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JANM Mourns the Passing of Senator Alan K. Simpson

2025年03月17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) mourns the passing of Senator Alan K. Simpson, who helped steer the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 through Congress and into law alongside his colleague and lifelong friend, the late Secretary Nor...

Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III to Speak at JANM on March 14, 2025

2025年03月10日

WHAT: The Irene Hirano Inouye Distinguished Lecture Series is a signature series centered on the leadership values and principles that inspired Irene Hirano Inouye to empower community, uplift women, and build bridges between the US and Japan. The inaugural lecture features Lonnie G. Bunch III, 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in conversation with Lisa Sasaki, Deputy Under Secretary for Special Project...

Democracy Center Announces New Podcast and Art Series with Gratitude Blooming

2023年07月06日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) in partnership with Gratitude Blooming will launch the Empathy and Democracy podcast and pop-up art series on July 15, 2023 from 4 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Admission to the pop-up art exhibit is free. Visitors coming for KCRW Summer Nights can also visit the pop-up at the Democracy Center. Tickets for the live podcast are $20 for general...

Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market

2023年06月30日 - 2024年02月11日

Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market is inspired by Akira and Sachiye Shiraishi’s small neighborhood market (1957–1970) in East Los Angeles. Created by artist Glenn Akira Kaino (Akira’s grandson and namesake), the exhibition explores the transgenerational trauma from the World War II Japanese American incarceration experience through the stories of Kaino, his family, and the community. It is also an interrogation of the America...

JANM Receives Over $5.4 Million in Major Foundation, Corporate, and Government Support in 2022

2023年01月11日

LOS ANGELES, CA – In 2022, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) received over $5.4 million in grants from twenty-three major foundation, corporate, and government agencies. The Perenchio Foundation awarded $2,550,000, to JANM, which will provide crucial support for the Museum as a whole, allow the Museum to continue to tell the stories of Japanese Americans in innovative, educational, and eye-opening ways ...

Augmented Reality Exhibition Places Viewers in Midst of WWII-era Forced Removal of Japanese Americans

2022年05月02日

LOS ANGELES, CA – Eighty years ago, during World War II, the U.S. government forcibly removed Japanese Americans from the West Coast, incarcerating 120,000 in concentration camps. This May, an exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) lets visitors step into those dark days of 1942 through an augmented reality re-creation at the very site where thousands of Japanese Americans living in downtown Los A...

Hinamatsuri Workshop: "Kokeshi" Doll Art with Mari Inukai

2018年03月03日

SOLD OUT In celebration of Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day), paint your own prince and princess kokeshi doll set with artist Mari Inukai. Bring pictures of your favorite flowers and textile samples as reference material to paint your doll’s kimono. All generations welcome! Limited to 10 participants, however, to encourage collaboration, guests who wish to work together may sign up as a single participant; each particip...

Film Screening—"Copyright: Leonard Frank" and "The War Between Us"

2016年02月28日

In conjunction with Two Views, JANM will screen a short documentary on Leonard Frank and a feature-length drama set against the Japanese Canadian incarceration. Copyright: Leonard Frank tells the story of the great Canadian photographer, who emigrated from Germany at the age of 22. After winning a camera in a lottery, he spent the next 50 years taking pictures of everyday life, landscapes, and industry in Brit...

I/Witness A Photography Workshop for Kids - Part One

2004年07月17日

Photographer, PAMELA MAYER-SCHOENBERG, teaches youth (ages nine to thirteen) to look beyond everyday objects and explore the meaning and history behind them, especially as it relates to their own community. They will learn the basics of photography and have a week to "bear witness" and take pictures of their neighborhood. Photographs will be developed by the National Museum and participants will select final shots fo...

Becoming a Family Sleuth

1997年05月17日

Workshop for Kids ages 9-12 Kids—explore the excitement of uncovering hidden stories about your own family history! Learn to gather clues from old pictures, attic antiques, and life stories. This interactive workshop will provide hands-on training for children interested in doing oral history. This is the first in a series of two workshops (see June 14 description) and requires the completion of a homework assignm...