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Organza Ikebana Design

2014年08月23日

In this one-of-a-kind class, genzai (present) is merged with tradition. Learn a little about ikebana, the artistry of Japanese flower arranging, and its history in combination with some modern craft techniques. Those techniques will then be used to learn how to make beautiful organza fabric flowers and arrange them into ikebana designs, a hair piece and brooch that will last forever. Appropriate for ages 12+....

Member Appreciation Days (MAD)

2013年12月01日

Friday-Sunday, November 29-30 & December 1 MAD is in its 10th year! National Members get a 20% discount at the Museum Store and janmstore.com, plus free admission and a 20% discount at 16 other participating Southern California institutions including museums, libraries, and other cultural sites like the California Science Center, Craft and Folk Art Museum, MOCA, Pacific Asia Museum, and the The San Diego Museu...

Member Appreciation Days (MAD)

2013年11月29日

Friday-Sunday, November 29-30 & December 1 MAD is in its 10th year! National Members get a 20% discount at the Museum Store and janmstore.com, plus free admission and a 20% discount at 16 other participating Southern California institutions including museums, libraries, and other cultural sites like the California Science Center, Craft and Folk Art Museum, MOCA, Pacific Asia Museum, and the The San Diego Museu...

Asian American Lesbian and Gay Pioneers in Los Angeles

2012年09月15日

Although their stories are not well-known, Asian Americans participated actively in the nascent LGBT civil rights movement in Southern California. API Equality-LA honors two such pioneers with short films featuring Tak Yamamoto and June Lagmay, who in 1980 were founders of Asian Pacific Lesbians and Gays, the first gay Asian organization in Los Angeles. A discussion with these two ground-breaking activists will fo...

Japanese Garden 2007 Chrysanthemum Show

2007年10月27日

Saturday & Sunday, October 27-28 At the Long Beach/Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, California State University, Long Beach Come see the Japanese Garden bathed in thousands of colored chrysanthemums. Purchase tea and treats, and mums for your home or garden. FREE to National Museum members (valid membership card must be presented) For more information call (562) 985-5930 or visit www.csulb.edu/~jgarden. ...

2005 National Summer Institute for Educators -- Diversity and Democracy

2005年07月20日

July 20-23, 2005 * By invitation only Twenty-nine educators from seven states will culminate their two-year commitment as participants in the National Summer Institute for Educators. Participants will present the lesson plans that they have created over the past year and discuss how the intertwined issues of diversity and democracy affect their students, their schools, and their profession.

Keep it Going...Pass it On: Poetry Inspired by the Manzanar Pilgrimage

2004年09月18日

An afternoon of poetry published in an anthology by the Manzanar Committee, an organization whose goal is to educate the public about the Japanese American internment experience. Poets featured in this anthology will talk about their experience writing and their participation in Manzanar After Dark, a program that began in 1997 to teach young people about the Manzanar camp experience.

Discovering Your Family Tree Workshop (Instructor: Chester Hashizume)

2004年02月29日

This workshop will provide tips on creating your own family tree and will offer sources of information to help identify ancestors and relatives in Japan. You will also learn to access your family tree in the National Museum's Family Registry. Class fees are $5 for National Museum members and $11 for non-members, includes Museum admission.

Estelle Ishigo Collection

(94.195) The online collection of Estelle Peck Ishigo (1899-1990) covers life in the Pomona detention center in California and in the Heart Mountain, Wyoming camp during World War II. Includes 120 drawings, sketches, and watercolors. EXPLORE THE COLLECTION

Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues—Bios

In celebration of its 50th issue and in collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum, the pop-culture magazine Giant Robot has assembled works by ten cutting-edge artists from around the country in Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues.