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Queer Nikkei Stories: Intergenerational Conversations

2020年06月18日

FREE What was it like to be gay and Japanese American decades ago? What is it like now? Okaeri, JANM, and Visual Communications invite you to listen to and participate in conversations with several generations of LGBTQ+ Japanese Americans as they talk about their experiences at the intersections of these identities. Actor and activist George Takei will be in conversation with USC student Justin Kawaguchi...

Remember, Educate, and Inspire: Learning from Our Past to Improve Our Future

2016年10月22日

Members of Go For Broke’s exhibitions and archives staff will speak about the inspiration that they draw from working with the history of the Nisei veteran experience. Gavin Do, Assistant Director of Archives and Special Collections, will share his experiences of discovery while working with the Hiroshi Sugiyama collection. Erin Sato will speak about how her life, work, and passions all intersect through her job a...

"Search for the Weight Watchers Chef" Cooking Class with Lisa Fontanesi of Kidding Around the Kitchen

2014年05月17日

This workshop has been cancelled.

MUSEUM TRUSTEES NAME INTERIM CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

2011年08月31日

The Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum announced today the appointment of two interim co-executive directors to oversee and direct Museum matters while the Board seeks a new head of the institution. To handle the day-to-day operations, Nancy Araki, Director of Community Affairs, and Miyoko Oshima, Chief Operating Officer, will share responsibilities for running the institution until a new CEO ...

IRENE NAKAGAWA NAMED NATIONAL MUSEUM 2010 TANIMURA OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER

2011年07月16日

The Japanese American National Museum held its 2010 Volunteer Recognition Awards event in early June in its Aratani Central Hall, highlighted by the presentation of its Miki Tanimura Outstanding Volunteer Award to Irene Nakagawa. The program also included Museum staff presented several other awards to volunteers as well as recognition for years of service. The 2009 Miki Tanimura Outstanding Volunteer Award recipie...

Little Tokyo Design Week: Future City

2011年07月13日 - 2011年07月17日

Little Tokyo Design Week: Future City celebrates the power of cutting edge design and technology now emerging from Japan and its intersection with current trends materializing in Los Angeles. Design’s ability to move us towards a more sustainable and creative urban lifestyle is at the heart of this five-day festival, which will include exhibitions, symposiums, film screenings, and designer installations. @JANM: We...

NORMAN MINETA, GEORGE TAKEI TO CONVERSE ON GROWING UP JA

2009年09月22日

Two of the most distinguished and widely-recognized Japanese Americans, Norman Y. Mineta and George Takei, will have a frank, behind-the-scenes discussion about growing up before and after World War II, the challenges of entering careers in the public eye, and what it took to arrive at difficult decisions in their personal and professional lives in a special fundraising event at the Japanese American National Museum ...

Smithsonian's Franklin Odo To Read From Book 'No Sword To Bury'

2004年03月26日

Franklin Odo, Director of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program and curator at the National Museum of American History, will read from his latest book, No Sword to Bury: Japanese Americans in Hawaii during WWII, at a program set for the Japanese American National Museum on Sunday, April 4, beginning at 2 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by the National Museum and the Go For Broke Educational Foundation. ...

Former Congressman Norman Mineta Donates Papers to the Japanese American National Museum

1996年01月01日

The Japanese American National Museum announced the acquisition of former U.S. Rep. Norman Y. Mineta’s papers and other materials from his 22-year career in Congress, a significant collection from the first mainland Nikei elected to the House of Representatives. The Mineta Collection includes papers compiled at his Washington, D.C. office and amounts to nearly 30 linear feet of materials and documents. Among t...

Before They Were Heroes

Susumu “Sus” Ito’s World War II photographs were taken while on a tour of duty through Europe as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team’s 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. While Ito participated in such dramatic events as the rescue of the Lost Battalion, these rare and breathtaking images capture in humble detail the daily lives of a group of young Japanese American soldiers. Produced by John Esaki, Akira Bo...