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JANM Presents Pop-Up Exhibition at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on June 7, 2023
2023年05月26日
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will bring three innovative exhibitions to the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa as part of a one-day pop-up exhibition in connection with that evening’s performance of Defining Courage on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. The pop-up exhibition will be free and open to the public from 11 a.m.– 4 p.m. The pop-up will include: The Interactive StoryF...
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Detention/Resistance: Japanese American and Latinx Histories of Incarceration
2021年05月20日
From Spanish colonial missions to WWII concentration camps to present day ICE run “family detention centers,” the history of the U.S. is marked by the mass incarceration due to racism and xenophobia that has affected Japanese and Latin Americans. In 1942, Crystal City detention facility opened in south Texas as one of the many sites around the U.S. used to incarcerate those of Japanese ancestry during WWII. Unique to...
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2018 Natsumatsuri Family Festival
2018年08月18日
FREE ALL DAY Please note new date! Join us for our annual summer celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities. Performances by TAIKOPROJECT, San Fernando Valley Taiko, The Grateful 4, Kaulana Ka Hale Kula O Na Pua O Ka Aina, and Asia America Youth Symphony Jazz Quartet Free souvenir photos at our summer-themed photo booth, face painting, and bubble fun ...
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JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM’S NATSUMATSURI FAMILY FESTIVAL OFFERS FREE FUN FOR ALL
2018年07月31日
Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present its annual Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 18, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the summer celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities is free. Highlights of the day will include performances by San Fernando Valley Taiko and TAIKOPROJECT, a hula performance, three traditional ...
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NEW EXHIBITION AT JANM EXPLORES REFUGEE EXPERIENCE THROUGH CARRIED OBJECTS
2018年05月10日
Los Angeles, CA—What We Carried: Fragments & Memories from Iraq & Syria, a traveling exhibition that shares poignant narratives from Iraqi and Syrian immigrants to the United States, will open at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, May 19, 2018. The exhibition’s theme echoes one found in discussions of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II, when those being forcibly removed were allow...
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NEW EXHIBITION EXPLORING HAPA IDENTITY TO OPEN AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
2018年03月09日
Los Angeles, CA—hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project, a new exhibition by artist Kip Fulbeck, will open at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, April 7 and remain on view through October 28, 2018. The installation pairs photographs from Fulbeck’s groundbreaking 2006 exhibition, titled kip fulbeck: part Asian, 100% hapa, with new portraits of the same individuals. The photographs are accompanied by eac...
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Contested Histories: Art and Artifacts from the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection
2018年01月07日 - 2018年04月08日
Now Traveling! Check the Venues page to see where the pop-up display is traveling. Interested in booking this display? JANM is currently looking for locations in the central valley of California, San Diego county, and parts of Arizona. Download the Contested Histories travel fact sheet or email Clement Hanami at chanami@janm.org for more information. Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Bea...
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JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM RECEIVES TWO GRANTS FOR 2017 FROM NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
2017年07月31日
Los Angeles, CA The Japanese American National Museum has been awarded over $427,000 in National Park Service Japanese American Confinement Sites grants for 2017. The funds will support two projects—digitization of some of JANM’s moving image holdings and the development of a travelling exhibition featuring works from the museum’s Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection of art and artifacts made by Japanese Americans i...
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FINAL WEEKS FOR TWO EXHIBITIONS AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
2017年07月26日
Lost Angeles, CA Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066 and New Frontiers: The Many Worlds of George Takei will be closing at the Japanese American National Museum on August 13 and August 20, respectively. The museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from noon to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Admission is free every Thursday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. In...
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JANM CELEBRATES 2013 LITTLE TOKYO NISEI WEEK WITH AUG. 10 ‘NATSUMATSURI FAMILY FESTIVAL’
2013年07月29日
Los Angeles—The Japanese American National Museum is pleased to present its 15th Annual Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 10, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. One of the Museum’s most popular and well-attended family events, the Festival features a slate of unique cultural crafts, activities, and performances in conjunction with Little Tokyo’s 2013 Nisei Week festivities. The event is free and open to the public...