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"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2019年02月02日

Take a tour of JANM’s core exhibition with our knowledgeable docents. This is a great opportunity for first-time visitors, long-time museum members, and everyone in between. Included with museum admission.

"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2017年12月02日

Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.

"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2017年11月04日

Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.

Two-Day Shibori Mandalas Workshop

2017年02月04日 - 2017年02月05日

Saturday–Sunday, February 4–5 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Mandalas are an infinite source of timeless beauty. Explore their rich possibilities in this contemporary shibori workshop, in which both old and new techniques will be utilized. Vintage kimono silks and new, colorful dyes will be combined to create eye-catching patterns to accent pillows, quilts, and other creative projects. Please wear studio clothing an...

Mixed Remixed Festival

2015年06月13日

FREE ALL DAY Mixed Remixed is an exciting film, book, and media festival dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness of the mixed-heritage experience. Activities include panels, workshops, readings, and film screenings as well as live music, comedy, and spoken word. Mixed Remixed is timed to coincide with Loving Day (June 12), an annual worldwide commemoration of Loving v. Virginia, the historic 1967 S...

Anime Mini-Film Festival: POW! WHIZ! BAM!

2011年08月06日

Visual Communications in association with the Japanese American National Museum will present its first annual animation film festival.The day-long event titled POW! WHIZ! BAM! offers a gourmet set-menu of animation works.Screenings will include an intimate showcase with local animators; ICE, a sci-fi post-apocalyptic lesbian Romeo and Juliet; and TRIGUN: BADLANDS RUMBLE, the classic Japanese shoot-em-up caper now re-...

'LANDSCAPING AMERICA: BEYOND THE JAPANESE GARDEN' EXTENDS RUN UNTIL JANUARY 6, 2008

2007年10月17日

The Japanese American National Museum announced that it has extended the exhibition run for Landscaping American: Beyond the Japanese Garden through January 6, 2008. The exhibition, which opened June 17, was originally set to close on October 21, 2007. Landscaping America explores the history and influence of Japanese-style gardens and Japanese American gardeners on the American landscape. It also describes how Ja...

Smithsonian Museum Free-For-All

2006年09月30日

On September 30, 2006, for one day only, the Japanese American National Museum, along with other museums across the country will join the Smithsonian Institution in its long-standing tradition of offering free admission to visitors. For the first time, Museum Day is open to the general public as well as Smithsonian magazine's subscribers. To download and print your free Museum Day card, visit www.smithsonian.com/mu...

Holiday Bowl History Project

2004年10月02日

In 1958, five Japanese Americans founded the Holiday Bowl in the Crenshaw area of Los Angeles. Serving a multi-racial clientele, this bowling alley played an important role in the desegregation of the city and served as an integral part in rebuilding the Nikkei community after World War II. It was demolished in 2003 despite efforts to save or re-purpose the site. On this weekend the Holiday Bowl History Project see...

Spotlight on Four Angelenos: Illuminating History Through Ordinary Lives

1997年07月19日

Performance and Discussion At the California African American Museum 600 State Drive at Exposition Park, Los Angeles (213) 744-7432 Second in a three-part series co-sponsored by the Playrights Project, the Angeles Plaza, California Afro American Museum, and the Japanese American National Museum. This project features professional theatre artists who will perform monologues based on the lives of Los Ange...