2010年11月17日

The Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum is proud to accept the 2010 Institute of Museum and Library Service (IMLS) National Medal, one of only 10 institutions and one of only four museums nationally to be recognized by IMLS this year. The National Medal for Museum and Library Service is America’s highest honor for museums and libraries across the country. Institutions are presented with the ...

'AMERICAN TAPESTRY' EXHIBITION TELLS 25 STORIES THROUGH COLLECTED OBJECTS, ART

2010年11月09日

As part of its celebration of its 25th Anniversary since its incorporation, the Japanese American National Museum will unveil its latest exhibition, American Tapestry: 25 Stories from the Collection, on Saturday, November 13. The National Museum, since its founding in 1985 and its public opening in 1992, has developed the world’s largest collection of Japanese American objects, including artifacts, photographs, do...

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER: ASIAN AMERICAN ART NOW EXHIBITION CONTINUES NATIONAL TOUR

2008年01月30日

The critically acclaimed traveling exhibition, One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now, will open at the Japanese American National Museum on Sunday, February 10, 2008, as part of its national tour. Featuring 17 contemporary artists selected by a team of three curators, this exhibition, which runs through May 4, was organized by Asia Society, New York. The New York Times called the show the Asia Society's "best fo...