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JANM and The Irei Project to Tour Ireichō Across the US Beginning February 2025

2025年01月03日

LOS ANGELES, CA – In 2025, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will partner with The Irei Project to travel The Ireichō in conjunction with pilgrimages to all ten former War Relocation Authority (WRA) concentration camps and other Department of Justice (DOJ) and Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA) incarceration sites. The Ireichō, a book of names, is the first comprehensive listing of persons of Japa...

2021 Oshogatsu Virtual Family Festival—Year of the Ox

2021年01月03日 - 2021年01月08日

FREE! Join JANM for a week of virtual, kid-friendly activities to celebrate Oshogatsu (New Year’s Day)! From interactive, offline festivities for all ages to multi-lingual story times and play performances, welcome the Year of the Ox with JANM! Celebrate with us on social media Use our special Oshogatsu Instagram filters (search “JANM Oshogatsu”) and tag us with your results or use the hashtag #JANMOsho...

STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF IRENE YASUTAKE HIRANO INOUYE

2020年04月08日

Los Angeles, CA – As Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Japanese American National Museum, I wanted to express our deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences to the family of Irene Yasutake Hirano Inouye on her passing this week. I was very saddened by the passing of Irene—she was a caring, passionate person with unquestioned integrity. Irene was a giant and an outstanding bridge between and among all co...

STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF WATARU “WAT” MISAKA

2019年11月22日

Los Angeles, CA – On behalf of the Trustees, Governors, staff, volunteers, and supporters of the Japanese American National Museum, I want extend our condolences and deepest sympathies to the family of Wataru “Wat” Misaka, who passed away this week in Utah at the age of 95. In 2000, JANM’s relationship with Wat crystalized as he was one of the profiled sports stars in our groundbreaking exhibition, More Than a Gam...

Author Discussion—"John Okada: The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy"

2019年02月02日

If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. FREE Join us for the Los Angeles launch of the book John Okada: The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy. John Okada’s only published work, No-No Boy, is about a Japanese American who refuses to fight for the country that incarcerated him and his people in World War II. When released in 1957...

Members' Opening for One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now

2008年02月09日

One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now brings together 17 artists from across the country who defy a definitive conception of Asian American art. Organized by the Asia Society, New York, and curated by Melissa Chiu, Director and Curator of Contemporary Asian Art, Asia Society Museum, New York, Karin Higa, Adjunct Senior Curator of Art, Japanese American National Museum, and Susette S. Min, Assistant Professor...

1st & Central Summer Concerts Returns for Third Year on June 28th

2007年06月11日

The heart of Los Angeles’ burgeoning downtown arts scene will come alive with songs and sounds from around the world this summer as the Japanese American National Museum presents its annual outdoor music series, "1st & Central Summer Concerts," with six free-to-the-public, mid-week programs of world music, June 28th to Sept. 13. The series launches with Enzo Avitabile & Bottari, featuring the internationally renow...

Boyle Heights

2002年09月08日 - 2003年02月23日

A neighborhood is made up of people and places. It is defined through the experiences of those who consider it home. Through the stories of past and present residents of the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights, this exhibition explores how the experiences and memories of many generations of Angelenos intersect in this powerful place.

Finding Family Stories Arts Partnership Project Selects Artists For 1998 Exhibitions

1997年12月06日

The Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles; Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles; and Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, have announced the selection of six artists participating in the third year of the Finding Family Stories (FFS) Arts Partnership Project, funded in part by the James Irvine Foundation. Initiated by the Japanese American National Museum in 1995, the goal of Findi...

Day of Remembrance

1997年02月22日

Presented by the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations in celebrating the 16th anniversary of the first “Day of Remembrance.” This program commemorates the signing on February 19, 1942 of Executive Order 9066 authorizing the mass evacuation and incarceration of all West Coast Japanese Americans in concentration camps.