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"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour in Japanese

2018年08月05日

日系移民と日系アメリカ人の歴史を紹介する常設展「コモン・グラウンド」を日本語でご案内します。 ツアーは無料（入館料のみ）、予約不要です。

Reaffirmed Commitment: A Conversation with Norman Y. Mineta

2018年08月04日

If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. PAY WHAT YOU WISH On August 10, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, landmark legislation through which the US government issued an apology and provided monetary compensation to Japanese Americans who had survived America’s concentration camps during World War II. JANM wi...

"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2018年08月04日

PAY WHAT YOU WISH Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, the landmark legislation that brought incarceration camp survivors an apology from the US government and monetary reparations, the last section of Common Ground is being reimagined to further emphasize the historic a...

Two-Day Workshop: "Shibori" On! Continuing Explorations in "Shibori" and Indigo

2018年08月04日 - 2018年08月05日

SOLD OUT Saturday–Sunday, August 4–5 11 a.m.–4 p.m. (both days) In this two-day workshop, participants will continue working with indigo and shibori dyeing using a broad selection of beautiful vintage and one-of-a-kind fabrics. Shibori techniques of itajime, arashi, nui, and more will be practiced with both new and continuing students. Bring scissors and a seam ripper. $72 members, $90 non-membe...

Memorial for Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings

2018年08月04日 - 2018年08月09日

Saturday–Thursday, August 4–9 Admission on Saturday, August 4: Pay What You Wish In commemoration of the World War II atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which occurred on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, we will feature Yoko Ono’s Imagine Peace Wish Tree. Participants can write down their personal wishes for peace on a piece of paper that they tie to the tree. At the end of the commemoration, the ...

Upper Level Members and VIP Reception: Civil Liberties Act of 1988

2018年08月03日

Members at the Director’s Circle level and above are invited to preview the newly-reinstalled final gallery of the museum’s Common Ground exhibition with a new emphasis on the redress movement and its achievements. Pages from the original Civil Liberties Act of 1988 document will be displayed, temporarily on loan from the National Archives. Program with light reception to follow. Invitations will be mailed in...

Contested Histories at the Las Vegas Buddhist Sanga Obon Bon Odori and Bazaar Festival (Las Vegas, NV)

2018年08月04日

TRAVELING DISPLAY Las Vegas Buddhist Sanga Obon Bon Odori and Bazaar Festival Las Vegas, NV 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the f...

ZOCALO—How Can Americans Defend the 14th Amendment When the Government Won't?

2018年07月31日

A Zócalo/Daniel K. Inouye Institute Event at JANM’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy Introduction by Irene Hirano Inouye, reading from U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye’s keynote address to the 1968 Democratic National Convention Moderated by Madeleine Brand, Host, KCRW’s "Press Play" Since its adoption in 1868, the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution has inspired advances i...

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 ...

‘VISION, VALUES, VOICES’ THEME FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM’S 2013 ANNUAL GALA DINNER ON APRIL 13

2013年03月26日

Los Angeles, CA - The Japanese American National Museum will present its 2013 Gala Dinner, Silent Auction, and After Party on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at the recently-renovated Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Century City. This year’s Dinner theme, Vision, Values, Voices, will highlight how the National Museum’s work has successfully shared the first-person voices and evolving perspectives from the Japanese Amer...