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Remembering the Japanese Canadian Incarceration
2025年07月12日
This Program is In-Person and VirtualThe Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre (NNMCC), Past Wrongs, Future Choices, JANM on the Go, and Discover Nikkei are proud to present this afternoon of programming on Japanese Canadian history and remembrance. Join us in Burnaby, British Columbia, for a book talk, reception, and panel discussion. The panel discussion will be live-streamed via Zoom. Register to receive Z...
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JANM Decries Historical Erasure at Manzanar, Minidoka, and other National Parks
2025年06月18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) denounces the signs at the Manzanar and Minidoka National Historic Sites, as well as at the national historic sites and parks, that encourage guests to report any information that is deemed critical of Americ...
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JANM Celebrates the Establishment of the Amache National Historic Site
2024年02月16日
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) celebrates the establishment of the Amache National Historic Site in Granada, Colorado. The site is the nation’s newest unit of the National Park Service (NPS). “Amache is one of the ten American concentration camps in which over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated for the duration of World War ll. Their lives were changed forever. We...
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On 22: Twenty-Two Years of Creativity
2023年10月21日
Join On Ensemble—one of the most respected ensembles in the taiko world—as they celebrate twenty-two years of creativity with a special performance at JANM. Established in 2002 by childhood friends Shoji Kameda and Masato “Maz” Baba, On Ensemble infuses the powerful rhythms of taiko with a wide range of musical influences from jazz and rock to central Asian overtone singing. Modern Drummer magazine calls them “an ...
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The Japanese American National Museum Offers Free Weekday Admission for LAUSD Students During Staff and Teacher Strike
2023年03月21日
LOS ANGELES, CA – Beginning today, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will offer free weekday admission to all Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students and their chaperones for the duration of the LAUSD staff and teacher strike. During the week, JANM is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 11 a.m.–5 p.m., and Thursdays from 12 p.m.–8 p.m. The Museum is closed on M...
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Allied with Japanese America: New Stories of Supporters during World War II
2018年12月08日
If you missed the symposium, you can watch one of the sessions with filmmaker Kimiko Marr and author/professor Scott Kurashige online on JANM’s YouTube channel. FREE During World War II, many people defended Japanese Americans living under martial law in Hawaii. Others supported Japanese Americans in the US military, those behind barbed wire in America’s concentration camps, and families trying to ...
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PROF. MITCH MAKI TO GIVE OVERVIEW OF REDRESS; PANEL TO DISCUSS OTHER GROUPS' STORIES ON AUG. 10
2008年08月08日
The Japanese American National Museum will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which provided a government apology to thousands of Japanese Americans forcibly removed from their homes during World War II with a public program, "America’s Promise", featuring Professor Mitch Maki and a panel discussion of other civil rights issues, set for Sunday, August 10, 2008, in the D...
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Communities Transformed: Families from Seattle Share Stories of the Internment
2006年01月21日
The incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II affected families in ways both unique and similar. For this program, three authors of books exploring the impact of these events on individuals, families, and communities in the Pacific Northwest discuss their work in an insightful panel presentation. Varied in style, authors Mary Matsuda Gruenewald, David A. Neiwert, and Toshiko Shoji Ito share poignant ...
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Tatau: Marks of Polynesia - Venues
Tatau: Marks of Polynesia originated at the Japanese American National Museum and was on display July 30, 2016–January 22, 2017. The exhibition is now traveling to other venues. See below for information about confirmed venues and dates. Interested in booking this exhibition? Learn More TRAVELING EXHIBITION SITES Current/Upcoming Venues Please check back for upcoming venues. Past Venue...
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私たちの約束
キャンペーンの目的寄付申し込み方法今後のイベントプレス寄付する私たちの物語はアメリカの物語です。全米日系人博物館(JANM)の創設者たちは、1942年に日系アメリカ人に起こったことが他のいかなるグループにも起こらないよう、当館が公民権のしるべとしてあり続けることを約束しました。当館の未来を確かなものとし、物理的・デジタル上の施設、展示やプログラムを変革するため、当館史上最大のキャンペーンを開始いたします。 昨年、JANMは「私たちの約束」という大規模な資金調達キャンペーンと、博物館の展示室のリノベーション、新しい常設展、プログラムの刷新をはじめとする当館の将来の計画を発表しました。コミュニティーの皆様からのたゆまないご支援と、金額や公私、また場所を問わない皆様からの惜しみないご支援によって、当館は6500万ドルの当初の目標額を達成することができました。このたびキャンペーン期間を2026年末まで延長するとともに、目標額を8500万...