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Virtual Educator Open House—JANM Education on the Go
2025年02月13日
Hear about all the programs and resources available to you and your students while JANM is on the go! As our Pavillion undergoes exciting renovations, learn how you can bring JANM directly into your classroom with a Virtual Visit and with any of our FREE digital resources available through janm.org. Connect with the JANM Education team, get answers to any questions you have, and learn how JANM can support your work a...
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JANM Mourns the Passing of Min Tonai
2023年09月21日
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Min Tonai. A revered community hero and an ardent advocate for ensuring that the Japanese American experience is never forgotten, Min’s advocacy and dedication to service was shaped by his life experiences. Born in 1929 on Terminal Island, he was incarcerated at the Santa Anita temporary detention center in California and the Amach...
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JANM Pop-Up at the Segerstrom
2023年06月07日
As co-presenter of Defining Courage, JANM brings select groundbreaking exhibitions to Orange County! EXPLORE THESE FREE POP-UP EXHIBITIONS The Interactive Storyfile of Lawson Iichiro Sakai—Use AI to converse with 442nd Regimental Combat Team veteran Lawson Iichiro Sakai (1924-2020). A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami—Explore a young teen’s correspondence and drawings created in the...
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ZÓCALO—What Does the Life of Frederick Douglass Tell Us About America?
2018年11月29日
A Smithsonian/ASU "What It Means to Be American" Event at JANM’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy Moderated by Baratunde Thurston, cultural critic, comedian, and author of How to Be Black American icon Frederick Douglass died in 1895, but he still makes the news. Indeed, he represents an increasingly rare sort of hero—one whose story is invoked across the political spectrum. Perhaps t...
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JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM RECEIVES BEQUEST FROM ESTATE OF SETSUKO OKA
2018年09月11日
Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum has received a bequest in excess of $525,000 from the estate of Setsuko Oka, a longtime museum member who died in October 2017. The funds will go toward educational initiatives as well as exhibitions and programs focused on Japanese artistic and cultural heritage in the United States, through the soon-to-be-established Setsuko Oka Japanese Heritage Fund. A plaque ...
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JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES ADDITIONS TO BOARDS OF TRUSTEES AND GOVERNORS
2018年09月07日
Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has named Mark Okada to its Board of Trustees and Kazuo “Kaz” Koshi and W.D. “Denny” Minami to its Board of Governors. Trustees serve for three-year terms; governors serve two-year terms. In both roles, individuals may be re-elected for additional terms. “I’m very pleased that Mark is joining JANM’s Board of Trustees. He brings a wealth of knowledge and ...
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JANM TO PRESENT SPECIAL FREE SCREENING OF STEVE AOKI’S NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM "I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD"
2016年08月31日
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, a new documentary on the life of influential DJ, music producer, and record label founder Steve Aoki, will be screened at the Japanese American National Museum on September 27, at 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public, the screening will be followed by a discussion with Aoki led by Mike Shinoda of Grammy Award-winning rock band Linkin Park. I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead was shot over the c...
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JANM ANNOUNCES NEW VP OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS
2015年11月30日
Rick Noguchi has been hired as Vice President of External Relations for the Japanese American National Museum. He began his role on November 16. Noguchi reports to JANM President and CEO Greg Kimura. The hiring marks a return to the museum for Noguchi, who previously held positions there in public programs and development. He has more than 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, serving in various mana...
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'VANISHED: LOMPOC'S JAPANESE' AUTHOR TO DISCUSS STORY OF FARMING COMMUNITY
2011年06月15日
Author John V. McReynolds will discuss his book, Vanished: Lompoc’s Japanese: Only Two of 100 Families Returned at a public program at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, June 18, beginning at 2 p.m. During World War II, the U.S. government unconstitutionally forced people of Japanese ancestry to leave their homes and businesses on the West Coast and thousands ended up living in domestic concentrati...
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私たちの約束ー再生する
JANMの施設をリニューアルし、あらゆる皆様に親しみやすく、充実したダイナミックな空間を生み出します(2,500万ドル)。 好奇心と共に始まった旅が、行動を伴って終わる—当館の新しい常設展は来館者の方々にそんな経験を提供する場所になります。日系アメリカ人の物語は、今現在も形作られているアメリカを代表する物語です。新しい常設展示は、本質的に多人種で多民族で多文化であるアメリカの物語を体感していただける場になります。 移民、強制収容、コミュニティーのトラウマ、戦後の政治、人種差別と不寛容、我慢強さとアクティビズム、アイデンティティーと多様性といったテーマを通し、当館の新しい常設展はアイデアや議論、また異なる意見を交換する双方向の場を生み出します。 JANMには、パビリオン、ヒストリック・ビルディング、民主主義保存全米センターの3つの建物があります。来館者の皆様に安全にまた快適に過ごしていただくためには、これ...