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Exhibition Opening for Cruising J-Town

2025年07月31日

Celebrate Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community with an opening reception hosted by the ArtCenter College of Design!See the exhibition’s five classic cars: George Nakamura’s 1940s “Meteor” hot rod; Brian Omatsu’s custom 1951 Mercury coupe known as the “Purple Reign”; a 1956 Ford F100 pickup truck owned by Kirk Shimazu; Tod Kaneko’s 1973 Datsun 510, one of the models that launched the import car cr...

JANM Breaks Ground on Pavilion Construction

2025年07月11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 – Today JANM launched an exciting new chapter with its groundbreaking ceremony that marks the start of construction for the Museum’s renovation and new core exhibition, In the Future We Call Now: Realities of Racism, Dreams of Democracy. The special event...

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...

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...

JANM PRESENTS TRANCENDIENTS COMMUNITY CELEBRATION: CHALLENGING BORDERS

2020年02月14日

Los Angeles, CA–The Transcendients Community Celebration: Challenging Borders, a free one-day event, kicks off on Saturday, March 7 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Japanese American National Museum. The community celebration offers music, dance, art, speaker series, and hands-on activities along with artist Taiji Terasaki’s groundbreaking collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum, Transcendients: Her...

Target Free Family Saturdays - A World of Percussion: Shake, Rattle & Bang!

2006年11月11日

This summer the National Museum debuts four wonderful days created especially for families. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. A World of Percussion: Shake, Rattle & Bang! Rhythm is universal and so is the joy found in a day filled with a shake, rattle, and a bang. Kids of all ages can make their own...

Workshop: "Raise Your Voices: Shaping Democracy in the Classroom" (part 1 of 3)

2006年02月04日

February 4, 2006, 10:00am-3:00pm Mitchell Museum of the American Indian Evanston, IL The first of three FREE workshops for middle-school teachers (grades 6-8). Lane credit and/or CPDUs available. Don't miss this unique opportunity to work with professional development specialists from the Center for Cultural Understanding and Change at The Field Museum and Cultural Connections partner museums to consid...

Public Program and Book Signing cosponsored by the Embassy of Japan, the Smithsonian

2003年11月01日

Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C. Scholars from Brazil, Canada, and the United States will discuss two new landmark publications that explore the current status of Nikkei in the Americas as well as common attributes Nikkei share, especially in terms of the family, the position of women, religion, education, politics, and economics. For more information, please contact ...

From Bento to Mixed Plate at National Museum of Ethnology (Osaka, Japan)

2001年04月19日 - 2001年08月28日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION National Museum of Ethnology Osaka, Japan Following its successful international debut in Okinawa, From Bento to Mixed Plate will continue its travel throughout Japan with its opening at the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka. This exhibition has been re-designed for the Japanese speaking visitor to share the historical and personal stories of Hawai‘i’s AJA (Americans of Japanese ancest...

Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami - Activities

Gallery ActivitiesGive origami a try with hands-on activities in the galleries that will give you an opportunity to learn how origami has connections to art, math, and more!Make or take a paper crane to share wishes for peace, hope, and longevityFold an origami penguin like the one displayed in the exhibitionTry your hand at modular origamiPut your math skills to use with some simple origami math Exhibition VideosA s...