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Members Only Meet and Greet with Lon Kurashige

2017年03月25日

Members are invited to an exclusive pre-event reception with author Lon Kurashige prior to the public discussion about his book, Two Faces of Exclusion: The Untold History of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States. Space is limited. RSVP by March 22 to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

Spotlight on the Japanese American WWII Experience and Current Affairs

2014年03月01日

Presentation of the Japanese American WWII experience and how that experience is relevant to current affairs. Will feature a panel discussion that will span seven decades, three generations and four wars as it brings together Japanese Americans who served in World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Moderated by Darrell Kunitomi. PANELISTS: Masao Takahashi - World War II veteran, 1...

Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation Town Hall, Film Showing, Panel Discussion

2014年02月22日

Meet the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation leadership for a Town Hall, during which time Congresswoman Judy Chu, from California's 27th District, will give remarks and the Foundation will recognize Nancy Araki, JANM's recently retired Director of Community Affairs. Afterwards, join us for the premiere of the extended version of Witness: The Legacy of Heart Mountain by ABC Reporter David Ono and Producer Jeff MacIntyr...

"A Flicker in Eternity" by Sharon Yamato, Ann Kaneko, and Joanne Oppenheim

2013年06月01日

Screenings will be held at 2PM and 3PM.: This documentary tells the true World War II story of Stanley Hayami, a talented young teenager caught between his dreams of becoming an artist and his duty to his country. Based on Stanley’s diary and letters archived at the Japanese American National Museum, this coming-of-age tale chronicles Stanley’s life behind barbed wire and as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat...

AUTHOR KIYO SATO TO READ, DISCUSS MEMOIR 'KIYO'S STORY' ON JULY 17

2010年07月13日

Author Kiyo Sato will read from and discuss her award-winning memoir, Kiyo’s Story: A Japanese American Family’s Quest for the American Dream, at a public program set for Saturday, July 17, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Like thousands of Japanese Americans, the Sato family was forcibly removed from their home and sent to live in a government-run concentration camp in...

'SAY CHEESE' THEME FOR TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY ON MARCH 14

2009年03月04日

The popular Target Free Family Saturday series continues at the Japanese American National Museum on March 14 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the theme, "Say Cheese", with the opportunity to participate in a photo taking workshops and do hands-on craft activities for free, thanks to the generous support of Target. Among the activities available throughout the program is a photo scavenger hunt, where participants hunt ...

NATIONAL MUSEUM TO RENOVATE WINDOWS IN HISTORIC BUILDING

2009年01月14日

The Japanese American National Museum announced that the windows in its Historic Building, the former Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, will be refurbished, thanks to a grant from the S. Mark Taper Foundation. The S. Mark Taper Foundation, founded in 1989 with the mission to support causes and institutions that improve the quality of life, provided $150,000 to restore the windows that were installed in 1925 when th...

Pilgrimage: A Film by Tad Nakamura

2006年11月11日

Pilgrimage tells the inspiring story of how a small group of Japanese Americans in the late 1960s uncovered their lost history and created the Manzanar Pilgrimage, which transformed the once-abandoned WWII American concentration camp into a vibrant symbol of retrospection and solidarity for people of all ages, races, and nationalities. Pilgrimage is a timely and engaging film that brings new and much-needed insight t...

From Bento to Mixed Plate

1998年03月14日 - 1999年01月03日

This exhibition traces the evolution of Japanese American identity in multicultural Hawai‘i as seen through the eyes of the first generation to the present. Americans of Japanese ancestry (AJAs) share their story through the use of personal artifacts, family photographs, and first-person accounts. Told from an AJA perspective the uniqueness of the Island culture is evident and is truly a story involving all of Haw...

Three California Museums to Collaborate in Arts Partnership

1997年08月01日

The Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles; Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, announced they will collaborate in the third year of the Japanese American National Museum’s arts partnership project, Finding Family Stories, funded in part by the James Irvine Foundation. This is the third year of the three-year collaboration between the Ja...