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George Takei Launches His New Book at JANM on June 14, 2025

2025年06月06日

Images are available at janm.org/press/galleryWHAT:Celebrate the release of It Rhymes with Takei, the new graphic memoir from George Takei! George has shown the world many faces but until October 27, 2005, there was always one piece missing—one face he did not show the world. Now he shares the full story of his life in the closet, his decision to come out as gay at sixty-eight, and how that moment transformed everyth...

JANM Statement on Hate Crime in Colorado

2025年06月03日

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) condemns the antisemitic attack on peaceful demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday. “Our hearts go out to the victims and the community that experienced this hateful attack. JANM condemns violence in a...

JANM Hosts the Natsumatsuri Family Festival on August 12, 2023

2023年07月27日

LOS ANGELES, CA – Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host the Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 12, 2023, from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. The Museum’s annual summer celebration features free cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages. Admission to the Natsumatsuri Family Festival is free. All visitors are requested to register for their free tickets to ensure smo...

Contested Histories at The Japanese American Museum of San Jose (San Jose, CA)

2018年07月12日 - 2018年07月15日

TRAVELING DISPLAYJapanese American Museum of San JoseSan Jose, CA12 a.m.–4 p.m. Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the first books to examine any aspect of the live...

COMMUNITY DAY OF PAINTING SET FOR JANM-COMMISSIONED MURAL

2014年10月15日

The Japanese American National Museum has commissioned a mural for the north wall of its Tateuchi Democracy Forum and invites the public to participate in a community day of painting on Saturday, October 25, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All ages are welcome and no reservations or tickets are required. Moon Beholders has been designed by muralist, author, and illustrator Katie Yamasaki. Yamasaki is based in Brooklyn,...

A Day in the Life of Asian Pacific America

2014年05月10日

The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center + Flickr present A Day in the Life of Asian Pacific America Somewhere in Asian Pacific America, a child cries; a father cooks breakfast; a mother dresses and goes to work. A thousand tasks get done. A thousand dreams are born. A Day in the Life of Asian Pacific America seeks to capture the particulars of everyday life and piece them together to compose the ...

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM PRESENTS ITS 4TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN SEATTLE TO COMMEMORATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT OF 1988

2013年07月01日

From July 4 through 7, the Japanese American National Museum will present its fourth national conference, Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity, at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel. The conference will explore the historic and contemporary connections of the Japanese American experience to local, state, and national histories. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which granted redre...

2013 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Snake

2013年01月06日

FREE ADMISSION ALL DAY! Start the New Year and the Year of the Snake with fun arts and crafts, games, and exciting cultural activities and performances. SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES: 11AM-5PM: • Slither into the celebrating the Year of the Snake by making some of your own! • Make a decorative wreath of all the zodiac animals • Ruthie’s Origami Corner: Fold your own origami snake • Toddler Room • Jump around in o...

2009 DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, ‘FORGING ALLIANCES', SET FOR FEB. 21

2009年02月13日

The organizing committee for the 2009 Day of Remembrance program, set for Saturday, February 21, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, announced that the theme for this year’s program will be, "Forging Alliances: Connecting Nikkei to Current Immigration". The keynote speaker will be Professor Roger Daniels, a nationally-recognized scholar in the area of immigration and the Japanese American Wo...

Finding Family Stories Arts Partnership Project To Unveil Works Of 8 Southern California Artists At Four Cultural Sites Beginning March 14, 2003

2003年02月28日

Finding Family Stories, a three-year arts partnership project that brings together cultural institutions representing Southern California’s diverse communities, will highlight the works of eight emerging and established local artists working in a variety of media, including photography, sculpture, video, and painting, at four sites beginning on Saturday, March 15, 2003, at the Japanese American National Museum in L...